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Consider the statement: 'All civil servants are honest. Sarah is a civil servant.' What can be concluded?

This is a direct deductive inference. If all members of a group have a quality, and an individual is a member of that group, then the individual must have that

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Question: Consider the statement: 'All civil servants are honest. Sarah is a civil servant.' What can be concluded?

Answer options:

  • Sarah is probably honest.
  • Sarah is not honest. ✅ Sarah is honest.
  • The statement is irrelevant to Sarah.

Correct answer: Sarah is honest.

Explanation: This is a direct deductive inference. If all members of a group have a quality, and an individual is a member of that group, then the individual must have that quality.

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