PrepTest 39, Section 3, Question 15
Ruth: To become a politician, a person should be required to have a diversity of experience. The more diverse one's experience, the more one will understand the need for compromise.
Ruth: To become a politician, a person should be required to have a diversity of experience. The more diverse one's experience, the more one will understand the need for compromise.
Stephanie: To be worthy of public trust, it is not enough, as you suggest, that one simply have varied experience. Such a person would not necessarily be worthy of public trust.
Ruth: To become a politician, a person should be required to have a diversity of experience. The more diverse one's experience, the more one will understand the need for compromise.
Stephanie: To be worthy of public trust, it is not enough, as you suggest, that one simply have varied experience. Such a person would not necessarily be worthy of public trust.
Ruth: To become a politician, a person should be required to have a diversity of experience. The more diverse one's experience, the more one will understand the need for compromise.
Which one of the following most accurately describes a flaw in the reasoning in Stephanie's response to Ruth's statements?
The response simply asserts a point of view opposite to Ruth's without giving reasons for it.
The response fails to provide evidence for its assumption that experience is not beneficial to the practice of politics.
The response attributes to Ruth a view that is more vulnerable to criticism than any she actually expresses.
The response fails to make a needed distinction between personal experience and relevant professional experience.
The response fails to provide evidence for its assumption that flexibility is unimportant in the practice of politics.
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