#24 - The local radio station will not win the regional

[Adam Tyson]

In this case, yes, Deck, but not always. It would have been possible for the set of answer choices to have been more complex, with multiple premises, and only one matching the structure of "this thing has not changed while other things have tried to improve, therefore this thing will not do better than it has before in comparison to those other things." Answer D doesn't completely match the stimulus, but it matches it better than the others because of the combination of a Time Shift and a conclusion that is completely certain.

[nivernova]

Why is it not a Parallel FLAW????

Bot the argument in the stimulus and the correct answer choice contain are flawed.

I don't understand why it is just a Parallel question.

[Jeremy Press]

Hi nivernova,

Most of the time in a Parallel question with a flaw, the question stem will tell you that there is flawed reasoning in the stimulus so that you can be aware to look for the stimulus flaw (and the matching flaw in the correct answer). But there are a few Parallel questions where the question stem doesn't refer to flawed reasoning but the stimulus still has a flaw anyway. In those cases, the test makers are expecting you to pick up on the flaw and find an answer choice that best matches. That definitely makes the question trickier, but you do have to be aware that it's a possibility. You'll probably still see us label those questions "Parallel Reasoning" questions (because of the language of the question stem), but the presence of the flaw means you have to match that element as well.