when people predict that a certain result will not take place unless a certain action is taken, they belived 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 interpretations
which of the following, if true best support the claims above:
1. judjing the success of an action requires specifying the goal of an action 2. judjing which action to take after a prediction is made requires knwoing about the other action that have been successful in similar past situations 3. learning whether a certain predicitve strategy is good requires knowing the result of that strategy through several trials 4. distinguishing a correct predicition and effective action from an incorrect predicition and ineffective action is often impossible 5. MAking a successful predicition requires knowing the facts about the context of that prediction
Please corroborate you answers with logical explainations....
cheers,
for example, lets take it doesnt rain unless there is a thunder.
1. judjing the success of an action requires specifying the goal of an action -- specifying goal is irrelevent 2. judjing which action to take after a prediction is made requires knwoing about the other action that have been successful in similar past situations -- ppl predict both action and result, knowing abt other action of past -- irrelevent 3. learning whether a certain predicitve strategy is good requires knowing the result of that strategy through several trials -- the reason to believe that prediction is correct is by exp of several trails. after several trails ppl have learned the stategy and start predicting using that stategy and when that same action and result occur, they believe prediction is correct.supports the claim. hence ans.
4. distinguishing a correct predicition and effective action from an incorrect predicition and ineffective action is often impossible -- effective and ineffective action, out of context. 5. MAking a successful predicition requires knowing the facts about the context of that prediction -- contender ... but works as conlcusion .. doesnot provide any support. to predict successfully ppl need facts abt the context of prediction. to predict rain i cant say mr. tom appearance will bring rain. rgds- sri
1.Any serious policy discussion about acceptable levels of risk in connection with explosions is not well served if the participants fail to use the word explosion and use the phrase energetic disassembly instead. In fact, the word explosion elicits desirable reactions, such as a heightened level of attention, whereas the substitute phrase does not. Therefore, of the two terms, explosion is the one that should be used throughout discussions of this sort. Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument above depends? (A) In the kind of discussion at issue, the advantages of desirable reactions to the term explosion outweigh the drawbacks, if any, arising from undesirable reactions to that term. (B) The phrase energetic disassembly has not so far been used as a substitute for the word explosion in the kind of discussion at issue. (C) In any serious policy discussion, what is said by the participants is more important than how it is put into words. (D) The only reason that people would have for using energetic disassembly in place of explosion is to render impossible any serious policy discussion concerning explosions. (E) The phrase energetic disassembly is not necessarily out of place in describing a controlled rather than an accidental explosion. OA:A
2.In several cities, the government is going ahead with ambitious construction projects despite the high office vacancy rates in those cities. The vacant offices, though available for leasing, unfortunately do not meet the requirements for the facilities needed, such as court houses and laboratories. The government, therefore, is not guilty of any fiscal wastefulness. Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument above depends? (A) Adaptation of vacant office space to meet the governments requirements, if possible, would not make leasing such office space a more cost-effective alternative to new construction. (B) The government prefers leasing facilities to owning them in cases where the two alternatives are equally cost-effective. (C) If facilities available for leasing come very close to meeting the governments requirements for facilities the government needs, the government can relax its own requirements slightly and consider those facilities in compliance. (D) The governments construction projects would not on being completed, add to the stock of facilities available for leasing in the cities concerned. (E) Before embarking on any major construction project, the government is required by law to establish beyond any reasonable doubt that there are no alternatives that are most cost-effective.
1.Any serious policy discussion about acceptable levels of risk in connection with explosions is not well served if the participants fail to use the word explosion and use the phrase energetic disassembly instead. In fact, the word explosion elicits desirable reactions, such as a heightened level of attention, whereas the substitute phrase does not. Therefore, of the two terms, explosion is the one that should be used throughout discussions of this sort. Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument above depends? (A) In the kind of discussion at issue, the advantages of desirable reactions to the term explosion outweigh the drawbacks, if any, arising from undesirable reactions to that term. (B) The phrase energetic disassembly has not so far been used as a substitute for the word explosion in the kind of discussion at issue. (C) In any serious policy discussion, what is said by the participants is more important than how it is put into words. (D) The only reason that people would have for using energetic disassembly in place of explosion is to render impossible any serious policy discussion concerning explosions. (E) The phrase energetic disassembly is not necessarily out of place in describing a controlled rather than an accidental explosion. OA:A
2.In several cities, the government is going ahead with ambitious construction projects despite the high office vacancy rates in those cities. The vacant offices, though available for leasing, unfortunately do not meet the requirements for the facilities needed, such as court houses and laboratories. The government, therefore, is not guilty of any fiscal wastefulness. Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument above depends? (A) Adaptation of vacant office space to meet the governments requirements, if possible, would not make leasing such office space a more cost-effective alternative to new construction. (B) The government prefers leasing facilities to owning them in cases where the two alternatives are equally cost-effective. (C) If facilities available for leasing come very close to meeting the governments requirements for facilities the government needs, the government can relax its own requirements slightly and consider those facilities in compliance. (D) The governments construction projects would not on being completed, add to the stock of facilities available for leasing in the cities concerned. (E) Before embarking on any major construction project, the government is required by law to establish beyond any reasonable doubt that there are no alternatives that are most cost-effective.
OA: A
What is the source of these questions. These are quite complex questions.
At the first attempt, I got these wrong. But as you gave the answer, I can relate to them now.
1.Any serious policy discussion about acceptable levels of risk in connection with explosions is not well served if the participants fail to use the word explosion and use the phrase energetic disassembly instead. In fact, the word explosion elicits desirable reactions, such as a heightened level of attention, whereas the substitute phrase does not. Therefore, of the two terms, explosion is the one that should be used throughout discussions of this sort. Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument above depends? (A) In the kind of discussion at issue, the advantages of desirable reactions to the term explosion outweigh the drawbacks, if any, arising from undesirable reactions to that term. (B) The phrase energetic disassembly has not so far been used as a substitute for the word explosion in the kind of discussion at issue. (C) In any serious policy discussion, what is said by the participants is more important than how it is put into words. (D) The only reason that people would have for using energetic disassembly in place of explosion is to render impossible any serious policy discussion concerning explosions. (E) The phrase energetic disassembly is not necessarily out of place in describing a controlled rather than an accidental explosion. OA:A
2.In several cities, the government is going ahead with ambitious construction projects despite the high office vacancy rates in those cities. The vacant offices, though available for leasing, unfortunately do not meet the requirements for the facilities needed, such as court houses and laboratories. The government, therefore, is not guilty of any fiscal wastefulness. Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument above depends? (A) Adaptation of vacant office space to meet the governments requirements, if possible, would not make leasing such office space a more cost-effective alternative to new construction. (B) The government prefers leasing facilities to owning them in cases where the two alternatives are equally cost-effective. (C) If facilities available for leasing come very close to meeting the governments requirements for facilities the government needs, the government can relax its own requirements slightly and consider those facilities in compliance. (D) The governments construction projects would not on being completed, add to the stock of facilities available for leasing in the cities concerned. (E) Before embarking on any major construction project, the government is required by law to establish beyond any reasonable doubt that there are no alternatives that are most cost-effective.
OA: A
Here are my reasonings:
Before starting anything: Lets re-iterate the MANTRAS.. 1> "Assumption = Extra premise, if supplied will support the conclusion", 2> Dominos ways: Find out the differeneces in conclusion and premise, anything making correlation between such differences will be a contender for the answer
lets jump on the first 1. From mantra - 2 : the difference is: Desirable reaction->"heightened level of attention" => Conclusion says that the word "explosion" be used why because such discussion needs desirable reaction -> "heightened level of attention"
put it other way, if we supply an additional premise that supports this fact, our sonclusion strengthen...
Only A wins.
2. This one is easy, comes from Mantra-1 and catch is the word "ANY" in last line
Premise says: there are space available but might not be suitable for government usage
Conclusion says: Because government can't use it, hence government is not guilty of expending the tax payers money wastefully
There is still a gap in conclusion, what if the space could be used? then we can blaim the government for using money wastefully..
So there is still a catch/loop-hole in conclusion and it's not universal...
A removes this apprehension too by making the statement that even if the space could be used, Such used spaced need to be revamped to be used government for courts etc...and doing so would not be cost effective either...
Before starting anything: Lets re-iterate the MANTRAS.. 1> "Assumption = Extra premise, if supplied will support the conclusion", 2> Dominos ways: Find out the differeneces in conclusion and premise, anything making correlation between such differences will be a contender for the answer
lets jump on the first 1. From mantra - 2 : the difference is: Desirable reaction->"heightened level of attention" => Conclusion says that the word "explosion" be used why because such discussion needs desirable reaction -> "heightened level of attention"
put it other way, if we supply an additional premise that supports this fact, our sonclusion strengthen...
Only A wins.
2. This one is easy, comes from Mantra-1 and catch is the word "ANY" in last line
Premise says: there are space available but might not be suitable for government usage
Conclusion says: Because government can't use it, hence government is not guilty of expending the tax payers money wastefully
There is still a gap in conclusion, what if the space could be used? then we can blaim the government for using money wastefully..
So there is still a catch/loop-hole in conclusion and it's not universal...
A removes this apprehension too by making the statement that even if the space could be used, Such used spaced need to be revamped to be used government for courts etc...and doing so would not be cost effective either...
hope that helps...
Cheers
Dude, I am really not clear with your mantra 2 ... can u please take the trouble of illustrating it in a lilttle details.. in this connection please clarify how u tackled the first question.. thanks...
I believe you know how to tackle #2.. so just sharing my thoughts about #1.. hope this helps..
Argument: discussion is not well served if the participants fail to use the word explosion and use the phrase energetic disassembly instead
Topic of dicsussion mentioned in argument: acceptable levels of risk in connection with explosions Question: assumption on which the argument above depends??
Now the passage stresses on the point that the word "explosion" instead of the word "energetic disassembly" works against the discussion and makes it easier to prove that risk is high..blah blah.. and what not.. basically, the author is trying to imply that the word chosen is making the discussion weigh more in one side (against explosions) which can be attributed solely to biased opinion towards the word "explosion"..
so obvious assumption is.. author's implied assumption is as mentioned in option A
Hi Puys, Please help with the foll:
1.Any serious policy discussion about acceptable levels of risk in connection with explosions is not well served if the participants fail to use the word explosion and use the phrase energetic disassembly instead. In fact, the word explosion elicits desirable reactions, such as a heightened level of attention, whereas the substitute phrase does not. Therefore, of the two terms, explosion is the one that should be used throughout discussions of this sort. Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument above depends? (A) In the kind of discussion at issue, the advantages of desirable reactions to the term explosion outweigh the drawbacks, if any, arising from undesirable reactions to that term. (B) The phrase energetic disassembly has not so far been used as a substitute for the word explosion in the kind of discussion at issue. (C) In any serious policy discussion, what is said by the participants is more important than how it is put into words. (D) The only reason that people would have for using energetic disassembly in place of explosion is to render impossible any serious policy discussion concerning explosions. (E) The phrase energetic disassembly is not necessarily out of place in describing a controlled rather than an accidental explosion. OA:A
2.In several cities, the government is going ahead with ambitious construction projects despite the high office vacancy rates in those cities. The vacant offices, though available for leasing, unfortunately do not meet the requirements for the facilities needed, such as court houses and laboratories. The government, therefore, is not guilty of any fiscal wastefulness. Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument above depends? (A) Adaptation of vacant office space to meet the governments requirements, if possible, would not make leasing such office space a more cost-effective alternative to new construction. (B) The government prefers leasing facilities to owning them in cases where the two alternatives are equally cost-effective. (C) If facilities available for leasing come very close to meeting the governments requirements for facilities the government needs, the government can relax its own requirements slightly and consider those facilities in compliance. (D) The governments construction projects would not on being completed, add to the stock of facilities available for leasing in the cities concerned. (E) Before embarking on any major construction project, the government is required by law to establish beyond any reasonable doubt that there are no alternatives that are most cost-effective.
OA: A
Dude, I am really not clear with your mantra 2 ... can u please take the trouble of illustrating it in a lilttle details.. in this connection please clarify how u tackled the first question.. thanks...
when people predict that a certain result will not take place unless a certain action is taken, they belived 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 interpretations
which of the following, if true best support the claims above:
1. judjing the success of an action requires specifying the goal of an action 2. judjing which action to take after a prediction is made requires knwoing about the other action that have been successful in similar past situations 3. learning whether a certain predicitve strategy is good requires knowing the result of that strategy through several trials 4. distinguishing a correct predicition and effective action from an incorrect predicition and ineffective action is often impossible 5. MAking a successful predicition requires knowing the facts about the context of that prediction
Please corroborate you answers with logical explainations....
cheers,
the result might occur because of some other action. So the prediction can be true but because of some other reason. So the fact that the result occured doesnt prove that the prediction was right because of the right reason.
I think 5 is the correct ans. To make a successful prediction, one should be fully aware of the context...
I also thought E. But the answer given is 'D'. The question is from 1000CRs. I am confused on answer choice 'D'.
I believe the andwer is D...
My reasoning: The stimulus shows that pepper production world over has been reduced dur two 2 reasons. (Let us forget the reasons for a while) The author also quotes that the world production of pepper has also been running low since the last three years, as per what is needed for the world wide sales. It never mentiones that the world wide sales of pepper has been affected. Pepper has continued to sell, and inorder to kame up for the loss of production its prices has increased.
Equation : Pepper production decreased, although sales have been intact (as nothing is mentioned in the passage about its decrease)
This could only mean : they have large stocks of pepper stored somewhere, which has been supplying for the demand. (and probably owing to its decrease, growers have increased the rates to compensate)
thus, we can infer that in order to compensate for the continued demand in 3 years, stocks would have been reduced.
Note: The stimulus doesnt mentions anything about the increased revenue or about profit of the growers.
I believe you know how to tackle #2.. so just sharing my thoughts about #1.. hope this helps..
Argument: discussion is not well served if the participants fail to use the word "explosion" and use the phrase "energetic disassembly" instead
Topic of dicsussion mentioned in argument: acceptable levels of risk in connection with explosions Question: assumption on which the argument above depends??
Hey nuttyvarun,
I read this question three times. And still cound NOT understand it.:shocked:
For years, scientists have believed that a certain hormone produced by the human liver was triggered by Enzyme U, which is released in the pancreas. Recently, however, researchers in Belgium discovered that Enzyme U is always preceded by the release of Enzyme W in the brain, and hypothesized that Enzyme W, not Enzyme U, triggers the release of the liver hormone. If a second research project were set up to verify the findings of the Belgian researchers, which of the following test results would most seriously weaken their hypothesis?
A. Enzyme W is released, but not followed by the release of Enzyme U, although the liver hormone is released.
B. Enzyme U is released, but neither preceded by the release of Enzyme W, nor followed by the release of the liver hormone.
C. Neither Enzyme W nor Enzyme U is released and the liver hormone is not released.
D. Enzyme W is released, followed by the release of Enzyme U and the release of the liver hormone.
E. Enzyme U is released and followed by the release of the liver hormone, although enzyme W is not released
I read this question three times. And still cound NOT understand it.:shocked:
break the passage into parts.. may that be 10 parts.. now read each one at a time.. and treat each line as an independent component.. combine all back again and see how it works as far as understanding the passage is concerned.. hope this helps!! 😉
when people predict that a certain result will not take place unless a certain action is taken, they belived 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 interpretations
which of the following, if true best support the claims above:
1. judjing the success of an action requires specifying the goal of an action 2. judjing which action to take after a prediction is made requires knwoing about the other action that have been successful in similar past situations 3. learning whether a certain predicitve strategy is good requires knowing the result of that strategy through several trials 4. distinguishing a correct predicition and effective action from an incorrect predicition and ineffective action is often impossible 5. MAking a successful predicition requires knowing the facts about the context of that prediction
Please corroborate you answers with logical explainations....
I will go for Option E,,as to weaken the belgian exp we need to disregard the relation b/w w n Liver Hormone,,,,E is most suitable.... Please tell the correct answer for this.......
solve this
For years, scientists have believed that a certain hormone produced by the human liver was triggered by Enzyme U, which is released in the pancreas. Recently, however, researchers in Belgium discovered that Enzyme U is always preceded by the release of Enzyme W in the brain, and hypothesized that Enzyme W, not Enzyme U, triggers the release of the liver hormone. If a second research project were set up to verify the findings of the Belgian researchers, which of the following test results would most seriously weaken their hypothesis?
A. Enzyme W is released, but not followed by the release of Enzyme U, although the liver hormone is released.
B. Enzyme U is released, but neither preceded by the release of Enzyme W, nor followed by the release of the liver hormone.
C. Neither Enzyme W nor Enzyme U is released and the liver hormone is not released.
D. Enzyme W is released, followed by the release of Enzyme U and the release of the liver hormone.
E. Enzyme U is released and followed by the release of the liver hormone, although enzyme W is not released
Companies O and P each have the same number of employees who work the same number of hours per week. According to records maintained by each company, the employees of Company O had fewer job-related accidents last year than did the employees of Company P. Therefore, employees of Company O are less likely to have job-related accidents than are employees of Company P.
1.Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion above? (A) Company P manufactures products that are more hazardous for workers to produce than does Company O. (B) Company P holds more safety inspections than does Company O. (C) Company P maintains a more modern infirmary than does Company O. (D) Company O paid more for new job-related medical claims than did Company P. (E) Company P provides more types of health-care benefits than does Company O.
2.Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the conclusion above? (A) The employees of Company P lost more time at work due to job-related accidents than did the employees of Company O. (B) Company P considered more types of accidents to be job-related than did Company O. (C) The employees of Company P were sick more often than were the employees of Company O. (D) Several employees of Company O each had more than one job-related accident. (E) The majority of job-related accidents at Company O involved a single machine.
For question 1: Option A. for question 2: Option B.
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solve these
Companies O and P each have the same number of employees who work the same number of hours per week. According to records maintained by each company, the employees of Company O had fewer job-related accidents last year than did the employees of Company P. Therefore, employees of Company O are less likely to have job-related accidents than are employees of Company P.
1. Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion above? (A) Company P manufactures products that are more hazardous for workers to produce than does Company O. (B) Company P holds more safety inspections than does Company O. (C) Company P maintains a more modern infirmary than does Company O. (D) Company O paid more for new job-related medical claims than did Company P. (E) Company P provides more types of health-care benefits than does Company O.
2. Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the conclusion above? (A) The employees of Company P lost more time at work due to job-related accidents than did the employees of Company O. (B) Company P considered more types of accidents to be job-related than did Company O. (C) The employees of Company P were sick more often than were the employees of Company O. (D) Several employees of Company O each had more than one job-related accident. (E) The majority of job-related accidents at Company O involved a single machine.
Question: A political candidate committed to the principal tenets of a political party may not always explain the implications of his or her party commitment to the voters in full detail. Adele Richardson, for example, is a minor-party candidate in contention for a seat on the school board. She is not likely to inform conservative voters in her district that the national leadership of her party has recently recommended that school curricula be more closely monitored by agencies of the federal government. Each of the following is assumed in the argument above EXCEPT:
(A)A political candidate is likely to be more interested in winning an election than in proselytizing the electorate.
(B)The candidate of any party is likely to support the policy decisions made by the national leadership.
(C)All candidates for such community positions as membership on the school board must have commitments to national parties.
(D)Conservatives in Adele Richardson's district do not support federal intervention in decisions made by community school officials.
(E)Voters in Adele Richardson's district are not fully aware of the policy statements made by the national leadership of her party.
Question: Movie pirating, the illegal videotaping of a new theater release and subsequent selling of the tape on the black market, is a major concern to the film studios that produce today's mainstream movies. When pirating sales are high, individual studios whose movies are being taped and sold illegally lose a large amount of revenue from black-market viewers who would otherwise pay the full theater price. A low level of pirating sales during a specific period, however, is a fairly reliable indicator of an economic downturn in the movie industry as a whole during that period. Which of the following, if true, most helps to reconcile the discrepancy noted above?
(A)The film studios that produce today's mainstream movies occasionally serve as distribution outlets for smaller budget independent films that are also susceptible to pirating.
(B)Movie piraters exclusively target blockbuster hits, the existence of which is inextricably tied to the financial success of the movie industry during any given period.
(C)Most movie piraters use small, handheld video cameras that are specially designed to record images in the darkened environment of a movie theater.
(D)The five largest film studios take in a disproportionate amount of movie revenue compared to hundreds of smaller and independent film studios, regardless of whether pirating activity during a specific period is high or low.
(E)A movie pirater who is highly active in selling movies on the black market can sometimes make a full living doing so, while a less active pirater will usually have to supplement the income generated from pirated movies.
