Guidebook writer: I have visited hotels throughout the country and have noticed that in those built before 1930 the quality of the original carpentry work is generally superior to that in hotels built afterward. Clearly carpenters working on hotels before 1930 typically worked with more skill, care, and effort than carpenters who have worked on hotels built subsequently. Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the guidebook writers argument? A. The quality of original carpentry in hotels is generally far superior to the quality of original carpentry in other structures, such as houses and stores. B. Hotels built since 1930 can generally accommodate more guests than those built before 1930. C. The materials available to carpenters working before 1930 were not significantly different in quality from the materials available to carpenters working after 1930. D. The better the quality of original carpentry in a building, the less likely that building is to fall into disuse and be demolished. E. The average length of apprenticeship for carpenters has declined significantly since 1930.
Tough ones Kinnnng :shock:
I'll go with E because of 2 reasons -
This statement tells that the average practice a carpenter does regarding the carpentry work has decreased after 1930. So, this can be a reason for not-so-good work of carpenters post 1930 and not that they didn't work with that much skill, care, and effort as done by carpenters before 1930.
Secondly, any other option seem not that relevant.
Guidebook writer: I have visited hotels throughout the country and have noticed that in those built before 1930 the quality of the original carpentry work is generally superior to that in hotels built afterward. Clearly carpenters working on hotels before 1930 typically worked with more skill, care, and effort than carpenters who have worked on hotels built subsequently. Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the guidebook writers argument? A. The quality of original carpentry in hotels is generally far superior to the quality of original carpentry in other structures, such as houses and stores. B. Hotels built since 1930 can generally accommodate more guests than those built before 1930. C. The materials available to carpenters working before 1930 were not significantly different in quality from the materials available to carpenters working after 1930. D. The better the quality of original carpentry in a building, the less likely that building is to fall into disuse and be demolished. E. The average length of apprenticeship for carpenters has declined significantly since 1930.
A couple from me... 2. In the past, most children who went sledding in the winter snow in Verland used wooden sleds with runners and steering bars. Ten years ago, smooth plastic sleds became popular; they go faster than wooden sleds but are harder to steer and slow. The concern that plastic sleds are more dangerous is clearly borne out by the fact that the number of children injured while sledding was much higher last winter than it was ten years ago. Which of the following, if true in Verland, most seriously undermines the force of the evidence cited? A. A few children still use traditional wooden sleds. B. Very few children wear any kind of protective gear, such as helmets, while sledding. C. Plastic sleds can be used in a much wider variety of snow conditions than wooden sleds can. D. Most sledding injuries occur when a sled collides with a tree, a rock, or another sled. E. Because the traditional wooden sled can carry more than one rider, an accident involving a wooden sled can result in several children being injured.
@ King and shrikant -
OA for this one is C and not B, just now checked in OG 11. So, we did it right. 😃
Proponents have given a misleading statement by saying that cooking is as bad as irradiation in terms of reducing the vitamin content of food. But, cooking is a necessary step for preparing food but irradiation is just for increasing food's shelf life so the 2 should not be compared.
What is the OA ?
Dopa,
I had the same reasoning and chose C, but the OA is E !
B is in sync with the studies ,that credit card logo affects the thinking of the tipper.
Varun & Abouttime,
I think B is against the studies. The study (from the question) says that if a person who pays the bill in cash gets the bill in a tray bearing the logo of credit card, he tips more ! ie the sight of the credit card logo makes him belive that he has more cash at his disposal and tends to tip more.
But option B says that the credit card logo on the tray reminds the patrons of the pressure from these companies, thereby making them to tip less. ie the sight of credit card causes them to tip less because of credit card obligations.
This statement tells that the average practice a carpenter does regarding the carpentry work has decreased after 1930. So, this can be a reason for not-so-good work of carpenters post 1930 and not that they didn't work with that much skill, care, and effort as done by carpenters before 1930.
Secondly, any other option seem not that relevant.
Option D seems irrelevant and out of scope. We are discussing about the quality of carpentry and what might have led to its decline after 1930. In fact A, B and D are out of scope, C strengthens and E actually provides an alternate premise to the argument.
Option D seems irrelevant and out of scope. We are discussing about the quality of carpentry and what might have led to its decline after 1930. In fact A, B and D are out of scope, C strengthens and E actually provides an alternate premise to the argument.
are u sure OA is D?
ok...I can take this one....D says that "The better the quality of original carpentry in a building, the less likely that building is to fall into disuse and be demolished"....this clearly gives an alternate explanation to why most of the hotels built before 1930s seemed to have better carpentry than other hotels built recently....the explanation is that of all the hotels built before 1930s (most of which might be as badly carpentered as today...),...only those are remaining in which the quality of carpentry was good...because most of the other pre-1930 bad-carpenter hotels fell into disuse and were demolished as option D says...so all the pre-1930s hotels that the guidebook writer was able to visit were those in which the carpentry was good due to which they survived till now...
E - i think actually supports the argument by giving a reason why the pre-1930s carpentry could have been better than today's....hope this helps...
I think B is against the studies. The study (from the question) says that if a person who pays the bill in cash gets the bill in a tray bearing the logo of credit card, he tips more ! ie the sight of the credit card logo makes him belive that he has more cash at his disposal and tends to tip more.
But option B says that the credit card logo on the tray reminds the patrons of the pressure from these companies, thereby making them to tip less. ie the sight of credit card causes them to tip less because of credit card obligations.
Arent these 2 opposite logics ?
Btw the OA is B.
the very reason it is opposite to the statement given is the reason for choosing B ,cause it uses logic similiar to what is given in the statement.
guys.... Q1: Although the discount stores in Gorevilles central shopping district are expected to close within five years as a result of competition from a SpendLess discount department store that just opened, those locations will not stay vacant for long. In the five years since the opening of Colsons, a nondiscount department store, a new store has opened at the location of every store in the shopping district that closed because it could not compete with Colsons. Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument? A. Many customers of Colsons are expected to do less shopping there than they did before the SpendLess store opened. B. Increasingly, the stores that have opened in the central shopping district since Colsons opened have been discount stores. C. At present, the central shopping district has as many stores operating in it as it ever had. D. Over the course of the next five years, it is expected that Gorevilles population will grow at a faster rate than it has for the past several decades. E. Many stores in the central shopping district sell types of merchandise that are not available at either SpendLess or Colsons. Q2: The globalization of financial-services companies has been a boon to money launders, because of allowing money placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction to be transferred to a branch in a more regulated one. A. of allowing money placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction to be transferred B. of allowing the transfer of money placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction C. it allows that money placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction is transferred D. it allows the transfer of money have been placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction E. it allows money placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction to be transferred Q3: In parts of the Caribbean, the manatee, an endangered marine mammal, has long been hunted for its meat. Having noted the manatee hunters expert knowledge of manatees habits, local conservationists are encouraging the hunters to stop hunting and instead to take tourists on boat rides to see manatees. Tourist interest is high, so the plan has promise of achieving the twin goals of giving the former hunters a good income and helping ensure the manatees survival. Which of the following, if true, raises the most serious doubt about the plans chance of success? A. Many tourists who visit these parts of the Caribbean are uninterested in manatees and would not be willing to pay what the former manatee hunters would have to charge for boat rides to see manatees. B. Recovery of the species would enable some hunting to continue without putting the manatees survival in jeopardy again. C. In areas where manatees have traditionally been hunted for food, local people could easily replace the manatee meat in their diets with other foods obtained from the sea. D. There would not be enough former manatee hunters to act as guides for all the tourists who want to see manatees. E. To maintain their current income, manatee hunters who switched to guiding tourists would have to use far larger boats and make many more trips into the manatees fragile habitat than they currently do. E; why not A Q4: Regulations will not allow a pesticide that is toxic to humans to be used inside houses unless the pesticide will dissipate completely from the air within eight hours after its application. One test that pesticide manufacturers standardly use to determine how quickly anti-termite pesticides dissipate involves spraying the pesticides on the walls of room-sized plywood boxes and then timing its dissipation. Which of the following would it be most useful to know in order to evaluate whether a dissipation time of just under eight hours on the manufacturers test indicates that an antitermite pesticide that is toxic to humans obeys regulations for use in houses? A. Whether anti-termite pesticides dissipate more slowly in furnished rooms than in plywood boxes B. Whether people who apply anti-termite pesticide standardly wear protective equipment that prevents them from being exposed to the pesticide C. Whether people whose house is being treated with anti-termite pesticide generally know that they should remain out of their house during the hours immediately after the pesticides application D. Whether there are anti-termite pesticides that are toxic to humans that, when subjected to the manufacturers test, dissipate completely from the air in the boxes in well under eight hours E. Whether anti-termite pesticides that are not toxic to humans tend to take longer to dissipate than those that are toxic A; why not D
guys.... Q1: Although the discount stores in Gorevilles central shopping district are expected to close within five years as a result of competition from a SpendLess discount department store that just opened, those locations will not stay vacant for long. In the five years since the opening of Colsons, a nondiscount department store, a new store has opened at the location of every store in the shopping district that closed because it could not compete with Colsons. Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument? A. Many customers of Colsons are expected to do less shopping there than they did before the SpendLess store opened. B. Increasingly, the stores that have opened in the central shopping district since Colsons opened have been discount stores. C. At present, the central shopping district has as many stores operating in it as it ever had. D. Over the course of the next five years, it is expected that Gorevilles population will grow at a faster rate than it has for the past several decades. E. Many stores in the central shopping district sell types of merchandise that are not available at either SpendLess or Colsons. Q2: The globalization of financial-services companies has been a boon to money launders, because of allowing money placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction to be transferred to a branch in a more regulated one. A. of allowing money placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction to be transferred B. of allowing the transfer of money placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction C. it allows that money placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction is transferred D. it allows the transfer of money have been placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction E. it allows money placed in a bank in a less regulated jurisdiction to be transferred Q3: In parts of the Caribbean, the manatee, an endangered marine mammal, has long been hunted for its meat. Having noted the manatee hunters expert knowledge of manatees habits, local conservationists are encouraging the hunters to stop hunting and instead to take tourists on boat rides to see manatees. Tourist interest is high, so the plan has promise of achieving the twin goals of giving the former hunters a good income and helping ensure the manatees survival. Which of the following, if true, raises the most serious doubt about the plans chance of success? A. Many tourists who visit these parts of the Caribbean are uninterested in manatees and would not be willing to pay what the former manatee hunters would have to charge for boat rides to see manatees. B. Recovery of the species would enable some hunting to continue without putting the manatees survival in jeopardy again. C. In areas where manatees have traditionally been hunted for food, local people could easily replace the manatee meat in their diets with other foods obtained from the sea. D. There would not be enough former manatee hunters to act as guides for all the tourists who want to see manatees. E. To maintain their current income, manatee hunters who switched to guiding tourists would have to use far larger boats and make many more trips into the manatees fragile habitat than they currently do. E; why not A Q4: Regulations will not allow a pesticide that is toxic to humans to be used inside houses unless the pesticide will dissipate completely from the air within eight hours after its application. One test that pesticide manufacturers standardly use to determine how quickly anti-termite pesticides dissipate involves spraying the pesticides on the walls of room-sized plywood boxes and then timing its dissipation. Which of the following would it be most useful to know in order to evaluate whether a dissipation time of just under eight hours on the manufacturers test indicates that an antitermite pesticide that is toxic to humans obeys regulations for use in houses? A. Whether anti-termite pesticides dissipate more slowly in furnished rooms than in plywood boxes B. Whether people who apply anti-termite pesticide standardly wear protective equipment that prevents them from being exposed to the pesticide C. Whether people whose house is being treated with anti-termite pesticide generally know that they should remain out of their house during the hours immediately after the pesticides application D. Whether there are anti-termite pesticides that are toxic to humans that, when subjected to the manufacturers test, dissipate completely from the air in the boxes in well under eight hours E. Whether anti-termite pesticides that are not toxic to humans tend to take longer to dissipate than those that are toxic A; why not D
q1) Spendless is a discount store that might lead to closing of other discount stores.The author argues that since the opening of Colsons, a non discount store, several other stores opened in the region where shops earlier competing with Colsons had closed down.What if we say that shops that reopened were mainly discount stores and hence could survive, but in Goreville's central district, shops were already offering discount, yet they closed down. Hence the argument that the region might not be vacant for long is weakened. My pick is option C
q2) E as it is concise and grammatically correct.
wat r the OAs to q1 and q2?
q3) Already well explained by dopa in one of the earlier posts.
q4) Pesticides are applied on boxes and timed for complete dissipation. What additional info wud help the manufacturer know whether his pesticide has passed the test. A provided that additional info which wud help pesticide manufacturers to further test their product.
ok...I can take this one....D says that "The better the quality of original carpentry in a building, the less likely that building is to fall into disuse and be demolished"....this clearly gives an alternate explanation to why most of the hotels built before 1930s seemed to have better carpentry than other hotels built recently....the explanation is that of all the hotels built before 1930s (most of which might be as badly carpentered as today...),...only those are remaining in which the quality of carpentry was good...because most of the other pre-1930 bad-carpenter hotels fell into disuse and were demolished as option D says...so all the pre-1930s hotels that the guidebook writer was able to visit were those in which the carpentry was good due to which they survived till now...
E - i think actually supports the argument by giving a reason why the pre-1930s carpentry could have been better than today's....hope this helps...
The logic that u have stated did come to my mind while solving the question. But here the author is comparing hotels built before 1930 to the latest hotels (among which some might be built very recently). If thats teh case, then obviously, everything else remaining similar, the work in the most recent hotel will be better than the carp work in recent hotels.
Abouttime, the author is not comparing one particular hotel or some of the hotels to the ones built before 1930. He is comparing ALL the hotels in town.
q1) Spendless is a discount store that might lead to closing of other discount stores.The author argues that since the opening of Colsons, a non discount store, several other stores opened in the region where shops earlier competing with Colsons had closed down.What if we say that shops that reopened were mainly discount stores and hence could survive, but in Goreville's central district, shops were already offering discount, yet they closed down. Hence the argument that the region might not be vacant for long is weakened. My pick is option C
q2) E as it is concise and grammatically correct.
wat r the OAs to q1 and q2?
q3) Already well explained by dopa in one of the earlier posts.
q4) Pesticides are applied on boxes and timed for complete dissipation. What additional info wud help the manufacturer know whether his pesticide has passed the test. A provided that additional info which wud help pesticide manufacturers to further test their product.
thanks
The answer to the first one should be B.
If most of the stores that opened after Colsons opened were discount stores, the presence of Spendless now will negate the possibility of new stores. THis is cos the new discount stores cannot compete with Spendless.
And the argument falls ! (Can you see the floors falling :-))
Question 3 is discussed in detail a few pages back.
q1) Spendless is a discount store that might lead to closing of other discount stores.The author argues that since the opening of Colsons, a non discount store, several other stores opened in the region where shops earlier competing with Colsons had closed down.What if we say that shops that reopened were mainly discount stores and hence could survive, but in Goreville's central district, shops were already offering discount, yet they closed down. Hence the argument that the region might not be vacant for long is weakened. My pick is option C
I think you gave a correct reasoning but picked the wrong answer option
Last year, two drownings occurred at Lake Serene, so this year the lakes owner added one more lifeguard to the lakefront staff. No drownings have occurred at the lake this year. However, the new lifeguard has been home with the flu for early half the summer, so it appears that the new lifeguard was not needed after all. Which of the following, if true, would be most damaging to the argument above? A. This year, the lakes owner posted a warning about swimming without a lifeguard present. B. Drowning is not the lake owners only safety concern. C. The lake has been equally crowded with swimmers this year as last year. D. Lake activities are safer in the presence of lifeguards. E. The new lifeguard has never saved a person from drowning.
Last year, two drownings occurred at Lake Serene, so this year the lakes owner added one more lifeguard to the lakefront staff. No drownings have occurred at the lake this year. However, the new lifeguard has been home with the flu for early half the summer, so it appears that the new lifeguard was not needed after all. Which of the following, if true, would be most damaging to the argument above? A. This year, the lakes owner posted a warning about swimming without a lifeguard present. B. Drowning is not the lake owners only safety concern. C. The lake has been equally crowded with swimmers this year as last year. D. Lake activities are safer in the presence of lifeguards. E. The new lifeguard has never saved a person from drowning.
q1) Spendless is a discount store that might lead to closing of other discount stores.The author argues that since the opening of Colsons, a non discount store, several other stores opened in the region where shops earlier competing with Colsons had closed down.What if we say that shops that reopened were mainly discount stores and hence could survive, but in Goreville's central district, shops were already offering discount, yet they closed down. Hence the argument that the region might not be vacant for long is weakened. My pick is option C
q2) E as it is concise and grammatically correct.
wat r the OAs to q1 and q2?
q3) Already well explained by dopa in one of the earlier posts.
q4) Pesticides are applied on boxes and timed for complete dissipation. What additional info wud help the manufacturer know whether his pesticide has passed the test. A provided that additional info which wud help pesticide manufacturers to further test their product.
thanks
OA Q1 B Q2 E; here I agree that E is concise but use of 'it' is pestering me...i am not sure whether 'it' modifies 'globalisation'
