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Logical Reasoning

MCQ - 85-8037

Bus Company President: A city councilman has stated his objection to the claim that the city buses are dangerous. This is clearly untrue. None of the new buses in use has ever crashed or even had a serious malfunction.
City councilman: The problem with the new buses is not that they malfunction, but that they are so flamboyantly painted that other drivers on the road are distracted and this may cause accidents.

Question:

Bus Company President: A city councilman has stated his objection to the claim that the city buses are dangerous. This is clearly untrue. None of the new buses in use has ever crashed or even had a serious malfunction.
City councilman: The problem with the new buses is not that they malfunction, but that they are so flamboyantly painted that other drivers on the road are distracted and this may cause accidents.

The councilman responds to the bus company president by doing which of the following?

  1. Characterizing the bus company president’s assertion as stemming from subjective interest rather than from objective evaluation of the facts
  2. Drawing attention to the fact that the bus company president’s interpretation of the word “dangerous” is too narrow
  3. Invoking evidence that the bus company president has explicitly dismissed as irrelevant the point at issue
  4. Drawing attention to the fact that the bus company president’s interpretation of the word “dangerous” is too narrow
  5. Casting doubt on the extent of the bus company president’s knowledge of the number of recent traffic accidents

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

The bus company president counters the claim that the company’s buses are dangerous by stating that their buses have not been involved in an accident or malfunctioned. The councilman in turn states facts that show how the buses can indeed be dangerous, but not in the way the president means.

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