welcome buddy...this one was surely difficult...
but good to face it during our prep itself than on D day...!!
warm up Q from my side:
First-time computer buyers buying PXC home computers typically buy models that cost much less and have a smaller profit margin per computer than do PXC computers bought by people replacing their computers with more powerful models. Last year PXC's profits from computer sales were substantially higher than the previous year, although about the same number of PXC computers were sold and the prices and profit margins for each computer model that PXC sells remained unchanged.
If the statements above are true, which of the following is most strongly supported by them?
A. PXC's competitors raised the prices on their computers last year, making PXC computers more attractive to first-time computer buyers.
B. The number of people buying PXC computers who also bought PXC computer-related products, such as printers, was larger last year than the previous year.
C. Among computer buyers who bought a PXC computer to replace their existing computer, the proportion who were replacing a computer made by a competitor of PXC was greater last year than the previous year.
D. The proportion of PXC computers bought by first-time computer buyers was smaller last year than the previous year.
E. PXC's production costs for its computers were lower last year than they had been the previous year.
As per CR powerscore bible:
This is a must be true question, which essentially means that the stimulus is true and on that basis we need to find out the correct option ..These type of questions generally dont have the conclusions in the stimulus... The conclusion is most of the times is the correct answer...
Premise 1: First time buyers buy cheaper comps having less margins as compared to second time/experienced buyes
Premise 2: Last year PXC earned more than what it earned in previous year
Premise 3: Number of models, profit margins on each model, and price remain unchanged last year
All these will be true only when higher number of experienced buyers bought the PXC comps last year or fewer number of first time buyers bought the PXC comps
Hence option D
Cheers!
here's Set 2:
let's get going....
First five:
1. E
2. E
3. A
4. B
5. B
Need to rush now .. will come back at second half later...
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Second half:
6. D
7. B
8. A
9. C
10.C
Wat r the OAs? ??
Here are my responses to set 2. Can't wait to see the OAs for this.
1.E
2.E
3.D
4.B
5.A
6.E
7.A
8.E.
9.B
10.C
here's Set 2:
1.Statistician: A financial magazine claimed that its survey of its subscribers showed that North Americans are more concerned about their personal finances than about politics. One question was: Which do you think about more:politics or the joy of earning money? This question is clearly biased. Also, the readers of the magazine are a self-selecting sample. Thus, there is reason to be skeptical about the conclusion drawn in the magazines survey. Each of the following, if true, would strengthen the statisticians argument EXCEPT:
A. The credibility of the magazine has been called into question on a number of occasions.
B. The conclusions drawn in most magazine surveys have eventually been disproved.
C. Other surveys suggest that North Americans are just as concerned about politics as they are about finances.
D. There is reason to be skeptical about the results of surveys that are biased and unrepresentative.
E. Other surveys suggest that North Americans are concerned not only with politics and finances, but also with social issues.
2. Advertisement: At most jewelry stores, the person assessing the diamond is the person selling it so you can see why an assessor might say that a diamond is of higher quality than it really is. But because all diamonds sold at
Gem World are certified in writing, youre assured of a fair price when purchasing a diamond from Gem World.
The reasoning in the advertisement would be most strengthened if which one of the following were true?
A. Many jewelry stores other than Gem World also provide written certification of the quality of their diamonds.
B. The certifications of diamonds at Gem World are written by people with years of experience in appraising gems.
C. The diamonds sold at Gem World are generally of higher quality than those sold at other jewelry stores.
D. The diamond market is so volatile that prices of the most expensive diamonds can change by hundreds of dollars from one day to the next.
E. The written certifications of diamonds at Gem World are provided by an independent company of gem specialists.
3. Some people believe that good health is due to luck. However, studies from many countries indicate a strong correlation between good health and high educational levels. Thus research supports the view that good health is
largely the result of making informed lifestyle choices. The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument
A. presumes, without providing justification that only highly educated people make informed lifestyle choices
B. overlooks the possibility that people who make informed lifestyle choices may nonetheless suffer from inherited diseases
C. presumes, without providing justification, that informed lifestyle choices are available to everyone
D. overlooks the possibility that the same thing may causally contribute both to education and to good health
E. does not acknowledge that some people who fail to make informed lifestyle choices are in good health
4. Astronomer: I have asserted that our solar system does not contain enough meteoroids and other cosmic debris to have caused the extensive cratering on the far side of the moon. My opponents have repeatedly failed to
demonstrate the falsity of this thesis. Their evidence is simply inconclusive; thus they should admit that my thesis is correct. The reasoning in the astronomers argument is flawed because this argument
A. criticizes the astronomers opponents rather than their arguments
B. infers the truth of the astronomers thesis from the mere claim that it has not been proven false
C. ignores the possibility that alternative explanations may exist for the cratering
D. presumes that the astronomers thesis should not be subject to rational discussion and criticism
E. fails to precisely define the key word meteoroids
5. On some hot days the smog in Hillview reaches unsafe levels, and on some hot days the wind blows into Hillview from the east. Therefore, on some days when the wind blows into Hillview from the east, the smog in Hillview
reaches unsafe levels. The reasoning in the argument is flawed in that the argument
A. mistakes a condition that sometimes accompanies unsafe levels of smog for a condition that necessarily accompanies unsafe levels of smog
B. fails to recognize that one set might have some members in common with each of two others even though those two other sets have no members in common with each other
C. uses the key term unsafe in one sense in a premise and in another sense in the conclusion
D. contains a premise that is implausible unless the conclusion is presumed to be true
E. infers a particular causal relation from a correlation that could be explained in a variety of other ways
6. Several legislators claim that the public finds many current movies so violent as to be morally offensive. However, these legislators have misrepresented public opinion. In a survey conducted by a movie industry guild, only 17 percent of respondents thought that movies are overly violent, and only 3 percent found any recent movie morally offensive. These low percentages are telling, because the respondents see far more current movies than does the average moviegoer. The reasoning in the argument is flawed in that the argument
A. attempts to undermine the legislators credibility instead of addressing their argument
B. bases its conclusion on subjective judgments rather than on an objective criterion of moral offensiveness
C. fails to consider the possibility that violent movies increase the prevalence of antisocial behavior
D. generalizes from a sample that is unlikely to be representative of public sentiment
E. presumes, without providing justification, that the people surveyed based their responses on a random sampling of movies
7. Philosopher: Scientists talk about the pursuit of truth, but, like most people, they are self-interested. Accordingly, the professional activities of most scientists are directed toward personal career enhancement, and only incidentally toward the pursuit of truth. Hence, the activities of the scientific community are largely directed toward enhancing the status of that community as a whole, and only incidentally toward the pursuit of truth. The reasoning in the philosophers argument is flawed because the argument
A. improperly infers that each and every scientist has a certain characteristic from the premise that most scientists have that characteristic
B. improperly draws an inference about the scientific community as a whole from a premise about individual scientists
C. presumes, without giving justification, that the aim of personal career enhancement never advances the pursuit of truth
D. illicitly takes advantage of an ambiguity in the meaning of self-interested
E. improperly draws an inference about a cause from premises about its effects
8. Activist: Food producers irradiate food in order to prolong its shelf life. Five animal studies were recently conducted to investigate whether this process alters food in a way that could be dangerous to people who eat it. The studies concluded that irradiated food is safe for humans to eat. However, because these studies were subsequently found by a panel of independent scientists to be seriously flawed in their methodology, it follows that irradiated food is not safe for human consumption. The reasoning in the activists argument is flawed because that argument
A. treats a failure to prove a claim as constituting proof of the denial of that claim
B. treats methodological flaws in past studies as proof that it is currently not possible to devise methodologically adequate alternatives
C. fails to consider the possibility that even a study whose methodology has no serious flaws nonetheless might provide only weak support for its conclusion
D. fails to consider the possibility that what is safe for animals might not always be safe for human beings
E. fails to establish that the independent scientists know more about food irradiation than do the people who produced the five studies
9. Cotrell is, at best, able to write magazine articles of average quality. The most compelling pieces of evidence for this are those few of the numerous articles submitted by Cotrell that are superior, since Cotrell, who is incapable
of writing an article that is better than average, must obviously have plagiarized superior ones. The argument is most vulnerable to criticism on which one of the following grounds?
A. It simply ignores the existence of potential counterevidence.
B. It generalizes from atypical occurrences.
C. It presupposes what it seeks to establish.
D. It relies on the judgment of experts in a matter to which their expertise is irrelevant.
E. It infers limits on ability from a few isolated lapses in performance.
10. Editorial: The premiers economic advisor assures her that with the elimination of wasteful spending the goal of reducing taxes while not significantly decreasing government services can be met. But the premier should not listen to this advisor, who in his youth was convicted of embezzlement. Surely his economic advice is as untrustworthy
as he is himself, and so the premier should discard any hope of reducing taxes without a significant decrease in government services. Which one of the following is a questionable argumentative strategy employed in the editorials
argument?
A. rejecting a proposal on the grounds that a particular implementation of the proposal is likely to fail
B. trying to win support for a proposal by playing on peoples fears of what could happen otherwise
C. criticizing the source of a claim rather than examining the claim itself
D. taking a lack of evidence for a claim as evidence undermining the claim
E. presupposing what it sets out to establish
let's get going....
my take :
1) C
2) E
3) A
4) E
5) B
6) A
7) B
C 9) C
10)C
set - 2
1 - e
2 - e
3 - a
4 - b
5 - a
6 - e
7 - b
8 - a
9 - c
10 - c
1 - e
2 - e
3 - a
4 - b
5 - a
6 - e
7 - b
8 - a
9 - c
10 - c
My answers:
1.E
2.C
3.D
4.B
5.A
6.D
7.B
8.A
9.C
10.C
My answers:
1.E
2.C
3.D
4.B
5.A
6.D
7.B
8.A
9.C
10.C
waiting for correct answers...
OA's for my set no. 2 :
1. E: This is the correct answer. The answer has no impact on the statisticians argument because a third topicsocial issueswas not part of the magazines survey, nor does this answer suggest anything about the preference of North Americas for finance or politics
2. E: this answer addresses the separation of the certification writer from the seller and thereby strengthens the reasoning.
3. D: the error of causality is one with many facets, and one of those errors is assuming that no third element caused both the stated cause and the stated effect. This answer choice indicates that a third element (such as money) could cause both the conditions described in the argument. Remember, if you know an error of causality occurred in the stimulus, look for the answer that uses the words cause or effect! This is the only answer to do so, and it is correct
4. B: Lack of evidence against a position is taken to prove that position is true. Answer choice (B) describes this mistake
5. B: When two some statements are joined, no inference can be drawn because the group common to both may be large enough that the two sub-elements do not Overlap
6. D: As you might imagine, individuals who attend a large number of movies are by definition interested in the movies that are being shown, and are more likely to be aware of the level of violence and accepting of it. These tendencies make the sample unrepresentative of the general populationan error correctly described in answer choice (D).
7. B: This is the correct answer, and the answer describes the correct
Compositional error made by the philosopher. About (A), This answer choice also describes a compositional error, but not the one that occurs in the stimulus The stimulus makes a judgment about the scientific community as a whole whereas this answer states that a judgment is made about each and every scientist. The community as a whole is different than each and every scientist, and thus this answer is incorrect. If you are thinking about the difference between the community as a whole and each member within the community, consider this statement: Our community is against stealing. While that may be true, there may also be individual members of the community who are thieves and have no qualm about stealing
8. A: Some evidence against a position is taken to prove that position is false. Answer choice (A) perfectly describes this mistake
9 C: we have an argument with circular reasoning and C shows one of several different ways to describe Circular Reasoning.
10. C: The answer is a perfect description of a Source argument.
What support is offered for Editorials position? Is a discussion of taxation issued presented? Is a discussion of the cost of government service provided? Is the position of the economic advisor dissected? No. According to the editorial, the only reason for ignoring the economic advisors advice is that the advisor was convicted in his youth of embezzlement. This fact has no bearing on the argument made by the Advisor and focuses instead on attacking the person making the argument. This is a classic Source or ad hominem argument
OA's for my set no. 2 :
OA...
Got 7/10 again!!
OA's for my set no. 2 :
good set...scored 7/10...
btw in ques no. 7...why is option C wrong?
B i thought was incorrect because the ques mentions that the
"the professional activities of most scientists are directed toward personal career enhancement". And the conclusion is " the activities of the scientific community are largely directed toward enhancing the status..."
These two words indicate that it is not about the individual scientists or the generalisation. There is a missing link in this chain of logic which is that assumption(that the aim of personal career enhancement never advances the pursuit of truth). If that assumption is incorrect then the argument is obviously flawed...
OA's for my set no. 2 :
good set...scored 7/10...
btw in ques no. 7...why is option C wrong?
B i thought was incorrect because the ques mentions that the
"the professional activities of most scientists are directed toward personal career enhancement". And the conclusion is " the activities of the scientific community are largely directed toward enhancing the status..."
These two words indicate that it is not about the individual scientists or the generalisation. There is a missing link in this chain of logic which is that assumption(that the aim of personal career enhancement never advances the pursuit of truth). If that assumption is incorrect then the argument is obviously flawed...
Hi,
I got this one ryt ... got 9/10 ... got 3rd 1 wrng , which till nw hasnt striked me ....
In this Q, clearly the battle is b/w B and C ..
In my opinion, C is wrong because Author actually doesnt presumes that career enhancement NEVER advances the pursuit of truth ...NEVER is a strong word here as the author in the stimulus uses the word INCIDENTALLY...
so if you and I are doing a conversation then
I : Kabhi kabhi - tukke se - tum bura kaam karte hue bhi logon ko acha kar he dete ho
so when I say this then you doing bad work and NEVER doing a good work becomes wrong ...
WEIRD xplanation
q 7 Philosopher: Scientists talk about the pursuit of truth, but, like most people, they are self-interested. Accordingly,the professional activities of most scientists are directed toward personal career enhancement, and only incidentally toward the pursuit of truth. Hence, the activities of the scientific community are largely directed toward enhancing the status of that community as a whole, and only incidentally toward the pursuit of truth. The reasoning in the philosophers argument is flawed because the argument
A. improperly infers that each and every scientist has a certain characteristic from the premise that most scientists have that characteristic
B. improperly draws an inference about the scientific community as a whole from a premise about individual scientists
C. presumes, without giving justification, that the aim of personal career enhancement never advances the pursuit of truth
D. illicitly takes advantage of an ambiguity in the meaning of self-interested
E. improperly draws an inference about a cause from premises about its effects
This argument contains an error of composition, one where the status enhancing activities of most scientists are said to prove that the scientific
community as a whole acts to enhance its status. Answer choice (A): This answer choice describes a compositional error, but not the one that occurs in
the stimulus. The stimulus makes a judgment about the scientific community
as a whole whereas this answer states that a judgment is made about each
and every scientist. The community as a whole is different than each and
every scientist, and thus this answer is incorrect. If you are thinking about the difference between the community as a whole and each member within the community, consider this statement: Our community is against stealing.
While that may be true, there may also be individual members of the
community who are thieves and have no qualm about stealing. Answer
choice (B): This is the correct answer, and the answer describes the correct
compositional error made by the philosopher. Answer choice (C): The answer
is wrongthe author does not presume that the aim of personal career
enhancement never advances the pursuit of truth. Consider the second
sentence: Accordingly, the professional activities of most scientists are
directed toward personal career enhancement, and only incidentally toward
the pursuit of truth. The portion that states only incidentally toward the
pursuit of truth indicates that the author allows for the possibility that career enhancement activities can result in activities that pursue truth, even if only a little bit. But, since that contradicts the force of never, this answer is incorrect. This is the most frequently chosen wrong answer, as about 20% of test takers select this choice. Answer choice (D): This answer choice describes the Uncertain Use of a Term. The term self-interested is used only once in the argument (at the end of the first sentence), and the remainder of the argument is consistent with the generally accepted meaning of self-interested and uses that meaning unambiguously. Answer choice (E): The
argument in the stimulus is about the relationships of parts and wholes, not
about cause and effect. This answer, which describes reasoning from an
effect in order to infer its cause, is therefore incorrect. An example of the
reasoning described in this answer choice would be: We know this window
was broken this afternoon, and only one pane of the window was broken. We
also know the pane was broken by a circular object. Therefore, a baseball
was the cause of the broken window.
q 3. Some people believe that good health is due to luck. However, studies from many countries indicate a strong correlation between good health and high educational levels. Thus research supports the view that good health is
largely the result of making informed lifestyle choices. The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument
A. presumes, without providing justification that only highly educated people make informed lifestyle choices
B. overlooks the possibility that people who make informed lifestyle choices may nonetheless suffer from inherited diseases
C. presumes, without providing justification, that informed lifestyle choices are available to everyone
D. overlooks the possibility that the same thing may causally contribute both to education and to good health
E. does not acknowledge that some people who fail to make informed lifestyle choices are in good health
The argument contains a causal conclusion that asserts that good health is
primarily caused by informed lifestyle choices (education): Premise: Some
people believe that good health is due to luck. Premise: However, studies
from many countries indicate a strong correlation between good health and
high educational levels. Conclusion: Thus research supports the view that
good health is largely the result of making informed lifestyle choices. The
author errs in assuming that the correlation mentioned in the second premise
supports a causal conclusion. Answer choice (A): A disproportionate number of people (about one in three) select this answer. Does the argument
presume that to make an informed lifestyle choice a person must be highly
educated? The author certainly believes that high educational levels lead to
informed choices, but the answer suggests that the author thinks that the
highly educated are the only people able to make an informed choice. The
wording is too strong and this answer is incorrect. Answer choice (B): The
author specifically notes that good health is largely the result of making
informed lifestyle choices. There is no mention of poor health, nor need there
be since the argument focuses on a correlation between good health and
education. Thus, overlooking the possibility mentioned in this answer choice
is not an error. Answer choice (C): The author does not make the
presumption that informed lifestyle choices are available to everyone, just
that making good choices generally results in good health. Answer choice
(D): This is the correct answer. Remember, the error of causality is one with
many facets, and one of those errors is assuming that no third element
caused both the stated cause and the stated effect. This answer choice
indicates that a third element (such as money) could cause both the
conditions described in the argument. Remember, if you know an error of
causality occurred in the stimulus, look for the answer that uses the words
cause or effect! This is the only answer to do so, and it is correct. Answer
choice (E): Unlike many causal conclusions, the conclusion in this argument
is not ironclad. The author specifically says that the effect is largely the result of the cause, and that statement implicitly allows other causes to lead to the effect, even if one does not make an informed lifestyle choice.
hope it helps...
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excuses for the earlier post..u c thats d beauty of 'copy paste' 
regards
Dipak
People with serious financial problems are so worried about money that they cannot be happy. Their misery makes everyone close to them-family, friends, and colleagues-unhappy as well. Only if their financial problems are solved can they and those around them be happy. Which one of the following statements can be properly inferred from the passage?
A. Only serious problems make people unhappy.
B. People who solve their serious financial problems will be happy.
C. People who do not have serious financial problems will be happy.
D. If people are unhappy, they have serious financial problems.
E. If people are happy, they do not have serious financial problems
??
duplicate post
psethi Saysduplicate post
My Take Answer E.
A- Out of the premise
B. The para just suggests, this is a possibility, so cannot be inferred as true.
C. Para does not talk about them,too far fetched , so cannot be inferred
D.They may be unhappy because of some other problems, Financial problem is just one of them
E.Answer( People with financial problems are unhappy so if they are happy means they do not have financial problems)
People with serious financial problems are so worried about money that they cannot be happy. Their misery makes everyone close to themfamily, friends, and colleaguesunhappy as well. Only if their financial problems are solved can they and those around them be happy. Which one of the following statements can be properly inferred from the passage?
A. Only serious problems make people unhappy.
B. People who solve their serious financial problems will be happy.
C. People who do not have serious financial problems will be happy.
D. If people are unhappy, they have serious financial problems.
E. If people are happy, they do not have serious financial problems
??
A tricky question..
option A can't be infered..as in passage its mentioned fnance trobles make person unhappy..but no where it is mentioned it is the only reason
same way option B, even if finance trobles are solved they might have other poblems
with the same logic, option C and D are out
Option E can be inferred , becoz its mentioned if they have finance troubles they cannot be happy...so we canbe sure that if the person is happy he do not have any finace troubles
A community college is experiencing high turnover rates among its computer science faculty
members. To rectify this problem, the computer science department head has proposed to the dean
that beginning next year, starting salaries for computer science instructors be increased by 10 percent
to provide a more competitive pay package.
1. Which of the following indicates a flaw in the department head's plan?
A. Computer science faculty members generally indicate satisfaction with the number and
type of classes they are given to teach.
B. The community college is in a relatively safe area of town with affordable housing.
C. Local technology companies provide good supplemental consulting work to many faculty
members.
D. Yearly pay increases for instructors in all departments are set at a level below the current
inflation rate.
E. There are several academic institutions nearby with similar pay structures to the department
head's proposal.
2. Which of the following must be studied in order to evaluate the validity of the department
head's plan?
A. What effects do changes in technology have upon the way classes are assigned?
B. Is the majority of turnover in the computer science department initiated by the faculty or
the administration?
C. What factors are involved in recruiting the most talented computer science instructors?
D. What are the technological benefits to having advanced computer science classes taught
on campus?
E. How would better turnover rates improve the quality of education offered by the community
college?
People with serious financial problems are so worried about money that they cannot be happy. Their misery makes everyone close to themfamily, friends, and colleaguesunhappy as well. Only if their financial problems are solved can they and those around them be happy. Which one of the following statements can be properly inferred from the passage?
A. Only serious problems make people unhappy.
B. People who solve their serious financial problems will be happy.
C. People who do not have serious financial problems will be happy.
D. If people are unhappy, they have serious financial problems.
E. If people are happy, they do not have serious financial problems
??
is it A......