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Fava beans are an important ingredient of many vegan dishes, as they are rich in iron and other essential minerals. Unfortunately, fava beans also contain many oxidants, which, in large quantities, are very dangerous to people at risk of hemolysis, as these oxidants promote the development of blood disorders. As such, some chefs have replaced the fava beans in their vegan dishes with alternative sources of iron and now claim that people at risk of hemolysis who would like to eat their vegan dishes can do so without worrying about developing a blood disorder.
The chefs’ argument assumes which of the following?
A. Blood disorders caused by carbonizers, which are close relatives of oxidants, can be prevented by removing the carbonizer-containing food.
B. The alternative ingredients maintain the iron and mineral content of the vegan dishes without adding oxidants.
C. Removing the fava beans will remove all the oxidants from the vegan dishes.
D. The chefs’ vegan dishes do not contain significant sources of oxidants besides fava beans.
E. People at risk of hemolysis require additional sources of iron in their diet.
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The chefs’ argument assumes which of the following?
A. Blood disorders caused by carbonizers, which are close relatives of oxidants, can be prevented by removing the carbonizer-containing food.
B. The alternative ingredients maintain the iron and mineral content of the vegan dishes without adding oxidants.
C. Removing the fava beans will remove all the oxidants from the vegan dishes.
D. The chefs’ vegan dishes do not contain significant sources of oxidants besides fava beans.
E. People at risk of hemolysis require additional sources of iron in their diet.
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Explanation
We’ll go for PRECISE because the argument is straightforward, so we can infer a likely solution.
Let’s break the argument down into its essential components: (i) fava beans are used in vegan dishes for iron and minerals, (ii) fava beans also contain oxidants, which, in large quantities, cause disorders in at-risk people, and (iii) therefore, chefs have replaced fava beans with alternatives and claim their vegan dishes can be eaten without risk.
Basically, the chefs’ argument is that because they removed the beans, at-risk people can eat safely. Based on (ii) above, this implies that they have also removed the large quantities of oxidants. We can thus reasonably expect the correct answer to address the quantities of oxidants in the new dish and specifically to say that there aren’t too many of them.
Of our answers, (D) is the only option that does so and is therefore the answer. Note that (C) is too extreme—we do not need all options to be removed but only for there not to be a “large quantity” of them.
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General Discussion
Option D is the right answer IMO.
Option A : Passage mentions nothing about carbonizers.
Option B : Passage does not mention that the alternative ingredients maintain the mineral content. They only maintain the iron content.
Option C : Close answer but I think D is better as D talks specifically about the chef's vegan dishes while C talks about vegan dishes in general.
Option E : Not mentioned in the passage.
Option A : Passage mentions nothing about carbonizers.
Option B : Passage does not mention that the alternative ingredients maintain the mineral content. They only maintain the iron content.
Option C : Close answer but I think D is better as D talks specifically about the chef's vegan dishes while C talks about vegan dishes in general.
Option E : Not mentioned in the passage.
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The chefs’ argument assumes which of the following?
Assumption type question. The correct answer should bridge the conclusion of the argument and the reason offered for that conclusion.
Conclusion: people at risk of hemolysis who would like to eat their vegan dishes can do so without worrying about developing a blood disorder.
Reason: some chefs have removed the fava beans from their dishes
Possible logical gap: do the new dishes contain any other sources of oxidants in large quantities?
A. Blood disorders caused by carbonizers, which are close relatives of oxidants, can be prevented by removing the carbonizer-containing food.
Not the required assumption. Even if negated, the conclusion may still hold because carnbonizers and oxidants can function in human body differently.
B. The alternative ingredients maintain the iron and mineral content of the vegan dishes without adding oxidants.
Conclusion didn’t claim that the new dies maintain iron and mineral content. They simply don’t have oxidants. Irrelevant to the conclusion.
C. Removing the fava beans will remove all the oxidants from the vegan dishes.
Removing ALL oxidants is not necessary to eat dishes with fava beans, if their quantity is in moderation.
D. The chefs’ vegan dishes do not contain significant sources of oxidants besides fava beans.
Bingo. What we exactly need. Negated, this choice says that there are other significant sources of oxidants. This may invalidate the conclusion of the argument. Hence it’s a required assumption.
E. People at risk of hemolysis require additional sources of iron in their diet.
If negated, this choice claims that this category of people require additional nutrients, but this has nothing to do with the argument.
So D
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Assumption type question. The correct answer should bridge the conclusion of the argument and the reason offered for that conclusion.
Conclusion: people at risk of hemolysis who would like to eat their vegan dishes can do so without worrying about developing a blood disorder.
Reason: some chefs have removed the fava beans from their dishes
Possible logical gap: do the new dishes contain any other sources of oxidants in large quantities?
A. Blood disorders caused by carbonizers, which are close relatives of oxidants, can be prevented by removing the carbonizer-containing food.
Not the required assumption. Even if negated, the conclusion may still hold because carnbonizers and oxidants can function in human body differently.
B. The alternative ingredients maintain the iron and mineral content of the vegan dishes without adding oxidants.
Conclusion didn’t claim that the new dies maintain iron and mineral content. They simply don’t have oxidants. Irrelevant to the conclusion.
C. Removing the fava beans will remove all the oxidants from the vegan dishes.
Removing ALL oxidants is not necessary to eat dishes with fava beans, if their quantity is in moderation.
D. The chefs’ vegan dishes do not contain significant sources of oxidants besides fava beans.
Bingo. What we exactly need. Negated, this choice says that there are other significant sources of oxidants. This may invalidate the conclusion of the argument. Hence it’s a required assumption.
E. People at risk of hemolysis require additional sources of iron in their diet.
If negated, this choice claims that this category of people require additional nutrients, but this has nothing to do with the argument.
So D
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Quote:
Fava beans -- > risk of hemolysis
Remove fava beans means remove the risk of hemolysis?
Conclusion: people at risk of hemolysis who would like to eat their vegan dishes can do so without worrying about developing a blood disorder.
Find strengthening options to conclusion:
A. Blood disorders caused by carbonizers, which are close relatives of oxidants, can be prevented by removing the carbonizer-containing food.
Irrelevant: We are more interested to know details about oxidants in many fava beans.
This option won’t help much in strengthening the conclusion.
B. The alternative ingredients maintain the iron and mineral content of the vegan dishes without adding oxidants.
We are more concerned about alternate resources that replace fava beans. Not about alternate ingredients.
This options looks good at first. But reading closely , makes it irrelevant.
C. Removing the fava beans will remove all the oxidants from the vegan dishes.
Seems strengthened at first. Lets see
Negate : Removing the fava beans will not remove all the oxidants from the vegan dishes.
What if small quantity is left, still it is not dangeours.
What if 99% quantity is left ( because didn’t remove all) . then it is dangerous.
So negate of this option doesn’t destroy the conclusion.
Moreoever, this option doesn’t cover scope of other sources. We can not rely only on fava beans for oxidants resources, unless mentioned,
D. The chefs’ vegan dishes do not contain significant sources of oxidants besides fava beans.
This option directly hits at conclusion. What if there are other sources then removing fava beans is not helpful.
On negate: The chefs’ vegan dishes
Oh then this option destroys the conclusion.
Seems correct answer.
E. People at risk of hemolysis require additional sources of iron in their diet.\
This option doesn’t help much in strenghrening the conclusion as it doesn’t talk about oxidants in fava beans.
Final answer:D
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Fava beans are an important ingredient of many vegan dishes, as they are rich in iron and other essential minerals. Unfortunately, fava beans also contain many oxidants, which, in large quantities, are very dangerous to people at risk of hemolysis, as these oxidants promote the development of blood disorders. As such, some chefs have replaced the fava beans in their vegan dishes with alternative sources of iron and now claim that people at risk of hemolysis who would like to eat their vegan dishes can do so without worrying about developing a blood disorder.
Reasoning: Fava beans contain oxidants that may cause a disease. Vegan dishes without fava beans can be eaten without fear of the disease occurring from these excess oxidants.
The chefs’ argument assumes which of the following?
Easy to home on to the assumption without getting into answers. It has to do something with: quantity of oxidants in these vegan dishes.
A. Blood disorders caused by carbonizers, which are close relatives of oxidants, can be prevented by removing the carbonizer-containing food.
Out of context
B. The alternative ingredients maintain the iron and mineral content of the vegan dishes without adding oxidants.
That’s great and tempting. We are not concerned in the argument with this. We have claimed that excess oxidants will not be there, so it is not an assumption.
C. Removing the fava beans will remove all the oxidants from the vegan dishes.
The removal of fava beans need not remove entire oxidants to eliminate the chances of disease. Rather some oxidants may be essential.
D. The chefs’ vegan dishes do not contain significant sources of oxidants besides fava beans.
CORRECT. What if the vegan dishes have huge quantities of oxidants in other ingredients. Then the conclusion falls flat.
E. People at risk of hemolysis require additional sources of iron in their diet.
Out of scope.
D
Reasoning: Fava beans contain oxidants that may cause a disease. Vegan dishes without fava beans can be eaten without fear of the disease occurring from these excess oxidants.
The chefs’ argument assumes which of the following?
Easy to home on to the assumption without getting into answers. It has to do something with: quantity of oxidants in these vegan dishes.
A. Blood disorders caused by carbonizers, which are close relatives of oxidants, can be prevented by removing the carbonizer-containing food.
Out of context
B. The alternative ingredients maintain the iron and mineral content of the vegan dishes without adding oxidants.
That’s great and tempting. We are not concerned in the argument with this. We have claimed that excess oxidants will not be there, so it is not an assumption.
C. Removing the fava beans will remove all the oxidants from the vegan dishes.
The removal of fava beans need not remove entire oxidants to eliminate the chances of disease. Rather some oxidants may be essential.
D. The chefs’ vegan dishes do not contain significant sources of oxidants besides fava beans.
CORRECT. What if the vegan dishes have huge quantities of oxidants in other ingredients. Then the conclusion falls flat.
E. People at risk of hemolysis require additional sources of iron in their diet.
Out of scope.
D
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Argument says "...these oxidants promote the development of blood disorders". Now even if there are other sources of "oxidants" in dish itself, we really don't know if they are the same dangerous oxidants or not. So I found it a bit tricky to go with D.
Fava beans are an important ingredient of many vegan dishes, as they are rich in iron and other essential minerals. Unfortunately, fava beans also contain many oxidants, which, in large quantities, are very dangerous to people at risk of hemolysis, as these oxidants promote the development of blood disorders. As such, some chefs have replaced the fava beans in their vegan dishes with alternative sources of iron and now claim that people at risk of hemolysis who would like to eat their vegan dishes can do so without worrying about developing a blood disorder.
The chefs’ argument assumes which of the following?
A. Blood disorders caused by carbonizers, which are close relatives of oxidants, can be prevented by removing the carbonizer-containing food.
B. The alternative ingredients maintain the iron and mineral content of the vegan dishes without adding oxidants.
C. Removing the fava beans will remove all the oxidants from the vegan dishes.
D. The chefs’ vegan dishes do not contain significant sources of oxidants besides fava beans.
E. People at risk of hemolysis require additional sources of iron in their diet.
Fava beans are an important ingredient of many vegan dishes, as they are rich in iron and other essential minerals. Unfortunately, fava beans also contain many oxidants, which, in large quantities, are very dangerous to people at risk of hemolysis, as these oxidants promote the development of blood disorders. As such, some chefs have replaced the fava beans in their vegan dishes with alternative sources of iron and now claim that people at risk of hemolysis who would like to eat their vegan dishes can do so without worrying about developing a blood disorder.
The chefs’ argument assumes which of the following?
A. Blood disorders caused by carbonizers, which are close relatives of oxidants, can be prevented by removing the carbonizer-containing food.
B. The alternative ingredients maintain the iron and mineral content of the vegan dishes without adding oxidants.
C. Removing the fava beans will remove all the oxidants from the vegan dishes.
D. The chefs’ vegan dishes do not contain significant sources of oxidants besides fava beans.
E. People at risk of hemolysis require additional sources of iron in their diet.
Fava beans are an important ingredient of many vegan dishes, as they are rich in iron and other essential minerals. Unfortunately, fava beans also contain many oxidants, which, in large quantities, are very dangerous to people at risk of hemolysis, as these oxidants promote the development of blood disorders. As such, some chefs have replaced the fava beans in their vegan dishes with alternative sources of iron and now claim that people at risk of hemolysis who would like to eat their vegan dishes can do so without worrying about developing a blood disorder.
The chefs’ argument assumes which of the following?
The chefs conclude that after removing fava beans, people at risk of hemolysis can eat the dishes without worrying about blood disorders. The key assumption is that fava beans were the only significant dangerous source of oxidants in those dishes. If there are other significant oxidant sources still present, the conclusion does not follow.
(A) Blood disorders caused by carbonizers, which are close relatives of oxidants, can be prevented by removing the carbonizer-containing food.
This is irrelevant. The argument is about oxidants in these dishes, not carbonizers.
(B) The alternative ingredients maintain the iron and mineral content of the vegan dishes without adding oxidants.
This is tempting, but it is not enough. Even if the replacement ingredients add no oxidants, the dishes could still contain significant oxidants from other ingredients already in the dish.
(C) Removing the fava beans will remove all the oxidants from the vegan dishes.
This is too strong. The argument does not need all oxidants to disappear. It only needs there not to be significant remaining oxidant danger.
(D) The chefs’ vegan dishes do not contain significant sources of oxidants besides fava beans.
This is correct. If fava beans were the only significant oxidant source, then removing them makes the chefs’ conclusion reasonable.
(E) People at risk of hemolysis require additional sources of iron in their diet.
This is irrelevant. The conclusion is about safety from blood disorders, not nutritional need for iron.
Answer: (D)
The chefs’ argument assumes which of the following?
The chefs conclude that after removing fava beans, people at risk of hemolysis can eat the dishes without worrying about blood disorders. The key assumption is that fava beans were the only significant dangerous source of oxidants in those dishes. If there are other significant oxidant sources still present, the conclusion does not follow.
(A) Blood disorders caused by carbonizers, which are close relatives of oxidants, can be prevented by removing the carbonizer-containing food.
This is irrelevant. The argument is about oxidants in these dishes, not carbonizers.
(B) The alternative ingredients maintain the iron and mineral content of the vegan dishes without adding oxidants.
This is tempting, but it is not enough. Even if the replacement ingredients add no oxidants, the dishes could still contain significant oxidants from other ingredients already in the dish.
(C) Removing the fava beans will remove all the oxidants from the vegan dishes.
This is too strong. The argument does not need all oxidants to disappear. It only needs there not to be significant remaining oxidant danger.
(D) The chefs’ vegan dishes do not contain significant sources of oxidants besides fava beans.
This is correct. If fava beans were the only significant oxidant source, then removing them makes the chefs’ conclusion reasonable.
(E) People at risk of hemolysis require additional sources of iron in their diet.
This is irrelevant. The conclusion is about safety from blood disorders, not nutritional need for iron.
Answer: (D)
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