Q13 - Specially bred aquarium fish

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Question Type:
Most Supported

Stimulus Breakdown:
"We know the following:
1. Specially bred aquarium fish with brilliant coloration and unusual body shapes are popular with connoisseurs.
2. Specially bred aquarium fish are inferior to ordinary fish.
3. Specially bred aquarium fish, hampered by their elaborate tails and strangely shaped fins, cannot compete with ordinary fish for food and so are underfed.
4. The offspring of specially bred aquarium fish do not have the elaborate tails and the brilliant coloration of their parents."

Answer Anticipation:
Tough one to anticipate.

Correct Answer:
(D)

Answer Choice Analysis:
(A) is too strong. While we know that specially bred fish are typically undered, we don't know the problem is so bad that they need special assistance to survive.

(B) is unsupported. While specially bred fish are popular with connoisseurs, we don't know that ordinary fish are not popular with connoisseurs.

(C) is out of scope. We don't know who purchases most specially bred fish.

(D) is correct. This answer is supported by third point above. Otherwise, how would ordinary fish out compete specially bred fish for food.

(E) is unsupported. We know that those characteristics interfere with a fish's ability to compete for food, but not that they make it difficult to reproduce.

Takeaway/Pattern: Reasoning Structure: Comparison

#officialexplanation

[JinZ551]

Question Type:
Most Supported

Stimulus Breakdown:
"We know the following:
1. Specially bred aquarium fish with brilliant coloration and unusual body shapes are popular with connoisseurs.
2. Specially bred aquarium fish are inferior to ordinary fish.
3. Specially bred aquarium fish, hampered by their elaborate tails and strangely shaped fins, cannot compete with ordinary fish for food and so are underfed.
4. The offspring of specially bred aquarium fish do not have the elaborate tails and the brilliant coloration of their parents."

Answer Anticipation:
Tough one to anticipate.

Correct Answer:
(D)

Answer Choice Analysis:
(A) is too strong. While we know that specially bred fish are typically undered, we don't know the problem is so bad that they need special assistance to survive.

(B) is unsupported. While specially bred fish are popular with connoisseurs, we don't know that ordinary fish are not popular with connoisseurs.

(C) is out of scope. We don't know who purchases most specially bred fish.

(D) is correct. This answer is supported by third point above. Otherwise, how would ordinary fish out compete specially bred fish for food.

(E) is unsupported. We know that those characteristics interfere with a fish's ability to compete for food, but not that they make it difficult to reproduce.

Takeaway/Pattern: Reasoning Structure: Comparison

#officialexplanation

you got a typo here, "undered" should be "underfed"?