In Kravonia, the average salary for jobs requiring a college degree has always been higher than the average salary for jobs that do not require a degree. Over the last few years, the number of Kravonians enrolled in college has been growing steadily. Therefore, the number of Kravonians entering the job market who have at least the qualification of a college degree will eventually be significantly higher than it has been over the last few years.
To weaken the argument: the no.of people who hold a degree are high to procure low salary.
a) nothing mentioned about multiple degrees b)weakens the argument c)irrelavent d)looks like it weakens the argument e)doesnt weaken the argument.
B or D .. very tough one indeed !
i would go with B (if students are taking longer to graduate from college, then the increased enrollment doesn't mean that there will be any more graduates)..
In Kravonia, the average salary for jobs requiring a college degree has always been higher than the average salary for jobs that do not require a degree. Over the last few years, the number of Kravonians enrolled in college has been growing steadily. Therefore, the number of Kravonians entering the job market who have at least the qualification of a college degree will eventually be significantly higher than it has been over the last few years.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
A. Kravonians with more than one college degree earn little more, on average, than do Kravonians with only one college degree. - number of degrees isn't being discussed.
B. The average number of years Kravonian college students remain enrolled before completing a degree has been increasing over the past several years.
C. Despite the increase in the number of Kravonians attending college, the percentage of the population attending college is lower in Kravonia than in most other countries. - who cares about the other countries !
D. In recent years, employers have been requiring college degrees for workers in jobs that were previously performed successfully by Kravonians who did not have college degrees. -- IMO this strengthens the argument .. if this were true then it more people would get a degree ..
E. For many years, employers in Kravonia have had difficulty finding enough college graduates to fill the high-paying jobs that were available. -- doesnt seem to answer why the number of ppl with a degree should not be higher .. OA / comments on the options please ..
In Kravonia, the average salary for jobs requiring a college degree has always been higher than the average salary for jobs that do not require a degree. Over the last few years, the number of Kravonians enrolled in college has been growing steadily. Therefore, the number of Kravonians entering the job market who have at least the qualification of a college degree will eventually be significantly higher than it has been over the last few years.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
A. Kravonians with more than one college degree earn little more, on average, than do Kravonians with only one college degree. B. The average number of years Kravonian college students remain enrolled before completing a degree has been increasing over the past several years. C. Despite the increase in the number of Kravonians attending college, the percentage of the population attending college is lower in Kravonia than in most other countries. D. In recent years, employers have been requiring college degrees for workers in jobs that were previously performed successfully by Kravonians who did not have college degrees. E. For many years, employers in Kravonia have had difficulty finding enough college graduates to fill the high-paying jobs that were available.
OA highlighted.
If students are spending more years in college, then thats the reason behind the increase in the number of enrolled students. It tells us nothing about the no. of students that graduate each year, which could be same, more or even less.
Years ago, some in the government's intelligence community feared the work of telecommunications researchers at then-emerging private security firms. The government experts concluded that these private firms posed the biggest risk to successful government espionage. As the private security firms began publicly releasing and advertising encryption algorithms and other security products, these government experts saw support for their conclusion when an encryption algorithm that government experts could not break began appearing in countless emails. Which of the following, if true, most weakens the conclusion of the government experts referred to above? A) Shortly before the government experts reached their conclusions, two private security companies each claimed to have developed "the world's strongest email encryption algorithm" B) The private security firms' decision to advertise their products and sell them publicly led to other members of the private sector and academia scrutinizing the encryption algorithms. C) An open-source encryption algorithm, developed by an academic and freely available from popular websites, is recognized by numerous ex-government code breakers as the most unbreakable algorithm ever developed. D) An enemy government recently succeeded in placing a spy within the government espionage operations referred to above. E) To strengthen the reputation of the private security firms, employees of these firms publish information about the strength of their products and the benefits of using them.
Correct answer is C. Can somebody please explain the reason. I think the answer should be B
Another one Political Commentator: In order for a democracy to flourish, it is essential that political and journalistic freedom of expression exist. Even if commentators voice ideas that do not support the current government, a society is strengthened by the variety of views expressed. Yet, our government continues to exercise a stranglehold on certain forms of speech. It is essential that the government loosen its control on the media. Despite the potential short-term instability this may cause the country, it will strengthen the long-term health of the country. Which of the following expresses the conclusion of the argument? The commentator's main point is that the government must loosen its control on the media. A) The government is exercising too much control over the media B) The government needs to open the media and release its hold on certain forms of speech C) Democracy requires a strong and free press D) Even ideas not supportive of democracy can strengthen a government E) The future of the media lies in the hands of the government
The people of Olama Village share a religious tradition, which includes the tenet that no eggs be consumed that have been locally produced. If the people are to maintain their religious traditions, then they may not prepare dishes for the upcoming festival using locally produced eggs.
Option E
A recent study demonstrated that parents living with children consume nearly five more grams of fat per day, on average, than do adults living without children. The higher fat intake among these parents is probably attributable to their snacking on the pizza and cookies that tend to be plentiful in households with children.
Donna: For the most part, medical researchers agree that someone who regularly consumes large amounts of alcohol will probably have serious health problems. Steve: Heavy drinking does not adversely impact ones health. My great uncle drank heavily for years and seemed in perfect health. In fact, he lived to be 87 years old. Which one of the following is a major flaw in Steves argument? (D) Steves argument fails to acknowledge the possibility that his great uncle may not have been in good health after all.
option D CANNOT be the correct answer. Steve already mentioned that his uncle seemed in PERFECT HEALTH. So, the question related to his uncle's health is already answered.
The correct answer should be option A. You cannot generalise using just one example. his uncle may have been an exception.
Also read the statement given by Donna -- "will probably have serious health problems. " -- This means that it is not 100% that everyone will have serious health problems.
The people of Olama Village share a religious tradition, which includes the tenet that no eggs be consumed that have been locally produced. If the people are to maintain their religious traditions, then they may not prepare dishes for the upcoming festival using locally produced eggs.
Which of the following, if true, most undermines the conclusion stated in the passage?
A. Many of the village youths choose to ignore the strictest tenets of religious tradition.
B. Most of the eggs in the local market were imported from overseas.
C. Most of the dishes for the upcoming festival will feature grains and vegetables, rather than animal products.
D. The local egg farmers have struggled with a recent bird flu, and have been forced to purchase new livestock at the regional market.
E. For the upcoming festival, prepared dishes are to be used as shrine ornaments and will be discarded when the festival has finished.
D. The local egg farmers have struggled with a recent bird flu, and have been forced to purchase new livestock at the regional market.
Acc. to the qs. the tenet says that no eggs be consumed that have been locally produced and the conclusion drawn from this statement is to maintain their religious traditions, then they may not prepare dishes for the upcoming festival using locally produced eggs.
According to option E, the dishes prepared will not be consumed, so there will be nothing against the tenet,so conclusion can be weakened by this statement also.... Plz clarify..
At first I though Gloria is saying that people should be given tax exempt. But after reading Roger's argument i had to go back and check Gloria's argument again.
Gloria is saying that people should be made to pay tax even if their kids are in private tution.
Roger is refuting gloria's argument by saying that school attendance is a matter not of choice, but of legal requirement, it is unfair for the government to force some parents to pay for it twice i.e pay tution fee as well as the tax.
Gloria can defend herself by using option A "which says that although drinking water is a NECESSITY- everyone is paying tax irrespective of their choice from Bottled water and local supply" -- in the same way they should continue to pay for the education as well. Thus option A should be the correct answer.
Ur explanation seems right, yet I'm not convinced 😞
acc. To the qs. The tenet says that no eggs be consumed that have been locally produced and the conclusion drawn from this statement is to maintain their religious traditions, then they may not prepare dishes for the upcoming festival using locally produced eggs.
According to option e, the dishes prepared will not be consumed, so there will be nothing against the tenet,so conclusion can be weakened by this statement also.... Plz clarify..
cognizant_81 Says
you have mentioned right but need to undertsand the reasonong.the eggs to be consumes that have not been locally producced so here the local livestock is being infected with bird flu so lives stock had to be taken from regional market now since lives stock is from regional market then where is the question of locally produced eggs which regional markey livestock will give.i hope you get my reasoning.
i am speaking after seeing lot of absurdity going on in this forum. congnizant_81 : although i am thankful to you for putting lot of questions here on daily basis, but the answers you provide are just plain wrong. If you want i can attach screenshots of the answers to these questions here. I know the source, the book and the replies experts from different companies have provided. in this question also-- the original poster is absolutely correct in choosing option e as the answer. correct answer is e
option d is not only irrelevant but totally absurd !!!!
stop misguiding people with wrong answer choices.
It's a request..
now even if you want to press the groan button then go ahead -- i dont give a damn!!!!!
Ur explanation seems right, yet I'm not convinced :(
if you can trust me for once then take the answer i marked as correct.
if you want i can send you the link of original source of this question..
I always make sure to check the original posters response. If the answer provided by him is different then I ALWAYS go and find the source and the answer mentioned there.
For last 1 month or so -- everytime I've found the original poster putting wrong answer choices as correct. Ignore them!
Acc. to the qs. the tenet says that no eggs be consumed that have been locally produced and the conclusion drawn from this statement is to maintain their religious traditions, then they may not prepare dishes for the upcoming festival using locally produced eggs.
According to option E, the dishes prepared will not be consumed, so there will be nothing against the tenet,so conclusion can be weakened by this statement also.... Plz clarify..
Arpit90 -- You are absolutely correct!OPTION E is the correct answer.
you have mentioned right but need to undertsand the reasonong.the eggs to be consumes that have not been locally producced so here the local livestock is being infected with bird flu so lives stock had to be taken from regional market now since lives stock is from regional market then where is the question of locally produced eggs which regional markey livestock will give.i hope you get my reasoning.
I am sure arpit90 will not be able to understand this reasoning.
And I totally support him on this. He should not understand this at all because THIS IS TOTALLY WRONG!
Years ago, some in the government's intelligence community feared the work of telecommunications researchers at then-emerging private security firms. The government experts concluded that these private firms posed the biggest risk to successful government espionage. As the private security firms began publicly releasing and advertising encryption algorithms and other security products, these government experts saw support for their conclusion when an encryption algorithm that government experts could not break began appearing in countless emails. Which of the following, if true, most weakens the conclusion of the government experts referred to above? A) Shortly before the government experts reached their conclusions, two private security companies each claimed to have developed "the world's strongest email encryption algorithm" B) The private security firms' decision to advertise their products and sell them publicly led to other members of the private sector and academia scrutinizing the encryption algorithms. C) An open-source encryption algorithm, developed by an academic and freely available from popular websites, is recognized by numerous ex-government code breakers as the most unbreakable algorithm ever developed. D) An enemy government recently succeeded in placing a spy within the government espionage operations referred to above. E) To strengthen the reputation of the private security firms, employees of these firms publish information about the strength of their products and the benefits of using them.
Correct answer is C. Can somebody please explain the reason. I think the answer should be B
Hi Vishal -- this is the reasoning why option C is correct
the government experts are blaming the private security firms for publicly releasing and advertising encryption algorithms which are too difficult to break. in order to weaken this conclusion either we need to provide a statement that these algorithms can be easily cracked by govt official (coders, technicians, etc.) OR we need to find a different source of these algorithms. Option C does the same for us. Rather than blaming the new priavate secrity firms, option C tells us that these algorithms are already present on popular websites.
The best way to attack a CR is to imagine a possible answer to the question asked in the question.
Like I did. when i finished reading the question the first thing i asked myself how to weaken this? before reading the answer options I jotted down two possibilities I've listed here. The latter one matched exactly with option C.
Option B does nothing to weaken the expert's argument.
I just saw that Congnizant_81 pressed the GROAN button on your post. I just could not understand why he did that. It's totally OK for people to ask for their doubts rather than testing everyone's knwoledge here.
@ Vishal: May be you can use light color to hide the Official Answer just for the people who want to attempt the question first!
Cognizant_81, Buddy, the answer should be E.It would simply nullify the conclusion without going against it.The option D that you are supposing has some facts which hardly would bring any context of nullifying the conclusion because one can prepare the dishes but may not consume.What's the harm?D states of bringing eggs from other sources which in anyway would not match the fact that they have been "produced locally". In these type of questions, always assume the fact to be eternal truth and the conclusion to be faulty.so assuming the fact to be true,it should be E.
Another one Political Commentator: In order for a democracy to flourish, it is essential that political and journalistic freedom of expression exist. Even if commentators voice ideas that do not support the current government, a society is strengthened by the variety of views expressed. Yet, our government continues to exercise a stranglehold on certain forms of speech. It is essential that the government loosen its control on the media. Despite the potential short-term instability this may cause the country, it will strengthen the long-term health of the country.
Which of the following expresses the conclusion of the argument? The commentator's main point is that the government must loosen its control on the media. A) The government is exercising too much control over the media B) The government needs to open the media and release its hold on certain forms of speech C) Democracy requires a strong and free press D) Even ideas not supportive of democracy can strengthen a government E) The future of the media lies in the hands of the government
The correct answer is B but why shouldn't it be C
For a very simple reason -- option C is the reason why the author is asking for free press.. Option B is the conclusion. we need to find the conclusion and not the premise (the base on which the conclusion is based) --
See the wording -- Free press will strengthen the long-term health of the country(PREMISE). THEREFORE -- Government should open the media and release its hold on certain forms of speect (THE CONCLUSION)
PS: Don't be bogged down by the Groan you got on this post.. Keep asking your doubts here.. This is a very very Good question. Thanks for posting ...
Cognizant_81, Buddy, the answer should be E.It would simply nullify the conclusion without going against it.The option D that you are supposing has some facts which hardly would bring any context of nullifying the conclusion because one can prepare the dishes but may not consume.What's the harm?D states of bringing eggs from other sources which in anyway would not match the fact that they have been "produced locally". In these type of questions, always assume the fact to be eternal truth and the conclusion to be faulty.so assuming the fact to be true,it should be E.
I support you on this mate :)! Mind reading my previous post regarding this and few other question which congnizant_81 has posted here.
An unbiased observer of everyday encounters in Western societies would surely not find many instances of unkindness by people under 65 toward people over 65. There are undoubtedly incidents of unkindness based on age, and these warrant reproof. However, the very fact that such reproof occurs and is generally accepted implies that our Western societies basically respect the elderly. The same conclusion can be drawn from a recent survey finding: 71 percent of the under 65 population agreed with the statement that "people over 65 receive too little respect from society", while only 44 percent of the over-65 population, the target of the alleged irreverence agreed with it. The author concludes that Western societies basically respect the elderly partly because (A) people under 65 are just as kind to people over 65 as they are to people of their own age group (B) survey data suggest that fewer people over 65 than under 65 get too little respect (C) disrespect for the elderly does not go so far as to result in actual harm (D) survey data suggest that people over 65 are more aware of incidents involving disrespect to the elderly than are people under 65 (E) incidents of unkindness to the elderly are neither common nor generally accepted in Western societies
The wording are little confusing.. Anyways -- i'll choose E as the answer NOT because I found this pretty straight forward but other choices are weaker than this one.
I have no solid reason to choose E. I'll not be surprised my choice is incorrect!
Businesses are suffering because of a lack of money available for development loans. To help businesses, the government plans to modify the income-tax structure in order to induce individual taxpayers to put a larger portion of their incomes into retirement savings accounts, because as more money is deposited in such accounts, more money becomes available to borrowers.
Which of the following, if true, raises the most serious doubt regarding the effectiveness of the government's plan to increase the amount of money available for development loans for businesses?
(A) When levels of personal retirement savings increase, consumer borrowing always increases correspondingly. (B) The increased tax revenue the government would receive as a result of business expansion would not offset the loss in revenue from personal income taxes during the first year of the plan. (C) Even with tax incentives, some people will choose not to increase their levels of retirement savings. (D) Bankers generally will not continue to lend money to businesses whose prospective earnings are insufficient to meet their loan repayment schedules. (E) The modified tax structure would give all taxpayers, regardless of their incomes, the same tax savings for a given increase in their retirement savings.
It is a close call between A and C.A could immediately be rejected if businesses are resembled by consumers.Meaning of the word "consumer" here is ambiguous(that is what i feel). Else,C.
Businesses are suffering because of a lack of money available for development loans. To help businesses, the government plans to modify the income-tax structure in order to induce individual taxpayers to put a larger portion of their incomes into retirement savings accounts, because as more money is deposited in such accounts, more money becomes available to borrowers.
Which of the following, if true, raises the most serious doubt regarding the effectiveness of the governments plan to increase the amount of money available for development loans for businesses?
(A) When levels of personal retirement savings increase, consumer borrowing always increases correspondingly. (B) The increased tax revenue the government would receive as a result of business expansion would not offset the loss in revenue from personal income taxes during the first year of the plan. (C) Even with tax incentives, some people will choose not to increase their levels of retirement savings. (D) Bankers generally will not continue to lend money to businesses whose prospective earnings are insufficient to meet their loan repayment schedules. (E) The modified tax structure would give all taxpayers, regardless of their incomes, the same tax savings for a given increase in their retirement savings.
I will go with option A because it doesn specify that the consumers are the business entities whose borrowings increase! if thats the case, consumers may compete with the business entities who are in need of a loan!