The number of digital cameras sold in the past year increased dramatically over the number of digital cameras sold in the previous year. The Chief Executive Officer of the corporation that produces Digicam, a popular brand of digital camera, proposes to increase production of Digicam products.
Which of the following statements, if true, would most strengthen the argument that the Chief Executive Officer's plan will NOT work?
(A) As a percentage of digital cameras sold, Digicam ' s market share decreased over the past twelve months. (B) The lag time between production and shipment of Digicams has decreased during the last twelve months. (C) Celebrity endorsements have increased Digicam ' s brand recognition, but not awareness of the parent corporation. (D) Digicam is one of the brands most responsible for the increase in digital camera sales during the last twelve months. (E) Sales of Digicam decreased during the last twelve months, despite widespread distribution of coupons in stores and newspapers and on the Internet.
my ans. E A) even after decreased market share Digicam can still make profit handsomely , so does not really weaken CEO's stand B)if at all, it will strengthen CEO's stand C) Not relevant D) would do the opposite E) got to be the ans: the fact that sale of Digicam decreased in the period when industry-wise sales increased and that too after discounts, casts serious doubts on CEO's plans.
The number of digital cameras sold in the past year increased dramatically over the number of digital cameras sold in the previous year. The Chief Executive Officer of the corporation that produces Digicam, a popular brand of digital camera, proposes to increase production of Digicam products.
Which of the following statements, if true, would most strengthen the argument that the Chief Executive Officer's plan will NOT work?
(A) As a percentage of digital cameras sold, Digicam ' s market share decreased over the past twelve months. (B) The lag time between production and shipment of Digicams has decreased during the last twelve months. (C) Celebrity endorsements have increased Digicam ' s brand recognition, but not awareness of the parent corporation. (D) Digicam is one of the brands most responsible for the increase in digital camera sales during the last twelve months. (E) Sales of Digicam decreased during the last twelve months, despite widespread distribution of coupons in stores and newspapers and on the Internet.
I'll pick up (E), since it clearly quotes that the sales is going down past 12 months. Though (a) was quite close in the race but the market share going down doesn't clearly indicate that the sales are going down too....So, i feel the best answer should be (E).
The number of digital cameras sold in the past year increased dramatically over the number of digital cameras sold in the previous year. The Chief Executive Officer of the corporation that produces Digicam, a popular brand of digital camera, proposes to increase production of Digicam products.
Which of the following statements, if true, would most strengthen the argument that the Chief Executive Officer's plan will NOT work?
(A) As a percentage of digital cameras sold, Digicam ' s market share decreased over the past twelve months. (B) The lag time between production and shipment of Digicams has decreased during the last twelve months. (C) Celebrity endorsements have increased Digicam ' s brand recognition, but not awareness of the parent corporation. (D) Digicam is one of the brands most responsible for the increase in digital camera sales during the last twelve months. (E) Sales of Digicam decreased during the last twelve months, despite widespread distribution of coupons in stores and newspapers and on the Internet.
I recently completed all the CR questions from OG 12.
I did it in batches of questions. The number of questions taken in each batch , and the corresponding correct/incorrect numbers are as below:
first sitting: took first 20 questions, 16 correct , 4 incorrect
second sitting : took next 50 questions. 41 correct , 9 incorrect
third sitting : 26 questions, 13 correct and 13 incorrect
fourth sitting: next 28 questions: 18 correct and 10 incorrect
Overall: 36 incorrect and 88 correct out of 124 questions which is a 70 percent accuracy. Most of them wrong in last 50 questions. Is it that the questions in the end are a little harder than the ones earlier in OG?
I guess it was more of a concentration issue for me on the last 50 questions for which i got so many incorrect answers. Can anyone find anything from this statistics?
The average time i took was around 1.4 minute every question. There were a few questions that took around 3 minutes and some took just under a minute.
The OLEX Petroleum Company has recently determined that it could cut its refining costs by closing its Grenville refinery and consolidating all refining at its Tasberg refinery. Closing the Grenville refinery, however, would mean the immediate loss of about 1,200 jobs in the Grenville area. Eventually the lives of more than 10,000 people would be seriously disrupted. Therefore, OLEXs decision, announced yesterday, to keep Grenville open shows that at OLEX social concerns sometimes outweigh the desire for higher profits. Which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the argument given?
A. The Grenville refinery, although it operates at a higher cost than the Tasberg refinery, has nevertheless been moderately profitable for many years.
B. Even though OLEX could consolidate all its refining at the Tasberg plant, doing so at the Grenville plant would not be feasible.
C. The Tasberg refinery is more favorably situated than the Grenville refinery with respect to the major supply routes for raw petroleum.
D. If the Grenville refinery were ever closed and operations at the Tasberg refinery expanded, job openings at Tasberg would to the extent possible be filled with people formerly employed at Grenville.
E. Closure of the Grenville refinery would mean compliance, at enormous cost, with demanding local codes regulating the cleanup of abandoned industrial sites.
I would have choosen A as the answer but then I saw E and understood that the argument does not talk about profits at all and hence A is incorrect E is right. Since the argument asks us to find the weakening option, it is obvious that we have to look for a reason other than the social concern because of which the factory was not closed out.
Will go with E, since the actual sales decreased. A is a close answer but talking just about market share is not giving any info about the actual sales of digicam.
DITTO...The wrong direction type questions as per strategic guide for Critical reasoning.
These questions remind me from time to time, that we should always focus on whats given in the argument. Always read carefully(something that I dont do many a times) while reading in speed.
I recently completed all the CR questions from OG 12.
I did it in batches of questions. The number of questions taken in each batch , and the corresponding correct/incorrect numbers are as below:
first sitting: took first 20 questions, 16 correct , 4 incorrect
second sitting : took next 50 questions. 41 correct , 9 incorrect
third sitting : 26 questions, 13 correct and 13 incorrect
fourth sitting: next 28 questions: 18 correct and 10 incorrect
Overall: 36 incorrect and 88 correct out of 124 questions which is a 70 percent accuracy. Most of them wrong in last 50 questions. Is it that the questions in the end are a little harder than the ones earlier in OG?
I guess it was more of a concentration issue for me on the last 50 questions for which i got so many incorrect answers. Can anyone find anything from this statistics?
The average time i took was around 1.4 minute every question. There were a few questions that took around 3 minutes and some took just under a minute.
Please comment.
:w00t: Kudos for such an effort !! Did you solve them in a single day?
I am a data analytics guy, so cudnt hv left this query unanswered ..
IMO the ones you should focus on: Time >2.5 mins and Wrong (this is the most dangerous zone to be in)
Further, the latter half of the questions in OG are surely of higher level, however, concentration issues are best tackled now. Also, you have got more q.s right in 4th sitting then in 3rd sitting, so I am not sure if level of the questions played any part.
Considering that 124*1.4 mins is at all affected by concentration issues for at least 3 hrs (excluding the two breaks).
Secondly, please try identifying the pattern of questions you got wrong while solving. (esp. the 3rd and 4th sitting). Moreover, if you have sitting wise break up of time then you can get more helpful insights. You can classify the mistakes as Silly error, over-looking of a certain part in the stimulus/q.stem, conceptual problem etc.
Finally, I think 70% accuracy is not that great on OG q.s and if you do notice more conceptual errors then you should refer to the basics.
:w00t: Kudos for such an effort !! Did you solve them in a single day?
I am a data analytics guy, so cudnt hv left this query unanswered ..
IMO the ones you should focus on: Time >2.5 mins and Wrong (this is the most dangerous zone to be in)
Further, the latter half of the questions in OG are surely of higher level, however, concentration issues are best tackled now. Also, you have got more q.s right in 4th sitting then in 3rd sitting, so I am not sure if level of the questions played any part.
Considering that 124*1.4 mins is at all affected by concentration issues for at least 3 hrs (excluding the two breaks).
Secondly, please try identifying the pattern of questions you got wrong while solving. (esp. the 3rd and 4th sitting). Moreover, if you have sitting wise break up of time then you can get more helpful insights. You can classify the mistakes as Silly error, over-looking of a certain part in the stimulus/q.stem, conceptual problem etc.
Finally, I think 70% accuracy is not that great on OG q.s and if you do notice more conceptual errors then you should refer to the basics.
HTH !
Thanks there
No, not in one day. First two sittings on saturday afternoon and late night Last two on sunday afternoon and late night
I did have some questions in the danger zone where it took time more than 2.5 minutes and still worked out to be wrong. and i precisely remember that it was because i had to re-read the questions a few times in order to understand them.
Thanks for the suggestion on classification of the errors. I do realize now that there were some mistakes when i just over looked something and made a mistake. While I was writing the earlier post, i also realized that I could make note of the questions where i choose an incorrect answer and could refer the strategic guide for CR to find what chapters they belong to and then probably re-look at those chapters once again??
Because postage rates are rising, Home Decorator magazine plans to maximize its profits by reducing by one half the number of issues it publishes each year. The quality of articles, the number of articles published per year, and the subscription price will not change. Market research shows that neither subscribers nor advertisers will be lost if the magazine's plan is instituted.
Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest evidence that the magazine's profits are likely to decline if the plan is instituted? (A) With the new postage rates, a typical issue under the proposed plan would cost about one-third more to mail than a typical current issue would. (B) The majority of the magazine's subscribers are less concerned about a possible reduction in the quantity of the magazine's articles than about a possible loss of the current high quality of its articles. (C) Many of the magazine's long-time subscribers would continue their subscriptions even if the subscription price were increased. (D) Most of the advertisers that purchase advertising space in the magazine will continue to spend the same amount on advertising per issue as they have in the past. (E) Production costs for the magazine are expected to remain stable.
Because postage rates are rising, Home Decorator magazine plans to maximize its profits by reducing by one half the number of issues it publishes each year. The quality of articles, the number of articles published per year, and the subscription price will not change. Market research shows that neither subscribers nor advertisers will be lost if the magazine's plan is instituted.
Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest evidence that the magazine's profits are likely to decline if the plan is instituted? (A) With the new postage rates, a typical issue under the proposed plan would cost about one-third more to mail than a typical current issue would. (B) The majority of the magazine's subscribers are less concerned about a possible reduction in the quantity of the magazine's articles than about a possible loss of the current high quality of its articles. (C) Many of the magazine's long-time subscribers would continue their subscriptions even if the subscription price were increased. (D) Most of the advertisers that purchase advertising space in the magazine will continue to spend the same amount on advertising per issue as they have in the past. (E) Production costs for the magazine are expected to remain stable.
Because postage rates are rising, Home Decorator magazine plans to maximize its profits by reducing by one half the number of issues it publishes each year. The quality of articles, the number of articles published per year, and the subscription price will not change. Market research shows that neither subscribers nor advertisers will be lost if the magazine's plan is instituted.
Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest evidence that the magazine's profits are likely to decline if the plan is instituted? (A) With the new postage rates, a typical issue under the proposed plan would cost about one-third more to mail than a typical current issue would. (B) The majority of the magazine's subscribers are less concerned about a possible reduction in the quantity of the magazine's articles than about a possible loss of the current high quality of its articles. (C) Many of the magazine's long-time subscribers would continue their subscriptions even if the subscription price were increased. (D) Most of the advertisers that purchase advertising space in the magazine will continue to spend the same amount on advertising per issue as they have in the past. (E) Production costs for the magazine are expected to remain stable.
Option D A - Same as the passage. Nothing new info. B - No relevance of quality of articles anywhere. Anyways, magazine is maintaining its standard and number of articles. So this wont effect anything. C - No relevance D - Money from advertisers and hence total profit overall will decrease E - No effect again on profit. Had they gone up, profit wud have come down.
(D) Most of the advertisers that purchase advertising space in the magazine will continue to spend the same amount on advertising per issue as they have in the past. (E) Production costs for the magazine are expected to remain stable. my take is in bold!!
A career in dermatology is still a safe bet for medical school graduates. IN the U.S. the number of cases of skin cancer linked to ultraviolet UV sunlight has remained relatively constant every year even though far frewer adults are intentionally exposing themseleves to UV sunlight now than were doin so at the height of the suntan crazy 20 years ago.
Each of the folowing, if true, could explain the relative stability in the incidence of skin cancer each year despite the decrease in intentional exposure to UV sunglight EXCEPT:
A: Because of decreasing levels of ozone in the upper atmopshere, more people are now exposed accidentally to excessive UV sunlight
B: People who continue to intentionall expose themselves to UV sunlight are absorbing larger does of the harmful radiation than the average suntannder did in the past.
C: Levels of UV radiation from sources other than sunlight are increasing every year.
D: While fewere women are intentionally exposing themselves to UV sunlight, the number of men doing so has increased significantly.
E: In most victims, skin cancer is lined to exposures to UV sunlight that occured up to 30 years before the onset of the disease.
A career in dermatology is still a safe bet for medical school graduates. IN the U.S. the number of cases of skin cancer linked to ultraviolet UV sunlight has remained relatively constant every year even though far frewer adults are intentionally exposing themseleves to UV sunlight now than were doin so at the height of the suntan crazy 20 years ago.
Each of the folowing, if true, could explain the relative stability in the incidence of skin cancer each year despite the decrease in intentional exposure to UV sunglight EXCEPT:
A: Because of decreasing levels of ozone in the upper atmopshere, more people are now exposed accidentally to excessive UV sunlight
B: People who continue to intentionall expose themselves to UV sunlight are absorbing larger does of the harmful radiation than the average suntannder did in the past.
C: Levels of UV radiation from sources other than sunlight are increasing every year.
D: While fewere women are intentionally exposing themselves to UV sunlight, the number of men doing so has increased significantly.
E: In most victims, skin cancer is lined to exposures to UV sunlight that occured up to 30 years before the onset of the disease.
I think the bold text be correct... Was confused b/w A and E.
A-> How excessive? Excessive enuf to cause cancer? Dont kno! C->The question only speaks of skin cancer linked to ultraviolet UV sunlight and not to any other sources. B & D-> Irrelevant.
If E is true, current trends in exposure do not have impact on rate of victims reporting skin cancer.
A career in dermatology is still a safe bet for medical school graduates. IN the U.S. the number of cases of skin cancer linked to ultraviolet UV sunlight has remained relatively constant every year even though far frewer adults are intentionally exposing themseleves to UV sunlight now than were doin so at the height of the suntan crazy 20 years ago.
Each of the folowing, if true, could explain the relative stability in the incidence of skin cancer each year despite the decrease in intentional exposure to UV sunglight EXCEPT:
A: Because of decreasing levels of ozone in the upper atmopshere, more people are now exposed accidentally to excessive UV sunlight
B: People who continue to intentionall expose themselves to UV sunlight are absorbing larger does of the harmful radiation than the average suntannder did in the past.
C: Levels of UV radiation from sources other than sunlight are increasing every year.
D: While fewere women are intentionally exposing themselves to UV sunlight, the number of men doing so has increased significantly.
E: In most victims, skin cancer is lined to exposures to UV sunlight that occured up to 30 years before the onset of the disease.
IMO C It specifically states "Levels of UV Radiation from sources OTHER than sunlight" So its nowhere related to the situation pertaining to the stimulus.
Although I was confused with D, but again theoretically D seems to be possible !
IMO C It specifically states "Levels of UV Radiation from sources OTHER than sunlight" So its nowhere related to the situation pertaining to the stimulus.
Although I was confused with D, but again theoretically D seems to be possible !
Parents of some of the children in a particular class have claimed that the teacher is not objective and favors his male students with higher grades. But the record shown that 92% of the female students received a passing grade in this teachers class. This record demonstrates that the teacher has not discriminated against women when assigning grades. The argument above is flawed in that it ignored the possibility that A. a large number of the teachers student were in his class the previous year. B. many teachers find it difffucult to be objective when assigning grades to male and female students. C. the evidence shows that more than 92% of the female students should have received a passing grade. D. the majority of tests written by female students and that have been rechecked by another teacher were given a higher grade by the second teacher. E. the teacher is biased against female students in the case of only some of the subjects he teachers.
