Are you still reading the other newspaper in town? Did you know that the Daily Bugle is owned by an out-of-town business syndicate that couldnt care less about the people of Gotham City? Read the Daily Clarion, the only real voice of the people of Gotham City!
Which of the following most directly refutes the argument raised in the advertisement above?
(A) Over half of the advertising revenues of the Daily Clarion come from firms whose headquarters are located outside of Gotham City.
(B) The Daily Clarion usually devotes more of its pages to out-of-town news than does the Daily Bugle.
(C) Nearly 40 percent of the readers of the Daily Clarion reside outside the limits of Gotham City.
(D) The editor-in-chief and all the other members of the editorial staff of the Daily Bugle have lived and worked in Gotham City for ten years or more.
(E) The Daily Bugle has been published in Gotham City for a longer time than has the Daily Clarion.
My take - B can any one elaborate in case of diff. ans.
At one time, European and Japanese companies tried to imitate their American rivals. Today, American appliance manufacturers import European scientists to lead their research staffs; American automakers design cars that mimic the styling of German, Italian, and French imports; and American electronics firms boast in their advertising of Japanese-style devotion to quality and reliability. In the world of high technology, America has lost the battle for international prestige.
Each of the following statements, if true, would help to support the claim above EXCEPT:
(A) An American camera company claims in its promotional literature to produce cameras as fine as the best Swiss imports.
(B) An American maker of stereo components designs its products to resemble those of a popular Japanese firm.
(C) An American manufacturer of video games uses a brand name chosen because it sounds like a Japanese word.
(D) An American maker of televisions studies German-made televisions in order to adopt German manufacturing techniques.
(E) An American maker of frozen foods advertises its dinners as Real European-style entrees prepared by fine French and Italian chefs.
My take is C . Pl elaborate for diff. ans.
Each of the following statements, if true, would help to support the claim above EXCEPT:
(A) An American camera company claims in its promotional literature to produce cameras as fine as the best Swiss imports.
(B) An American maker of stereo components designs its products to resemble those of a popular Japanese firm.
(C) An American manufacturer of video games uses a brand name chosen because it sounds like a Japanese word.
(D) An American maker of televisions studies German-made televisions in order to adopt German manufacturing techniques.
(E) An American maker of frozen foods advertises its dinners as Real European-style entrees prepared by fine French and Italian chefs.
My take is C . Pl elaborate for diff. ans.
my take on 'D'. Studying german made television techniques doesnt provide evidence america lost battle for int prestige. rest all options are facts to support the claims. Even 'D' could be argued but the american maker not necessarily will adopt german technique hes just studyng.. wats OA?
Are you still reading the other newspaper in town? Did you know that the Daily Bugle is owned by an out-of-town business syndicate that couldn't care less about the people of Gotham City? Read the Daily Clarion, the only real voice of the people of Gotham City!
Which of the following most directly refutes the argument raised in the advertisement above?
(A) Over half of the advertising revenues of the Daily Clarion come from firms whose headquarters are located outside of Gotham City.
(B) The Daily Clarion usually devotes more of its pages to out-of-town news than does the Daily Bugle.(Daily Clarion more of its pages say 8 of 10,Daily Bugle 10 of 50.So,we dont know number of pages,this is not the answer)
(C) Nearly 40 percent of the readers of the Daily Clarion reside outside the limits of Gotham City.
(D) The editor-in-chief and all the other members of the editorial staff of the Daily Bugle have lived and worked in Gotham City for ten years or more.
(E) The Daily Bugle has been published in Gotham City for a longer time than has the Daily Clarion.
My take - B can any one elaborate in case of diff. ans.
My choice D.
E for first CR and D for 2nd can smne elaborate pl.
At one time, European and Japanese companies tried to imitate their American rivals. Today, American appliance manufacturers import European scientists to lead their research staffs; American automakers design cars that mimic the styling of German, Italian, and French imports; and American electronics firms boast in their advertising of Japanese-style devotion to quality and reliability. In the world of high technology, America has lost the battle for international prestige.
Each of the following statements, if true, would help to support the claim above EXCEPT:
(A) An American camera company claims in its promotional literature to produce cameras as fine as the best Swiss imports.
(B) An American maker of stereo components designs its products to resemble those of a popular Japanese firm.
(C) An American manufacturer of video games uses a brand name chosen because it sounds like a Japanese word.
(D) An American maker of televisions studies German-made televisions in order to adopt German manufacturing techniques.
(E) An American maker of frozen foods advertises its dinners as Real European-style entrees prepared by fine French and Italian chefs.
My take is C . Pl elaborate for diff. ans.
my take is also C. video game manufacturer uses just japanese brandname and not the technology... A,B & D is out since its mentioned that "appliance manufacturers import European scientists"... E says food prepared by french chefs, which also supports the conclusion. what is OA?
I would go with D. The evidence put forths a series of events where American industry has borrowed other countries' names to market their own stuff as the other countries have overtaken America in terms of quality or any other property. Our of the 5 options, only D does not add another evidence, the rest of them do. Hence, D.
OA are E & D for previous sets E-seems convincing but D is abtruse fro the second one. I am yet to find correct explanation for D from smne..
I am posting four new CRs guys pls. rise and become active we are too slow
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More opinions are necessary..
Investing in real estate would be a profitable venture at this time. A survey in House magazine revealed that 85% of the magazines readers are planning to buy a second home over the next few years. A study of the real estate industry, however, revealed that the current supply of homes could only provide for 65% of that demand each year.
Which of the following, if true, reveals a weakness in the evidence cited above?
(A) Real estate is a highly labor-intensive business.
(B) Home builders are not evenly distributed across the country.
(C) The number of people who want second homes has been increasing each year for the past ten years.
(D) Readers of House magazine are more likely than most people to want second homes.
(E) House magazine includes articles about owning a second home as well as articles about building a second home.
A sociologist recently studied two sets of teenagers. The members of one set spent 10 or more hours per week watching violent television programs, and the members of the other set spent 2 hours or less per week watching violent television programs. A significantly greater proportion of the teenagers in the former group exhibited aggressive behavior during the period of the study. The sociologists reasoned that the prolonged exposure to television violence caused the aggressive behavior.
Which of the following, if true, of the teenagers in the study, provides the strongest challenge to the sociologists conclusion?
(A) Some teenagers who watched more than 10 hours of violent television programming per week behaved less aggressively than others in the same group of teenagers.
(B) Some teenagers who watched 2 hours of violent television programming per week did not behave aggressively.
(C) Some teenagers voluntarily stopped watching violent television programs after being victims of violence.
(D) Some teenagers watched violent television programs alone, while others did so in groups.
(E) Many of the teenagers in the first group exhibited aggressive behavior before the study began
Local phone companies have monopolies on phone service within their areas. Cable television can be transmitted via the wires that are already in place and owned by the phone companies. Cable television companies argue that if the telephone companies were to offer cable service, these telephone companies would have an unfair advantage, because their cable transmissions could be subsidized by the profits of their monopolies on phone service.
On the basis of the information provided in the passage above, which of the following questions can be answered?
(A) Are phone companies as efficient as cable companies in providing reliable and inexpensive service?
(B) If phone companies were allowed to provide cable service, would they want to do so?
(C) Do the cable companies believe that the local phone companies make a profit on phone service?
(D) Are local phone companies forbidden to offer cable service?
(E) Is it expected that phone companies will have a monopoly on cable service?
Contrary to the statements of labor leaders, the central economic problem facing America today is not the distribution of wealth. It is productivity. With the productivity of U.S. industry stagnant, or even declining slightly, the economic pie is no longer growing. Labor leaders, of course, point to what they consider an unfair distribution of the slices of pie to justify their demands for further increases in wages and benefits. And in the past, when the pie was still growing, management could afford to acquiesce. No longer. Until productivity resumes its growth, there can be no justification for further increases in the compensation of workers.
Which of the following statements by a labor leader focuses on the logical weakness in the argument above?
(A) Although the economic pie is no longer growing, the portion of the pie allocated to American workers remains unjustly small.
(B) If management fails to accommodate the demands of workers, labor leaders will be forced to call strikes that will cripple the operation of industry.
(C) Although productivity is stagnant, the U.S. population is growing, so that the absolute size of the economic pie continues to grow as well.
(D) As a labor leader, I can be concerned only with the needs of working people, not with the problems faced by management.
(E) The stagnation of U.S. industry has been caused largely by factorssuch as foreign competitionbeyond the control of American workers.
Bold are my ans...
Which of the following, if true, reveals a weakness in the evidence cited above?
(A) Real estate is a highly labor-intensive business.
(B) Home builders are not evenly distributed across the country.
(C) The number of people who want second homes has been increasing each year for the past ten years.
(D) Readers of House magazine are more likely than most people to want second homes.
(E) House magazine includes articles about owning a second home as well as articles about building a second home.
A sociologist recently studied two sets of teenagers. The members of one set spent 10 or more hours per week watching violent television programs, and the members of the other set spent 2 hours or less per week watching violent television programs. A significantly greater proportion of the teenagers in the former group exhibited aggressive behavior during the period of the study. The sociologists reasoned that the prolonged exposure to television violence caused the aggressive behavior.
Which of the following, if true, of the teenagers in the study, provides the strongest challenge to the sociologists conclusion?
(A) Some teenagers who watched more than 10 hours of violent television programming per week behaved less aggressively than others in the same group of teenagers.
(B) Some teenagers who watched 2 hours of violent television programming per week did not behave aggressively.
(C) Some teenagers voluntarily stopped watching violent television programs after being victims of violence.
(D) Some teenagers watched violent television programs alone, while others did so in groups.
(E) Many of the teenagers in the first group exhibited aggressive behavior before the study began
Local phone companies have monopolies on phone service within their areas. Cable television can be transmitted via the wires that are already in place and owned by the phone companies. Cable television companies argue that if the telephone companies were to offer cable service, these telephone companies would have an unfair advantage, because their cable transmissions could be subsidized by the profits of their monopolies on phone service.
On the basis of the information provided in the passage above, which of the following questions can be answered?
(A) Are phone companies as efficient as cable companies in providing reliable and inexpensive service?
(B) If phone companies were allowed to provide cable service, would they want to do so?
(C) Do the cable companies believe that the local phone companies make a profit on phone service?
(D) Are local phone companies forbidden to offer cable service?
(E) Is it expected that phone companies will have a monopoly on cable service?
Contrary to the statements of labor leaders, the central economic problem facing America today is not the distribution of wealth. It is productivity. With the productivity of U.S. industry stagnant, or even declining slightly, the economic pie is no longer growing. Labor leaders, of course, point to what they consider an unfair distribution of the slices of pie to justify their demands for further increases in wages and benefits. And in the past, when the pie was still growing, management could afford to acquiesce. No longer. Until productivity resumes its growth, there can be no justification for further increases in the compensation of workers.
Which of the following statements by a labor leader focuses on the logical weakness in the argument above?
(A) Although the economic pie is no longer growing, the portion of the pie allocated to American workers remains unjustly small.
(B) If management fails to accommodate the demands of workers, labor leaders will be forced to call strikes that will cripple the operation of industry.
(C) Although productivity is stagnant, the U.S. population is growing, so that the absolute size of the economic pie continues to grow as well.
(D) As a labor leader, I can be concerned only with the needs of working people, not with the problems faced by management.
(E) The stagnation of U.S. industry has been caused largely by factorssuch as foreign competitionbeyond the control of American workers.
Bold are my ans...
Investing in real estate would be a profitable venture at this time. A survey in House magazine revealed that 85% of the magazine's readers are planning to buy a second home over the next few years. A study of the real estate industry, however, revealed that the current supply of homes could only provide for 65% of that demand each year.
Which of the following, if true, reveals a weakness in the evidence cited above?
(C) The number of people who want second homes has been increasing each year for the past ten years.
A sociologist recently studied two sets of teenagers. The members of one set spent 10 or more hours per week watching violent television programs, and the members of the other set spent 2 hours or less per week watching violent television programs. A significantly greater proportion of the teenagers in the former group exhibited aggressive behavior during the period of the study. The sociologists reasoned that the prolonged exposure to television violence caused the aggressive behavior.
Which of the following, if true, of the teenagers in the study, provides the strongest challenge to the sociologist's conclusion?
(B) Some teenagers who watched 2 hours of violent television programming per week did not behave aggressively.
Local phone companies have monopolies on phone service within their areas. Cable television can be transmitted via the wires that are already in place and owned by the phone companies. Cable television companies argue that if the telephone companies were to offer cable service, these telephone companies would have an unfair advantage, because their cable transmissions could be subsidized by the profits of their monopolies on phone service.
On the basis of the information provided in the passage above, which of the following questions can be answered?
(A) Are phone companies as efficient as cable companies in providing reliable and inexpensive service?
Contrary to the statements of labor leaders, the central economic problem facing America today is not the distribution of wealth. It is productivity. With the productivity of U.S. industry stagnant, or even declining slightly, the economic pie is no longer growing. Labor leaders, of course, point to what they consider an unfair distribution of the slices of pie to justify their demands for further increases in wages and benefits. And in the past, when the pie was still growing, management could afford to acquiesce. No longer. Until productivity resumes its growth, there can be no justification for further increases in the compensation of workers.
Which of the following statements by a labor leader focuses on the logical weakness in the argument above?
(C) Although productivity is stagnant, the U.S. population is growing, so that the absolute size of the economic pie continues to grow as well.
My Take for the above
Investing in real estate would be a profitable venture at this time. A survey in House magazine revealed that 85% of the magazines readers are planning to buy a second home over the next few years. A study of the real estate industry, however, revealed that the current supply of homes could only provide for 65% of that demand each year.
Which of the following, if true, reveals a weakness in the evidence cited above?
(A) Real estate is a highly labor-intensive business.
(B) Home builders are not evenly distributed across the country.
(C) The number of people who want second homes has been increasing each year for the past ten years.
(D) Readers of House magazine are more likely than most people to want second homes.
(E) House magazine includes articles about owning a second home as well as articles about building a second home.
A sociologist recently studied two sets of teenagers. The members of one set spent 10 or more hours per week watching violent television programs, and the members of the other set spent 2 hours or less per week watching violent television programs. A significantly greater proportion of the teenagers in the former group exhibited aggressive behavior during the period of the study. The sociologists reasoned that the prolonged exposure to television violence caused the aggressive behavior.
Which of the following, if true, of the teenagers in the study, provides the strongest challenge to the sociologists conclusion?
(A) Some teenagers who watched more than 10 hours of violent television programming per week behaved less aggressively than others in the same group of teenagers.
(B) Some teenagers who watched 2 hours of violent television programming per week did not behave aggressively.
(C) Some teenagers voluntarily stopped watching violent television programs after being victims of violence.
(D) Some teenagers watched violent television programs alone, while others did so in groups.
(E) Many of the teenagers in the first group exhibited aggressive behavior before the study began
Local phone companies have monopolies on phone service within their areas. Cable television can be transmitted via the wires that are already in place and owned by the phone companies. Cable television companies argue that if the telephone companies were to offer cable service, these telephone companies would have an unfair advantage, because their cable transmissions could be subsidized by the profits of their monopolies on phone service.
On the basis of the information provided in the passage above, which of the following questions can be answered?
(A) Are phone companies as efficient as cable companies in providing reliable and inexpensive service?
(B) If phone companies were allowed to provide cable service, would they want to do so?
(C) Do the cable companies believe that the local phone companies make a profit on phone service?
(D) Are local phone companies forbidden to offer cable service?
(E) Is it expected that phone companies will have a monopoly on cable service?
Contrary to the statements of labor leaders, the central economic problem facing America today is not the distribution of wealth. It is productivity. With the productivity of U.S. industry stagnant, or even declining slightly, the economic pie is no longer growing. Labor leaders, of course, point to what they consider an unfair distribution of the slices of pie to justify their demands for further increases in wages and benefits. And in the past, when the pie was still growing, management could afford to acquiesce. No longer. Until productivity resumes its growth, there can be no justification for further increases in the compensation of workers.
Which of the following statements by a labor leader focuses on the logical weakness in the argument above?
(A) Although the economic pie is no longer growing, the portion of the pie allocated to American workers remains unjustly small.
(B) If management fails to accommodate the demands of workers, labor leaders will be forced to call strikes that will cripple the operation of industry.
(C) Although productivity is stagnant, the U.S. population is growing, so that the absolute size of the economic pie continues to grow as well.
(D) As a labor leader, I can be concerned only with the needs of working people, not with the problems faced by management.
(E) The stagnation of U.S. industry has been caused largely by factorssuch as foreign competitionbeyond the control of American workers.
Bold are my ans...
My answers are :
(i) D
(ii) E
(iii) C
(iv) C
What are the OAs?
OA - DECA - Congrats veereshai u got 3 right
1)I want to know how u interpreted :- more likely than most in option D
4) Justification for option E -A labour leader is concerned about consistent measely pay ( with or w/o down turn) he gets from organization , logically he wants a wage increase so I thght he should not be concerned about American Org. probs.
C option marked by veer I feel is in contrast as if popu. grows though size increases but worker won't get much of it. Instead there are chances he would get a lesser share.Thus it supports the argument.
But howcome A any takers...
1)I want to know how u interpreted :- more likely than most in option D
4) Justification for option E -A labour leader is concerned about consistent measely pay ( with or w/o down turn) he gets from organization , logically he wants a wage increase so I thght he should not be concerned about American Org. probs.
C option marked by veer I feel is in contrast as if popu. grows though size increases but worker won't get much of it. Instead there are chances he would get a lesser share.Thus it supports the argument.
But howcome A any takers...
Hungrymind,
The only approach I ensure I get right is not to let my previous knowledge affect the answer choices as most of the answers are right and tricky but are out of scope with the passage given. If you look carefully, I did that mistake in the last answer (question 4). I got biased and thought of proportions etc (thanks to data sufficiency :D). But the right answer is A. The reason is, look at the question,
Which of the following statements by a labor leader focuses on the logical weakness in the argument above?
It clearly says the focus of labor leader in the argument above. Let's see the details in the passage which refer to labor leader,
"Contrary to the statements of labor leaders, the central economic problem facing America today is not the distribution of wealth. It is productivity. " - Here don't get carried away and agree with the author. Once you agree to the point above, you are bound to fall for the trap. Just leave it as it is and don't agree/disagree. Your personal opinions don't count in CR.
"Labor leaders, of course, point to what they consider an unfair distribution of the slices of pie to justify their demands for further increases in wages and benefits" - Clearly, the labor leader's focus is on the unfair distribution of the slices of pie.
If you look at the answers now, with the context of the question, it should talk about the unfair distribution (unfair is a strong word, hence look for an equivalent word, which is unjust in the answer choice) of the pie. Hence A.
Coming to question 1,
First looking at the question,
"Which of the following, if true, reveals a weakness in the evidence cited above?"
What is a weakness question? Something that will weaken the relationship between the evidence and the conclusion. So, we need to look at them carefully.
"Investing in real estate would be a profitable venture at this time." - A conclusion in the first line itself. Ok, so why is the author saying this, what are the evidences?
"A survey in House magazine revealed that 85% of the magazine's readers are planning to buy a second home over the next few years. A study of the real estate industry, however, revealed that the current supply of homes could only provide for 65% of that demand each year." - Ok, they are talking about a magazine called House magazine and a study about supply not meeting demand. Now, the problem here is that it just talks about one magazine and nothing concrete. And it's mentioned only in terms of percentages, not real numbers. So, how can the author be sure that just because of a survey of a maganzine's readers will lead to a profitable venture?
So, we need to look for an evidence in the answers which talk about hose magazine and it's readers.
choice (a), (b) and (e) are irrelevant. If (c) was true, the real estate industry would have planned for it and supply would meet demand as it's growing year on year and hence the investment in real estate wouldn't be profitable. (D) sounds perfect for me as the study is limited to just House magazine and this study does not give us the complete picture.
Kindly post some more CRs, this is great practice :).
CR Dose for the day:-
Guys if we don't criticize every option we won't understand logic for these , pl. actively participate. Give some strain to your left side portion of your brain.....
Veer bhai and Harry bhai I request a few inputs from you too....
Kyunki mere post ke answer mein janta hun , meri practice ka kya hoga ;)
2nd CR is worth discussing pl. do discuss........
Some analysts maintain that an embargo by country Litora on the export of a strategic metal to country Zenda, if imposed, would drive up the price of the metal in Zenda at least tenfold. They note that few other countries export the metal and that, with an embargo, Zenda might have to depend on as-yet-unexploited domestic sources of the metal.
Which of the following, if true, constitutes the most serious objection to the analysis above?
(A) Litoras economy depends heavily on foreign currency earned by the export of the strategic metal to other countries.
(B) There are foreign-policy steps that Zenda could take to appease Litora and avoid being subjected to an embargo on the metal.
(C) Geologists believe that additional deposits of the metal could possibly be found within the territory of Litora.
(D) Only a small proportion of Zendas import expenditures is devoted to the import of the metal from Litora.
(E) In case of an embargo, Zenda could buy the metal indirectly from Litora on the world market at a less than one-third increase in cost.
Instead of blaming an airline accident on pilot error, investigators should find out why the error was made by analyzing airplane design, airline management, and pilot-training programs. For only then can changes be made to ensure that the same type of error does not recur and cause another accident.
Which of the following is a presupposition of the argument above?
(A) Pilot error is not a major contributing factor in most airline accidents.
(B) Airline companies themselves should be the agents who investigate airline accidents.
(C) Stricter government regulation of airline companies will make air travel significantly safer.
(D) Investigators of airline accidents should contribute to the prevention of future accidents.
(E) Most pilots who make errors in flying will repeat their errors unless they are retrained.
Guys if we don't criticize every option we won't understand logic for these , pl. actively participate. Give some strain to your left side portion of your brain.....
Veer bhai and Harry bhai I request a few inputs from you too....
Kyunki mere post ke answer mein janta hun , meri practice ka kya hoga ;)
2nd CR is worth discussing pl. do discuss........
Some analysts maintain that an embargo by country Litora on the export of a strategic metal to country Zenda, if imposed, would drive up the price of the metal in Zenda at least tenfold. They note that few other countries export the metal and that, with an embargo, Zenda might have to depend on as-yet-unexploited domestic sources of the metal.
Which of the following, if true, constitutes the most serious objection to the analysis above?
(A) Litoras economy depends heavily on foreign currency earned by the export of the strategic metal to other countries.
(B) There are foreign-policy steps that Zenda could take to appease Litora and avoid being subjected to an embargo on the metal.
(C) Geologists believe that additional deposits of the metal could possibly be found within the territory of Litora.
(D) Only a small proportion of Zendas import expenditures is devoted to the import of the metal from Litora.
(E) In case of an embargo, Zenda could buy the metal indirectly from Litora on the world market at a less than one-third increase in cost.
Instead of blaming an airline accident on pilot error, investigators should find out why the error was made by analyzing airplane design, airline management, and pilot-training programs. For only then can changes be made to ensure that the same type of error does not recur and cause another accident.
Which of the following is a presupposition of the argument above?
(A) Pilot error is not a major contributing factor in most airline accidents.
(B) Airline companies themselves should be the agents who investigate airline accidents.
(C) Stricter government regulation of airline companies will make air travel significantly safer.
(D) Investigators of airline accidents should contribute to the prevention of future accidents.
(E) Most pilots who make errors in flying will repeat their errors unless they are retrained.
CR Dose for the day:-
Guys if we don't criticize every option we won't understand logic for these , pl. actively participate. Give some strain to your left side portion of your brain.....
Veer bhai and Harry bhai I request a few inputs from you too....
Kyunki mere post ke answer mein janta hun , meri practice ka kya hoga ;)
2nd CR is worth discussing pl. do discuss........
Some analysts maintain that an embargo by country Litora on the export of a strategic metal to country Zenda, if imposed, would drive up the price of the metal in Zenda at least tenfold. They note that few other countries export the metal and that, with an embargo, Zenda might have to depend on as-yet-unexploited domestic sources of the metal.
Which of the following, if true, constitutes the most serious objection to the analysis above?
(A) Litoras economy depends heavily on foreign currency earned by the export of the strategic metal to other countries.
(B) There are foreign-policy steps that Zenda could take to appease Litora and avoid being subjected to an embargo on the metal.
(C) Geologists believe that additional deposits of the metal could possibly be found within the territory of Litora.
(D) Only a small proportion of Zendas import expenditures is devoted to the import of the metal from Litora.
(E) In case of an embargo, Zenda could buy the metal indirectly from Litora on the world market at a less than one-third increase in cost.
Instead of blaming an airline accident on pilot error, investigators should find out why the error was made by analyzing airplane design, airline management, and pilot-training programs. For only then can changes be made to ensure that the same type of error does not recur and cause another accident.
Which of the following is a presupposition of the argument above?
(A) Pilot error is not a major contributing factor in most airline accidents.
(B) Airline companies themselves should be the agents who investigate airline accidents.
(C) Stricter government regulation of airline companies will make air travel significantly safer.
(D) Investigators of airline accidents should contribute to the prevention of future accidents.
(E) Most pilots who make errors in flying will repeat their errors unless they are retrained.
Answers for 1- E 2- A.
Since the psg focuses more on airplane design, airline management, and pilot-training programs rather than pilot errors, A is the presupposition made in the psg. Anyway B, C and D are irrevelant and E is eliminated because psg is not saying anything on re-training to pilots.
CR Dose for the day:-
Some analysts maintain that an embargo by country Litora on the export of a strategic metal to country Zenda, if imposed, would drive up the price of the metal in Zenda at least tenfold. They note that few other countries export the metal and that, with an embargo, Zenda might have to depend on as-yet-unexploited domestic sources of the metal.
Which of the following, if true, constitutes the most serious objection to the analysis above?
(A) Litoras economy depends heavily on foreign currency earned by the export of the strategic metal to other countries.(if this become true then they will not impose an embargo on export of metal and the analysis shown will be objected)
Instead of blaming an airline accident on pilot error, investigators should find out why the error was made by analyzing airplane design, airline management, and pilot-training programs. For only then can changes be made to ensure that the same type of error does not recur and cause another accident.
Which of the following is a presupposition of the argument above?
A should be the answer as they have already assumed that contribution of pilot in accident is not much..
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my answer in bold please correct me if iam wrong...:)
CR Dose for the day:-
Guys if we don't criticize every option we won't understand logic for these , pl. actively participate. Give some strain to your left side portion of your brain.....
Veer bhai and Harry bhai I request a few inputs from you too....
Kyunki mere post ke answer mein janta hun , meri practice ka kya hoga ;)
2nd CR is worth discussing pl. do discuss........
Some analysts maintain that an embargo by country Litora on the export of a strategic metal to country Zenda, if imposed, would drive up the price of the metal in Zenda at least tenfold. They note that few other countries export the metal and that, with an embargo, Zenda might have to depend on as-yet-unexploited domestic sources of the metal.
Which of the following, if true, constitutes the most serious objection to the analysis above?
(A) Litoras economy depends heavily on foreign currency earned by the export of the strategic metal to other countries.
(B) There are foreign-policy steps that Zenda could take to appease Litora and avoid being subjected to an embargo on the metal.
(C) Geologists believe that additional deposits of the metal could possibly be found within the territory of Litora.
(D) Only a small proportion of Zendas import expenditures is devoted to the import of the metal from Litora.
(E) In case of an embargo, Zenda could buy the metal indirectly from Litora on the world market at a less than one-third increase in cost.
Instead of blaming an airline accident on pilot error, investigators should find out why the error was made by analyzing airplane design, airline management, and pilot-training programs. For only then can changes be made to ensure that the same type of error does not recur and cause another accident.
Which of the following is a presupposition of the argument above?
(A) Pilot error is not a major contributing factor in most airline accidents.
(B) Airline companies themselves should be the agents who investigate airline accidents.
(C) Stricter government regulation of airline companies will make air travel significantly safer.
(D) Investigators of airline accidents should contribute to the prevention of future accidents.
(E) Most pilots who make errors in flying will repeat their errors unless they are retrained.
(i) E. (ii) E.
For first, the question is..
"Which of the following, if true, constitutes the most serious objection to the analysis above?"
So, first question what is the analysis?
"Some analysts maintain that an embargo by country Litora on the export of a strategic metal to country Zenda, if imposed, would drive up the price of the metal in Zenda at least tenfold"
So, prices of some metal will go up in Zenda if Litora maintains embargo. The price is the point in discussion.
And only option (E) talks about how the price won't go up in Zenda if they buy it from the world market. Hence, E.
Second question analysis:
The question is, "Which of the following is a presupposition of the argument above?"
So, we need to look at the assumptions by the author. The statements from the passage,
"Instead of blaming an airline accident on pilot error, investigators should find out why the error was made by analyzing airplane design, airline management, and pilot-training programs. For only then can changes be made to ensure that the same type of error does not recur and cause another accident."
There is a trap here. You need to read the lines carefully. The assumption here is that same type of error will recur and cause another accident. There is no evidence to support this claim by the author. Looking at the answers, we see,
(A) cannot be the answer as it says "Pilot error is not a major contributing factor in most airline accidents.". Look at the first line in the passage, they acknowledge the fact that errors are made by the pilot and investigators need to check other things to understand why these errors are being made. And this answer is opposite to what is being asked.
(B) and (C) are out of scope.
Out of (D) and (E). (D) says Investigators should contribute. The analysis can contribute but should contribute does not go well with the passage and the question. Hence, (E). Also, (E) fits in as the assumption is that these errors will recur.
What are the OAs and does my analysis fit in? 😃
Veer ur explanations are very much meaningful and I hope all of the active members of the thread should learn from this
OA- E D
I was quite confident no one would go for E. Below is my explanation for the trap of 2nd CR
Please pay attention guys
Assumption :-A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
Presumption:-An assumption that is taken for granted
Presupposition :-a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument) - no conclusion drawn
(A) - Assumption , (B) & (C) are out , for (E) author says only analyzing airplane design, airline management, and pilot-training programs. Nowhere re-training is mentioned.
(D) , the answer is presupposition that "Investigators of airline accidents should contribute(in their analysis) to the prevention of future accidents"
Hope it helps!!
Critic's ogle:wow:
Interesting. Thank you for that. I "presumed" presupposition to be assumption :D. Thank you for the explanation :).
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Neverthless, here is the CR dose for today
The president of a consulting firm analyzed the decisions made about marketing by her clients and concluded that the decisions were correct only about half of the time.
The conclusion above depends on the presupposition that
(A) companies can be successful even when about half of the decisions they make about marketing prove to be wrong
(B) companies hiring her consulting firm make no more incorrect marketing decisions than do companies in general
(C) executives consistently making correct marketing decisions rarely enlist the aid of a consulting firm
(D) marketing decision are just as likely to be correct as they are to be incorrect
(E) it is possible to classify a marketing decision properly as being either right or wrong
PS:Intentionally left unanswered to test the conceptual understanding.
A violin constructed to have improved sound would sound different from the best-sounding existing violins.
To professional violinists, a violin that sounds different from the best-sounding existing violins sounds less like a violin and therefore worse than the best-sounding existing violins.
Professional violinists are the only accepted judges of the sound quality of violins.
Would be the best supported by those statements?
(A) Only amateur violinists should be asked to judge the sound quality of newly constructed violins.
(B) Professional violinists supervise the construction of violins.
(C) The best-sounding existing violins have been in existence fro several centuries.
(D) It is currently impossible to construct a violin that the only accepted judges will evaluate as having improved sound
(E) It is possible to construct a violin that sounds better than the best-sounding existing violins to everyone but professional violinists.
When people predict that certain result will not take place unless a certain action is taken, they believe that they have learned that the prediction is correct when the action is taken and the result occurs. On reflection, however, it often becomes clear that the result admits of more than one interpretation.
Which of the following, if true, best supports the claims above?
(A) Judging the success of an action requires specifying the goal of the action.
(B) Judging which action to take after a prediction is made requires knowing about other actions that have been successful in similar past situations.
(C) Learning whether a certain predictive strategy is good requires knowing the result using that strategy through several trials.
(D) Distinguishing a correct prediction and effective action from an incorrect prediction and ineffective action is often impossible.
(E) Making a successful prediction requires knowing the facts about the context of that prediction.
Drag to see the OA - EDD Pl. discuss don't leave it here.....