Analyzing Conclusions Questions and Answers Flashcards
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Statement: All certified accountants at the firm have passed the CPA exam. Maria is a certified accountant at the firm. Conclusion: Maria has passed the CPA exam.
Answer: The conclusion follows
The conclusion follows necessarily because all certified accountants have passed the CPA exam and Maria is one of them.
Statement: Some managers in the department are also project leads. All project leads attend weekly stand-ups. Conclusion: All managers in the department attend weekly stand-ups.
Answer: The conclusion does not follow
Only 'some' managers are project leads, so we cannot conclude that ALL managers attend stand-ups.
Statement: No company that reported losses last quarter received a performance bonus. Firm X received a performance bonus. Conclusion: Firm X did not report losses last quarter.
Answer: The conclusion follows
By contrapositive logic, if receiving a bonus means no losses were reported, then Firm X did not report losses.
Statement: Employees who complete the safety training are eligible for fieldwork assignments. Not all employees complete the safety training. Conclusion: Some employees are not eligible for fieldwork assignments.
Answer: The conclusion follows
Since not all employees complete training and only those who do are eligible, some employees must be ineligible.
Statement: Recent surveys show that employees who take regular breaks report higher job satisfaction. Conclusion: Mandating regular breaks will increase every employee's job satisfaction.
Answer: The conclusion does not follow because correlation does not imply universal causation
Survey correlation between break-taking and satisfaction does not guarantee that mandating breaks will universally raise satisfaction.
Statement: Only applicants who hold a bachelor's degree will be interviewed. James was interviewed. Conclusion: James holds at least a bachelor's degree.
Answer: The conclusion follows
Since only degree-holders are interviewed and James was interviewed, James must hold at least a bachelor's degree.
Statement: The hospital's readmission rates fell after implementing a new discharge protocol. No other changes were made during that period. Conclusion: The new discharge protocol caused the reduction in readmission rates.
Answer: The conclusion follows logically
Because no other changes were made, the protocol is the most logically supported cause of the observed reduction.