PrepTest 51, Section 2, Question 10

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Columnist: A recent research report suggests that by exercising vigorously, one significantly lowers one's chances of developing certain cardio-respiratory illnesses. But exercise has this effect, the report concludes, only if the exercise is vigorous. Thus, one should not heed older studies purporting to show that nonstrenuous walking yields the same benefits.

Columnist: A recent research report suggests that by exercising vigorously, one significantly lowers one's chances of developing certain cardio-respiratory illnesses. But exercise has this effect, the report concludes, only if the exercise is vigorous. Thus, one should not heed older studies purporting to show that nonstrenuous walking yields the same benefits.

Columnist: A recent research report suggests that by exercising vigorously, one significantly lowers one's chances of developing certain cardio-respiratory illnesses. But exercise has this effect, the report concludes, only if the exercise is vigorous. Thus, one should not heed older studies purporting to show that nonstrenuous walking yields the same benefits.

Columnist: A recent research report suggests that by exercising vigorously, one significantly lowers one's chances of developing certain cardio-respiratory illnesses. But exercise has this effect, the report concludes, only if the exercise is vigorous. Thus, one should not heed older studies purporting to show that nonstrenuous walking yields the same benefits.

Question
10

The reasoning in the columnist's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that this argument

fails to consider the possibility that the risk of developing certain cardio-respiratory illnesses can be reduced by means other than exercise

fails to consider that those who exercise vigorously are at increased risk of physical injury caused by exercise

overlooks the possibility that vigorous exercise may prevent life-endangering diseases that have little to do with the cardio-respiratory system

fails to consider the possibility that those who engage in vigorous physical exercise are more likely than others to perceive themselves as healthy

fails to show that a certain conclusion of the recent report is better justified than an opposing conclusion reached in older studies

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