Hi cognizant_81,
Are you sure the OA for the above q is E?I saw the OA as D in some other forum.
-Deepak.
Manufacturers of mechanical pencils make most of their profit on pencil leads rather than on the pencils
themselves. The Write Company, which cannot sell its leads as cheaply as other manufacturers can, plans to
alter the design of its mechanical pencil so that it will accept only a newly designed Write Company lead, which
will be sold at the same price as the Write Company's current lead.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the Write Company's projection that its plan will lead to an
increase in its sales of pencil lead?
(A) First-time buyers of the mechanical pencils tend to buy the least expensive mechanical pencils available.
(B) Annual sales of mechanical pencils are expected to triple over the next five years.
(C) A Write Company executive is studying ways to reduce the cost of manufacturing pencil leads.
(D) A rival manufacture recently announced similar plans to introduce a mechanical pencil that would accept
only the leads produced by that manufacturer.
(E) In extensive text marketing, mechanical-pencil users found the new Write Company pencil markedly
superior to other mechanical pencils they had used.
OG 10th edition Q190
Manufacturers of mechanical pencils make most of their profit on pencil leads rather than on the pencils
themselves. The Write Company, which cannot sell its leads as cheaply as other manufacturers can, plans to
alter the design of its mechanical pencil so that it will accept only a newly designed Write Company lead, which
will be sold at the same price as the Write Companys current lead.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the Write Companys projection that its plan will lead to an
increase in its sales of pencil lead?
(A) First-time buyers of the mechanical pencils tend to buy the least expensive mechanical pencils available.
(B) Annual sales of mechanical pencils are expected to triple over the next five years.
(C) A Write Company executive is studying ways to reduce the cost of manufacturing pencil leads.
(D) A rival manufacture recently announced similar plans to introduce a mechanical pencil that would accept
only the leads produced by that manufacturer.
(E) In extensive text marketing, mechanical-pencil users found the new Write Company pencil markedly
superior to other mechanical pencils they had used.
OG 10th edition Q190
Guys
I have solved CR from OG 10th edition and 80% of my answers are correct. I am planning to take my exam next month
What should I conclude from the fact that 80% of my answers are correct. How much more practice do I need. What is the correlation between actual GMAt CR questions and those in OG.
How should I frame my strategy from this point. Please help guys .. this is an SOS call
Regards,
Vishal
Guys
I have solved CR from OG 10th edition and 80%
What should I conclude from
What is the correlation between actual GMAt CR questions and those in OG.
How should I frame my strategy from this point. this is an SOS call
First things first, why are you using OG10? Are you done with OG12?
80% correct in OG is a good number, but you should be cautious, because CR needs more than 80% accuracy to accomodate our(Indians) pitfalls against SC.
Dont read too much into the accuracy number, though, since it is the actual test day performance that matters. If you are able to get to the root of those 20% problems that you were not able to ace the first time round, you should be good.
Strategy should be simple and one with which you are comfortable, I have read some posts where people plan to take long leaves from office to prepare for GMAT. My personal opinion is totally against such an idea, because GMAT does not demand more than 18-20 hrs per week spread evenly. Too high a work rate can actually be detrimental and you could face a burn-out by the fag end of your preps(which can be very unhealthy). Plus, taking leaves puts additional pressure on you ("I have taken one month off I should do very very well on the GMAT, what will my GF/Wife think, how will my co-workers see my score, blah, blah.....").
I would suggest you to go back to all the questions where you made a mistake, from OG as well as from your practice tests.
My personal opinion is that OG and GMATPrep are the two places which give you the real taste of what the G-Day will throw at you, do not underestimate the level of questions available in them. Even if you have spotted the correct answer, do make a point to read the whole explanation because it gives you the "feel" of the way the Test-makers "think", once you get that, it will be a cakewalk.
And to top it all, RELAX, you have a lot of time on your hands, no need to give SOS calls, you need to have faith in your abilities and you should do just fine
Thanks sausi .. that instills some confidence .. the worst part of gmat is that you never know when you are ready .. this is so different than other exams where you know how much syllabus you have covered.
Thanks for your suggestions. I will visit the answers of the questions which I answered incorrectly. Hope to tune to test-maker's mind 😃
Manufacturers of mechanical pencils make most of their profit on pencil leads rather than on the pencils
themselves. The Write Company, which cannot sell its leads as cheaply as other manufacturers can, plans to
alter the design of its mechanical pencil so that it will accept only a newly designed Write Company lead, which
will be sold at the same price as the Write Companys current lead.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the Write Companys projection that its plan will lead to an
increase in its sales of pencil lead?
(A) First-time buyers of the mechanical pencils tend to buy the least expensive mechanical pencils available.
(B) Annual sales of mechanical pencils are expected to triple over the next five years.
(C) A Write Company executive is studying ways to reduce the cost of manufacturing pencil leads.
(D) A rival manufacture recently announced similar plans to introduce a mechanical pencil that would accept
only the leads produced by that manufacturer.
(E) In extensive text marketing, mechanical-pencil users found the new Write Company pencil markedly
superior to other mechanical pencils they had used.
OG 10th edition Q190
I will go with option B
-Deepak.
My answer was also B but the correct answer is E and the reason is that B says the sales will increase in general but does not say that the sales of write company will increase. E on the other hand says that the pencils of write company are superior and hence the sales are bound to increase
On a recent expedition to a remote region of northern Canada, scientists uncovered skeletal remains from about 100,000 years ago. Surprisingly, all the skeletal remains, which included many species from differing biological families and spanned about two thousand years, showed evidence of experiencing temperatures in excess of 1000 degrees Fahrenheit (or 538 degrees Celsius).
Which of the following, if true, best explains the apparent paradox between the cold environment and the evidence of the bones experiencing hot temperatures?
A) Other scientific research released two years before the expedition showed that the remote region of northern Canada underwent considerable warming in the past 100,000 years.
B) Chemical changes that naturally occur during the process of decay in only one north Canadian species produce the same evidence of the species' skeletons being exposed to hot temperatures as the expedition scientists found.
C) A little over 103,000 years ago, a large fire is known to have occurred in northern Canada.
D) Strong evidence exists that as early as 70,000 years ago, Homo sapiens around the world relied heavily on fire to cook animals.
E) In the same expedition and in roughly the same layer of excavation, scientists found rudimentary wood cutting and hunting tools used by early humans.
Is it E
On a recent expedition to a remote region of northern Canada, scientists uncovered skeletal remains from about 100,000 years ago. Surprisingly, all the skeletal remains, which included many species from differing biological families and spanned about two thousand years, showed evidence of experiencing temperatures in excess of 1000 degrees Fahrenheit (or 538 degrees Celsius).
Which of the following, if true, best explains the apparent paradox between the cold environment and the evidence of the bones experiencing hot temperatures?
A) Other scientific research released two years before the expedition showed that the remote region of northern Canada underwent considerable warming in the past 100,000 years.
B) Chemical changes that naturally occur during the process of decay in only one north Canadian species produce the same evidence of the species' skeletons being exposed to hot temperatures as the expedition scientists found.
C) A little over 103,000 years ago, a large fire is known to have occurred in northern Canada.
D) Strong evidence exists that as early as 70,000 years ago, Homo sapiens around the world relied heavily on fire to cook animals.
E) In the same expedition and in roughly the same layer of excavation, scientists found rudimentary wood cutting and hunting tools used by early humans.
My take is D
-Deepak.
Fedora Convertibles began selling the Freewheeler - its newest convertible sports car - in May of this year. Fedora sent out a press release last month indicating that the Freewheelers sales for May, June, July, and August totaled over 50,000. As a result, Fedora will in all likelihood easily meet its stated sales goal of 120,000 for Freewheeler's first year of release. Which of the following would be most useful in order to evaluate this prediction?
A. Fedora is the market leader in this category of automobile.
B. Freewheeler is significantly more expensive than similar models produced by Fedoracompetitors.
C. Fedora released a similar model in May of the previous year.
D. Sales of similar models of cars are typically much higher in the summer months than at any other time of the year.
E. Freewheeler sales are important to meeting the sales goals of Fedora as a company.
My take is D
-Deepak.
The parliament is currently debating a legislation, which if passed, would force manufacturers to increase the number of paid vacation days for employees, to pay higher overtime wages, and to pay all day-care expenses for children of each employee. This legislation is being supported by members of various employee groups whose demands we know will always be opposed to the benefits of their employers, and hence, it should not be heeded.
The columnist's argument is flawed because it:
(A)attacks the legislation by calling into question the integrity of the originators of the legislation.
(B)assails the proposed legislation on the basis that it is bound to be opposed instead of evaluating its merits and demerits.
(C)attempts to discredit the legislation by appealing to those who would be adversely affected.
(D)presupposes that legislation is bad legislation whenever it has only a small number of supporters outside the country's national legislative body.
(E)rejects the legislation on the grounds that its supporters are inconsistently seeking to place burdens on manufacturers upon whom the supporters depend.
Is it E
Allowing employees to work remotely is widely accepted as environmentally friendly and cost-saving as compared to requiring employees to work on site during normal business hours. Moreover, the current work-from-home initiative already in effect at Company X demonstrates that employees are equally productive whether working on-site or remotely. The CEO at Company X therefore recommends that the company expand the current initiative to reach a target of 40 percent of all employees working remotely within 2 years.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously calls into question the reasoning behind expanding the current initiative at Company X?
(A) Participation in the current initiative has been completely voluntary, and employee participation has ranged from 10 percent in some divisions of the company to 50 percent in others.
(B) Eligibility for the current initiative has been restricted to the 20 percent of employees whose jobs do not require participation in regular on-site planning sessions.
(C) Employees who currently work remotely have had a significant amount of difficulty using the company's electronic network primarily because not enough employees work remotely to justify upgrading the system.
(D) Some of the employees who are able to work remotely are the very employees who, if working on site, would require costly accommodations.
(E) Many employees who choose to work remotely also support other environmentally-friendly initiatives.
Is it c?
Allowing employees to work remotely is widely accepted as environmentally friendly and cost-saving as compared to requiring employees to work on site during normal business hours. Moreover, the current work-from-home initiative already in effect at Company X demonstrates that employees are equally productive whether working on-site or remotely. The CEO at Company X therefore recommends that the company expand the current initiative to reach a target of 40 percent of all employees working remotely within 2 years.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously calls into question the reasoning behind expanding the current initiative at Company X?
(A) Participation in the current initiative has been completely voluntary, and employee participation has ranged from 10 percent in some divisions of the company to 50 percent in others.
(B) Eligibility for the current initiative has been restricted to the 20 percent of employees whose jobs do not require participation in regular on-site planning sessions.
(C) Employees who currently work remotely have had a significant amount of difficulty using the company's electronic network primarily because not enough employees work remotely to justify upgrading the system.
(D) Some of the employees who are able to work remotely are the very employees who, if working on site, would require costly accommodations.
(E) Many employees who choose to work remotely also support other environmentally-friendly initiatives.
My take is option B
I might be wrong, but I feel that this thread is not being used properly.
I can see questions being posted and answers being chosen, but is that what this forum is for?
Is everyone not out here for discussions? If practice is the motto, there are lots of questions available out there.
Discussing the questions is what will eventually help everyone. I hope that this post is taken in the right spirit.
I will go with B because...
if the current pattern of employees working remotely is due to some reason, it is not necessary that it'll work for others also..... mayb other ppl's jobs require them to be at site......
Allowing employees to work remotely is widely accepted as environmentally friendly and cost-saving as compared to requiring employees to work on site during normal business hours. Moreover, the current work-from-home initiative already in effect at Company X demonstrates that employees are equally productive whether working on-site or remotely. The CEO at Company X therefore recommends that the company expand the current initiative to reach a target of 40 percent of all employees working remotely within 2 years.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously calls into question the reasoning behind expanding the current initiative at Company X?
(A) Participation in the current initiative has been completely voluntary, and employee participation has ranged from 10 percent in some divisions of the company to 50 percent in others.
OA is in bold!!
Are you sure on OA?I saw OA as B on some other forum.
-Deepak.
Allowing employees to work remotely is widely accepted as environmentally friendly and cost-saving as compared to requiring employees to work on site during normal business hours. Moreover, the current work-from-home initiative already in effect at Company X demonstrates that employees are equally productive whether working on-site or remotely. The CEO at Company X therefore recommends that the company expand the current initiative to reach a target of 40 percent of all employees working remotely within 2 years.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously calls into question the reasoning behind expanding the current initiative at Company X?
(A) Participation in the current initiative has been completely voluntary, and employee participation has ranged from 10 percent in some divisions of the company to 50 percent in others. here already in some divisions its 50% employees are currently particpating actively so encouraging 40% employees to work at home would be like weaking the arguement.
(B) Eligibility for the current initiative has been restricted to the 20 percent of employees whose jobs do not require participation in regular on-site planning sessions. check the part imarked in bold its nowhere explicitly mentioned that only employees not working in site will be preferred for work from home so this weakens but partially
Reasoning is not convincing IMO.......
A) is not even remotely connected to the premise, so what if the current initiative is voluntary? How does this weaken the argument at all?
I am unable to understand the provided reasoning !
B) This is clearly going to weaken the argument, why, because if this is true, the current results, which indicate the employees to have similar productivity working remotely or on-site will not hold good. If the rest (80%) of th employees need to attend regular on-site planning sessions, definitely their productivity will not be the same and thus the statement in the premise fails to hold good.
I might be wrong, but I feel that this thread is not being used properly.
I can see questions being posted and answers being chosen, but is that what this forum is for?
Is everyone not out here for discussions? If practice is the motto, there are lots of questions available out there.
Discussing the questions is what will eventually help everyone. I hope that this post is taken in the right spirit.
Totally agree with you on this, mate. Almost everyone in this forum posts their choice of option with absolutely no backing, no explanation. The number of times the original poster of the question puts a valid explanation is also very close to ZERO.
Guys, GMAT is a reasoning test! GMAT will never ask you or expect you to learn a defined set of rules no matter how rigrous they are to answer any question.
Unlike exams such as SNAP, NMAT and to a great extent FMS - contain lot of questions which require you to mug up books -- Word meaning, synonym antonym, and to a great extent Math which is becoming very mechanical thanks to the coaching classes, GMAT will never ever ask you to do this. GMAT focus is on reasoning and if you dont support your choice with good reasoning then it is of absolutely ZERO help to others..
REMEMBER-- we are here to practice and not just to find black and white answers. So, I request everyone to provide very good reasoning to back up their answers.
Thanks
Three large companies and seven small companies currently manufacture a product with potential military applications. If the government regulates the industry, it will institute a single set of manufacturing specifications to which all ten companies will have to adhere. In this case, therefore, since none of the seven small companies can afford to convert their production lines to a new set of manufacturing specifications, only the three large companies will be able to remain in business.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the authors argument relies?
A. None of the three large companies will go out of business if the government does not regulate the manufacture of the product.
B. It would cost more to convert the production lines of the small companies to a new set of manufacturing specifications than it would to convert the production lines of the large companies.
C. Industry lobbyists will be unable to dissuade the government from regulating the industry.
D. Assembly of the product produced according to government manufacturing specifications would be more complex than current assembly procedures.
E. None of the seven small companies currently manufactures the product to a set of specifications that would match those the government would institute if the industry were to be regulated.
Pretty straightforward isn't it. The author is clearly assuming that the 7 small companies will go out of business because they will not be able to follow the new specifications as it will require lot of re-structuring, machinery etc. The author here is missing a key point here- what if the 7 companies are already capable of producing the products as per the new guidelines. this is what option E is telling us.
Choose option E and forget about the rest of the options.
PS: Mr.81 - I hope you don't comeup with a surprise answer for this one because I am 1000% sure my answer is correct. 😉 - Just joking
