Springfield Fire Commissioner: the vast majority of false fire alarms are prank calls made anonymously from fire alarm boxes on street corners. Since virtually everyone has access to a private telephone, these alarm boxes have outlived their usefulness. Therefore, we propose to remove the boxes. Removing the boxes will reduce the number of prank calls without hampering peoples ability to report a fire. Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the claim that the proposal, if carried out, will have the announced effect? A. The fire department traces all alarm calls made from private telephones and records where they came from. B. Maintaining the fire alarm boxes costs Springfield approximately five million dollars annually. C. A telephone call can provide the fire department with more information about the nature and size of a fire than can an alarm placed from an alarm box. D. Responding to false alarms significantly reduces the fire departments capacity for responding to fires. E. On any given day, a significant percentage of the public telephones in Springfield are out of service.
My pick will be option C as it mentions that a telephone call will provide more details regarding the fire in comparison to a fire alarm box so it justifies that the fire alarm boxes could be removed without affecting the complaint of proper fire alerts.
My pick will be option C as it mentions that a telephone call will provide more details regarding the fire in comparison to a fire alarm box so it justifies that the fire alarm boxes could be removed without affecting the complaint of proper fire alerts.
Whats the OA ?
The OA is C.
Ok can someone please help me understand this. The "announced effect" in the question is that the new plan will : 1. reduce the number of prank calls 2. will not hamper peoples ability to report a fire. (it doesnt say "it will improve")
How does the fact that you can report moredetails about the fire support any of the above points? I chose (A) because it suggests that calls from phones are traced (unlike calls from alarm boxes) and hence there is less likelyhood of getting prank calls from private phones. So this supports point 1 above.
Lark Manufacturing Company initiated a voluntary Quality Circles program for machine operators. Independent surveys of employee attitudes indicated that the machine operators participating in the program were less satisfied with their work situations after two years of the program's existence than they were at the program's start. Obviously, any workers who participate in a Quality Circles program will, as a result, become less satisfied with their jobs.
Each of the following, if true, would weaken the conclusion drawn above EXCEPT:
(A) The second survey occurred during a period of recession when rumors of cutbacks and layoffs at Lark Manufacturing were plentiful.
(B) The surveys also showed that those Lark machine operators who neither participated in Quality Circles nor knew anyone who did so reported the same degree of lessened satisfaction with their work situations as did the Lark machine operators who participated in Quality Circles.
(C) While participating in Quality Circles at Lark Manufacturing, machine operators exhibited two of the primary indicators of improved job satisfaction: increased productivity and decreased absenteeism.
(D) Several workers at Lark Manufacturing who had participated in Quality Circles while employed at other companies reported that, while participating in Quality Circles in their previous companies, their work satisfaction had increased.
(E) The machine operators who participated in Quality Circles reported that, when the program started, they felt that participation might improve their work situations.
This year the New Hampshire Division of Company X set a new record for annual sales by that division. This record is especially surprising since the New Hampshire Division has the smallest potential market and the lowest sales of any of Company X's divisions.
Which of the following identifies a flaw in the logical coherence of the statement above?
(A) If overall sales for Company X were sharply reduced, the New Hampshire Division's new sales record is irrelevant to the company's prosperity.
(B) Since the division is competing against its own record, the comparison of its sales record with that of other divisions is irrelevant.
(C) If this is the first year that the New Hampshire Division has been last in sales among Company X's divisions, the new record is not surprising at all.
(D) If overall sales for Company X were greater than usual, it is not surprising that the New Hampshire Division was last in sales.
(E) Since the New Hampshire Division has the smallest potential market, it is not surprising that it had the lowest sales.
This year the New Hampshire Division of Company X set a new record for annual sales by that division. This record is especially surprising since the New Hampshire Division has the smallest potential market and the lowest sales of any of Company X's divisions.
Which of the following identifies a flaw in the logical coherence of the statement above?
(A) If overall sales for Company X were sharply reduced, the New Hampshire Division's new sales record is irrelevant to the company's prosperity.
(B) Since the division is competing against its own record, the comparison of its sales record with that of other divisions is irrelevant.
(C) If this is the first year that the New Hampshire Division has been last in sales among Company X's divisions, the new record is not surprising at all.
(D) If overall sales for Company X were greater than usual, it is not surprising that the New Hampshire Division was last in sales.
(E) Since the New Hampshire Division has the smallest potential market, it is not surprising that it had the lowest sales.
Ok can someone please help me understand this. The "announced effect" in the question is that the new plan will : 1. reduce the number of prank calls 2. will not hamper peoples ability to report a fire. (it doesnt say "it will improve")
How does the fact that you can report moredetails about the fire support any of the above points? I chose (A) because it suggests that calls from phones are traced (unlike calls from alarm boxes) and hence there is less likelyhood of getting prank calls from private phones. So this supports point 1 above.
Thanks in advance for your responses.
i followed the same reasoning and chose A what would not hampet the utility of the alarmif not improve it. Snce the fire dept taces and records every ph call, it means tht all genuine alarms are attended w/o using the fire alarm placed in boxes. but C's line of reasoning seems diff.
The passage says that the fire department has been receiving prank calls from "alarm boxes" and not "private telephones". Option (A) says that the fire department traces calls from private telephones which is NOT necessary because the prank calls originate from the alarm boxes!! Option (C) clearly points out the advantages of using private telephones over alarm boxes. This supports the main point of the argument that wishes to remove all alarm boxes.
Option (A) offers no support to the argument's conclusion and is hence irrelevant.
i followed the same reasoning and chose A what would not hampet the utility of the alarmif not improve it. Snce the fire dept taces and records every ph call, it means tht all genuine alarms are attended w/o using the fire alarm placed in boxes. but C's line of reasoning seems diff.
A researcher discovered that people who have low levels of immune system activity tend to score much lower on tests of mental health than do people with normal or high immune system activity．The researcher concluded from this experiment that the immune system protects against mental illness as well as against physical disease． The researcher's conclusion depends on which of the following assumptions? (A) High immune．system activity protects against mental illness better than normal immune, system activity does． (B) Mental illness is similar to physical disease in its effects on body systems. (C) People with high immune-system activity cannot develop mental illness (D) Mental illness does not cause people's immune-system activity to decrease. (E) Psychological treatment of mental illness is not as effective as is medical treatment.
Here Researcher concludes that Immune system protects against physical and mental illness based on his experiments. What if its the other way round, that mental illness causes ppls immune system activity ti decraase. This sshatters the conclusion and thus the reverse of this statement is the unstated assumption that the researcher makes.
B - If mental illness is similar to phy illness, is not discussed and even if the researcher assumes that mental illness is extremely different from phy illness, everything is okay. all he says is that both these extremely divergent and different things are influenced by immunity.
Lark Manufacturing Company initiated a voluntary Quality Circles program for machine operators. Independent surveys of employee attitudes indicated that the machine operators participating in the program were less satisfied with their work situations after two years of the programs existence than they were at the programs start. Obviously, any workers who participate in a Quality Circles program will, as a result, become less satisfied with their jobs.
Each of the following, if true, would weaken the conclusion drawn above EXCEPT:
(A) The second survey occurred during a period of recession when rumors of cutbacks and layoffs at Lark Manufacturing were plentiful.
(B) The surveys also showed that those Lark machine operators who neither participated in Quality Circles nor knew anyone who did so reported the same degree of lessened satisfaction with their work situations as did the Lark machine operators who participated in Quality Circles.
(C) While participating in Quality Circles at Lark Manufacturing, machine operators exhibited two of the primary indicators of improved job satisfaction: increased productivity and decreased absenteeism.
(D) Several workers at Lark Manufacturing who had participated in Quality Circles while employed at other companies reported that, while participating in Quality Circles in their previous companies, their work satisfaction had increased.
(E) The machine operators who participated in Quality Circles reported that, when the program started, they felt that participation might improve their work situations.
Ok can someone please help me understand this. The "announced effect" in the question is that the new plan will : 1. reduce the number of prank calls 2. will not hamper peoples ability to report a fire. (it doesnt say "it will improve")
How does the fact that you can report moredetails about the fire support any of the above points? I chose (A) because it suggests that calls from phones are traced (unlike calls from alarm boxes) and hence there is less likelyhood of getting prank calls from private phones. So this supports point 1 above.
Thanks in advance for your responses.
Why cant it be 'D' D. Responding to false alarms significantly reduces the fire departments capacity for responding to fires.
In 1983 Argonia's currency, the argon, underwent a reduction in value relative to the world's strongest currencies. This reduction resulted in a significant increase in Argonia's exports over 1982 levels. In 1987 a similar reduction in the value of the argon led to another increase in Argonia's exports. Faced with the need to increase exports yet again, Argonia's finance minister has proposed another reduction in the value of the argon. Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the prediction that the finance minister's plan will not result in a significant increase in Argonia's exports next year? A. The value of the argon rose sharply last year against the world's strongest currencies. B. In 1988 the argon lost a small amount of its value, and Aronian exports rose slightly in 1989. C. The value of Argonia's exports was lower last year than it was the year before. D. All of Argonia's export products are made by factories that were operating at full capacity last year, and new factories would take years to build. E. Reductions in the value of the argon have almost always led to significant reductions in the amount of goods and services that Argonians purchase from abroad. Answer: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The passage says that the fire department has been receiving prank calls from "alarm boxes" and not "private telephones". Option (A) says that the fire department traces calls from private telephones which is NOT necessary because the prank calls originate from the alarm boxes!! Option (C) clearly points out the advantages of using private telephones over alarm boxes. This supports the main point of the argument that wishes to remove all alarm boxes. Option (A) offers no support to the argument's conclusion and is hence irrelevant.
Thanks arch and ankit....but m sorry the strengthen/weaken explanation did not convince me ....coz the question specifically says "Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the claim that the proposal, if carried out, will have the announced effect"
However arch's explanation helps eliminate option A. Whats left is C by POE. Thanks again.
Often patients with ankle fractures that are stable, and thus do not require surgery, are given follow-up x-rays because their orthopedists are concerned about possibly having misjudged the stability of the fracture. When a number of follow-up x-rays were reviewed, however, all the fractures that had initially been judged stable were found to have healed correctly. Therefore, it is a waste of money to order follow-up x-rays of ankle fracture initially judged stable. Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument? A. Doctors who are general practitioners rather than orthopedists are less likely than orthopedists to judge the stability of an ankle fracture correctly. B. Many ankle injuries for which an initial x-ray is ordered are revealed by the x-ray not to involve any fracture of the ankle. C. X-rays of patients of many different orthopedists working in several hospitals were reviewed. D. The healing of ankle fractures that have been surgically repaired is always checked by means of a follow-up x-ray. E. Orthopedists routinely order follow-up x-rays for fractures of bone other than ankle bones. Answer: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In 1992, there were over 250 rescues of mountain climbers, costing the government almost 3 million dollars. More than 25 people died in climbing mishaps that year. Many new climbers enter the sport each year. Members of a task force have proposed a bonding arrangement requiring all climbers to post a large sum of money to be forfeited to the government in case of calamity.
Each of the following principles, if valid, supports the task force members proposal EXCEPT:
(A) Taxpayers should not subsidize a freely chosen hobby and athletic endeavor of individuals. (B) The government is obliged to take measures to deter people from risking their lives. (C) For physically risky sports the government should issue permits only to people who have had at least minimal training in the sport. (D) Citizens who use publicly subsidized rescue services should be required to pay more toward the cost of these services than citizens who do not. (E) People who engage in physically risky behavior that is not essential to anyones welfare should be held responsible for the cost of treating any resulting injuries.
Hey, I think A B D and E all strengthen the cnclusion. Only C talks about something that is not directly relevant, Infact in a way it weakens it too, because it takes attention away from cost to training. So in effect it can also be understood to say that govt should only allow capable climber to practice the sport and not infact allow anyone who can pay to climb , and risk himself and others.
Q22. Springfield Fire Commissioner: the vast majority of false fire alarms are prank calls made anonymously from fire alarm boxes on street corners. Since virtually everyone has access to a private telephone, these alarm boxes have outlived their usefulness. Therefore, we propose to remove the boxes. Removing the boxes will reduce the number of prank calls without hampering people's ability to report a fire. Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the claim that the proposal, if carried out, will have the announced effect? A. The fire department traces all alarm calls made from private telephones and records where they came from. B. Maintaining the fire alarm boxes costs Springfield approximately five million dollars annually. C. A telephone call can provide the fire department with more information about the nature and size of a fire than can an alarm placed from an alarm box. D. Responding to false alarms significantly reduces the fire department's capacity for responding to fires. E. On any given day, a significant percentage of the public telephones in Springfield are out of service.
Springfield Fire Commissioner: the vast majority of false fire alarms are prank calls made anonymously from fire alarm boxes on street corners. Since virtually everyone has access to a private telephone, these alarm boxes have outlived their usefulness. Therefore, we propose to remove the boxes. Removing the boxes will reduce the number of prank calls without hampering people's ability to report a fire. Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the claim that the proposal, if carried out, will have the announced effect? A. The fire department traces all alarm calls made from private telephones and records where they came from. B. Maintaining the fire alarm boxes costs Springfield approximately five million dollars annually. C. A telephone call can provide the fire department with more information about the nature and size of a fire than can an alarm placed from an alarm box. D. Responding to false alarms significantly reduces the fire department's capacity for responding to fires. E. On any given day, a significant percentage of the public telephones in Springfield are out of service.
The Option A seems to fit the best in place. The others either distort the theme of the paragraph or out of concern