Evaluate Argument Logic Practice Test

A technology columnist claims that the only reason people worry about data privacy is that they do not understand how encryption works. Therefore, the columnist concludes, public concern about data privacy would disappear if schools required a basic course on encryption. The argument relies on which questionable reasoning pattern?​​​

A university administrator argues that because 9 out of the last 10 students caught plagiarizing in introductory courses were first-year students, the university should require all first-year students to complete an additional ethics module. The administrator concludes that first-year students are especially prone to plagiarism and that targeting them will substantially reduce academic dishonesty. The argument is most vulnerable to which criticism?