Critical Reasoning: Inference Questions

To which Critical Reasoning question type does the following question stem belong?

"Which of the following inferences is best supported by the statement made above?"

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This question asks us to evaluate an inference (which is just another word for conclusion) that has not yet been presented and that will appear in the answer choices - that's what the wording "Which of the following inferences" implies.

Investigation questions usually mention the word investigations and a reference to the argument's conclusion.

In Conclusion Strengthening questions, the conclusion appears in the argument and the question stem refers to it as the above conclusion, the argument's conclusion, or the author's conclusion.