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Map a relevant relationship between two situations and identify where an analogy stops supporting a conclusion.
8 authored questions + worked example
A key permits access through a lock. A password permits access to an account. The analogy compares the access-enabling roles.
Answer: The password
The key and password perform the stated access-enabling role.
All 8 authored questions for this skill.
Question 1
Two road routes allow a town to reroute traffic when one route closes. A network diagram has two independent paths with enough spare capacity if one fails.
Match the relationship, not just a shared word or appearance; an analogy can explain a structure without proving every property transfers.
Answer: An alternative path can carry the traffic when one path is unavailable.
The stated alternative path and spare capacity support the common rerouting mechanism.
Question 2
A writer argues, “Plants grow when watered, and machines are also physical objects, so watering a machine will make it grow.”
Match the relationship, not just a shared word or appearance; an analogy can explain a structure without proving every property transfers.
Answer: Being physical objects does not establish a shared biological growth mechanism.
The conclusion transfers a process without a relevant shared mechanism or evidence.
Question 3
A key permits access through a lock. A password permits access to an account. The analogy compares the access-enabling roles.
Match the relationship, not just a shared word or appearance; an analogy can explain a structure without proving every property transfers.
Answer: The password
The key and password perform the stated access-enabling role.
Question 4
A map represents selected features of a landscape; a scientific model represents selected features of a system.
Match the relationship, not just a shared word or appearance; an analogy can explain a structure without proving every property transfers.
Answer: A useful representation may omit details without being identical to what it represents.
Both are selective representations; the analogy does not make them literal copies or proofs.
Question 5
A prototype bridge is tested under stated loads before wider use. A software service is tested under stated simulated demand before wider use.
Match the relationship, not just a shared word or appearance; an analogy can explain a structure without proving every property transfers.
Answer: Both use a limited test to examine performance under specified stress.
The relevant similarity is the testing strategy, not material identity or unlimited assurance.
Question 6
A sieve selects particles by a stated size rule. A database filter selects records by a stated date rule.
Match the relationship, not just a shared word or appearance; an analogy can explain a structure without proving every property transfers.
Answer: Each keeps items according to an explicit selection criterion.
The rules differ, but both sort items by a specified condition.
Question 7
A thermometer estimates temperature from a calibrated response. A short assessment samples performance on selected tasks.
Match the relationship, not just a shared word or appearance; an analogy can explain a structure without proving every property transfers.
Answer: Both involve measurement, but one does not guarantee that the other measures every aspect of its target.
A shared measurement role does not establish identical scope, validity or completeness.
Question 8
A library catalog helps locate books without reproducing every book. A data index helps locate records without displaying every record’s full content.
Match the relationship, not just a shared word or appearance; an analogy can explain a structure without proving every property transfers.
Answer: Organizing access to items without being their complete content.
Both are aids to finding content, not guarantees of that content’s truth or completeness.