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Q uestion #2: Must Be True. The correct answer choice is (A)
This stimulus presents a fairly straightforward scenario: the tariffs imposed on steel
imports by the government of country A have helped domestic steel producers
become more competitive and make record profits, because in most cases foreign
producers were unable to compete under the new tariffs. Note that there is no
conclusion present, and so this is a fact set, not an argument.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer. Since we know that domestic steel
producers benefited positively from the tariffs, and foreign steel producers were
affected negatively, it must be true that not all steel producers were unaffected.
Worded another way, answer choice A states “some steel producers were affected
by…[the] tariffs.”
As an aside, if, upon reading (A), you determined this was a strong answer, should
you have simply selected it and skipped reading the remaining answers? No, because
perhaps you misread (A), or perhaps there is a better answer among the remaining
choices. The only reason not to read the remaining choices would be if you were just
about out of time.
Answer choice (B): The stimulus tells us that “foreign steel producers were in many
cases unable to compete effectively under the burden of the newly imposed tariffs.”
This does not imply that some foreign steel producers were able to compete
effectively. Be careful not to assume that “some could compete” just because you
are not explicitly told “all could not compete.” Although this answer choice Could Be
True, it does not have to be true.
Answer choice (C): Again, we know that in many cases foreign steel producers could
not compete effectively, but we cannot know anything about the percentage of
foreign steel producers that could not compete effectively. Again, this answer choice
Could Be True, but it does not have to be true.
Answer choice (D): The stimulus states that “many” domestic steel producers
enjoyed record profits, but “many” does not necessarily equal “most” (or
“majority”). Logically speaking, “many” simply means “some,” unless you have
further information about the overall number under discussion (more on this in
Chapter Twelve).
Answer choice (E): This answer choice is much too broad in scope to be completely
supported by the information in the stimulus. We know that in country A these
particular tariffs helped to aid the domestic steel industry, but that is not sufficient
evidence to prove that tariffs are “generally an effective approach” to protecting any
domestic industry in any country. |
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