Logic Breakdown

Passage Summary: A club made a list of all national rules except for tax and job laws. Since radio rules are national but aren't about tax or jobs, they must be on the list.

Conclusion: The City Club's guide includes radio airplay restrictions.

Reasoning: The guide covers all national regulations except tax and labor law, and radio restrictions are national regulations that fall into neither of those excluded categories.

Analysis: This argument uses a process of elimination within a defined set. We have a general set (national regulations), a subset that is excluded (tax/labor), and a specific item (radio restrictions) that belongs to the general set but not the excluded subset. Look for an answer choice that establishes a broad category, identifies specific exceptions, and then concludes an item is included because it fits the category but avoids the exceptions.

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Which one of the following exhibits a pattern of reasoning most similar to that exhibited by the argument above?

Correct Answer
B
B matches perfectly: Coreopsis is a perennial (member of A). The Garden Club awards a prize for each perennial except shrubs or non-native plants (exceptions B and C). Coreopsis is not a shrub and is native (outside both exceptions). Therefore, it gets a prize. Same form as the original.
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