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Question Type
Necessary Assumption (principle)

Stimulus
The argument concludes that doctors should not prescribe antibiotics to treat a cold. There are two reasons offered to support this point. First, that antibiotics have no curative effects on colds. And second, antibiotics can have serious side effects.

Anticipate
A principle that bridges the evidence (no curative effect and possible side effects) with the conclusion (do not prescribe antibiotics for colds) would work nicely.

Correct Answer
(A) provides the exact connection we anticipated.

Incorrect Answers
(B) reaches the right conclusion but with the wrong evidence. The argument states that antibiotics do not offer the possibility of a positive effect on a patient with a cold.

(C) reaches the wrong conclusion with the wrong evidence. The drug is neither likely to positively effect the patient's health, nor should the principle justify that a doctor should prescribe antibiotics for patients with a cold.

(D) rests on the wrong evidence. The argument doesn't state anything about the doctor being unsure about whether antibiotics would positively effect the health of a patient with a cold.

(E) is out of scope. The issue is not the basis of judgment being the patient's claims, but rather the effectiveness of antibiotics on colds and possible the possible side effects of antibiotics.

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[Yit HanS103]

I was confused with the question stem. At first I thought it was parallel, but then I was not sure wether it was an example principle or support principle.
However, now I'm more confused because I see you described this one as an necessary assumption.
I need to understand which type of question this one is in order to understand why my answer was wrong.

thank you!