Question ID:PT69 S1 Q24 Passage:In an effort to reduce underage drinking, the Department of Health has been encouraging adolescents to take a pledge not to drink alcohol until they reach the legal age. This seems to be successful. A survey of seventeen-year-olds has found that many who do not drink report having taken a pledge to refrain from drinking, whereas almost all who drink report having never taken such a pledge. Stem:The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism because the argument Correct Answer Choice:CChoice A:bases a conclusion about the efficacy of a method to reduce underage drinking merely on a normative judgment about the morality of underage drinking Choice B:fails to consider that an alternative method of reducing underage drinking might be more effective Choice C:infers from an association between pledging not to drink and refraining from drinking that the pledging was the cause of refraining from drinking Choice D:treats a condition that is sufficient to produce an outcome as though it were necessary for the outcome to occur Choice E:confuses the claim that many adolescents who do not drink report having taken the pledge with the claim that many who report having taken the pledge do not drink