akasans Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 Environmentalist: The use of snowmobiles in the vast park north of Milville creates unacceptable levels of air pollution and should be banned. Milville business spokesperson: Snowmobiling brings many out-of-towners to Milville in winter months, to the great financial benefit of many local residents. So, economics dictate that we put up with the pollution. Environmentalist: I disagree: A great many cross-country skiers are now kept from visiting Milville by the noise and pollution that snowmobiles generate. Environmentalist responds to the business spokesperson by doing which of the following? A. Challenging an assumption that certain desirable outcome can derive from only one set of circumstances B. Challenging an assumption that certain desirable outcome is outweighed by negative aspects associated with producing that outcome C. Maintaining that the benefit that the spokesperson desires could be achieved in greater degree by a different means D. Claiming that the spokesperson is deliberately misrepresenting the environmentalist’s position in order to be better able to attack it E. Denying that an effect that the spokesperson presents as having benefited a certain group of people actually benefited those people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmatguy Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 not sure but would go for B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transyt7 Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 This is a toughie...But I will pick C...whats the OA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebullfighter Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 three replies, 3 diff. answers. i picked A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsk02 Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 Very close between A , B and C. I wud pick A. Desirable outcome - More tourist visiting the town Businessperson assumes that only snowmobiling brings tourists. Environmentalist attacks this assumption by saying that there are other means of achieving the same desired outcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akasans Posted November 26, 2004 Author Share Posted November 26, 2004 I think B is the answer. What do others think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyzygy Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 A for me as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saurabhmalpani Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 I think I will pick E.. reason : Denying that an effect (to the great financial benefit) that the spokesperson presents as having benefited a certain group of people (many local residents) actually benefited ( those people skiers are now kept from visiting ). Can everybody please CHECK if I am correct or NOT. (Transyt can u please!) Suggestions are welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saurabhmalpani Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Very close between A , B and C. I wud pick A. Desirable outcome - More tourist visiting the town Businessperson assumes that only snowmobiling brings tourists. Environmentalist attacks this assumption by saying that there are other means of achieving the same desired outcome. dsk I think in the option A. The Envin. Never talks about " OTHER MEANS". Saurabh Malpani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saurabhmalpani Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 This is a toughie...But I will pick C...whats the OA? same thing in option C...no mention of "different means" Saurabh Malpani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FZanjani Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 © Maintaining that the benefit that the spokesperson desires could be achieved in greater degree by a different mean - The Environmentalist says that less people are actually showing up due to pollution than would show up if there was no snow-mobiling, so the benfits of increased economic output for the local poulation could acheived in greater degree by a different mean i.e. other than snow-mobiling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giomar Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 I´ll go for B. OA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillBill Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 I choose E. Good question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigp Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 vote for E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulm Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Vote for B. Challenging an assumption that certain desirable outcome (great financial benefit of many local residents as a result of many out-of-towners ) is outweighed by negative aspects (A great many cross-country skiers are now kept from visiting Milville by the noise and pollution that snowmobiles generate) associated with producing that outcome I think C is quite similar to B, however, as no other different means is mentioned clearly in the context, B would be my choice. Hope to see OA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVIKA Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 another vote for B. whats the OA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greycellz Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 IMO, E is correct. The effect here is 'lot of out of towners coming and snowmobiling'. The spokesman says that this effect helped the townsfolks financially, even though there was some pollution. The environmentalist says that the effect is not actually benefitial - it keeps the cross-country skiers from coming, resulting in lesser financial benefit for locals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 I would pick A. What is the OA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
800needed Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 IMO, E is correct. The effect here is 'lot of out of towners coming and snowmobiling'. The spokesman says that this effect helped the townsfolks financially, even though there was some pollution. The environmentalist says that the effect is not actually benefitial - it keeps the cross-country skiers from coming, resulting in lesser financial benefit for locals. I picked C, I think E is wrong because snowmobiling poepl help the tons financial situation. Cross country skiers are from out of town, so the benefits are 2 different groups. I hope that was a little clear at least LOL. I really would love to see the OA for this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greycellz Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 I think it's between A and E. Both look good to me. Maybe 800bob could help us here .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fundoo_pc Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 It is E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajansays Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Vote for E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soz_gmat05 Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 I hesitated between A and C but I go with A because we have no idea whether the benefit could be achieved in "greater" degree . we can't assume that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piyusht Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Well ... for me it should be E. whts the OA ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 I go for B too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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