Q3 - Flynn: Allowing people to collect

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Question Type:
Procedure

Stimulus Breakdown:
Garcia points out that there are possible negative consequences of allowing damage awards without limits when people successfully sue corporations that produce dangerous products. These negative consequences could outway any positive ones and thereby harm consumers, rather than benefit them as Flynn suggests.

Answer Anticipation:
We're asked to describe how Garcia responds to Flynn. The reasoning is a fairly standard comparison: pros versus cons. We'd like the answer to say something along the lines of pointing out that the cons could outway the pros.

Correct answer:
(A)

Answer choice analysis:
(A) is correct. While this does not present Garcia's assertion, it does describe Garcia's premise and so represents something Garcia does in repsonding to Flynn.

(B) describes a different mechanism, that undermines a previously stated position, than we see in Garcia's argument.

(C) describes a different mechanism, that undermines a previously stated position, than we see in Garcia's argument.

(D) attacks the wrong point. Garcia doesn't say that Flynn's argument could be used to support a policy, but rather that the policy advocated by Flynn would likely have the opposite outcome than Flynn asserts.

(E) describes a different mechanism, that undermines a previously stated position, than we see in Garcia's argument.

Takeaway/Pattern: Reasoning Structure: Comparison

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