JUPEBUse of EnglishLogical Reasoning

Read the passage and answer the question. 'You cannot take Dr Okafor's warning about the dam seriously. He is a lecturer, and everybody knows lecturers are always on strike.' The speaker's reasoning is faulty because

Ait attacks Dr Okafor's character instead of examining his warning.CORRECT
Bit assumes that the dam is safe.
Cit relies on a fact about the speaker's own profession.
Dit quotes Dr Okafor out of context.
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Why the answer is A, and why the others tempt you.
The speaker dismisses the warning by making a sweeping remark about lecturers rather than by considering whether the warning is correct. Rejecting an argument by attacking the person who made it is a fallacy. The speaker's own profession is not mentioned, no quotation is given to be taken out of context, and the safety of the dam is not asserted but simply left unexamined.
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