snowmobiles

[jmeasp]

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

[Rachita7]

E. Denying that an effect that the spokesperson presents as having benefited a certain group of people actually benefited those people.

The out-of-towners could have been the cross-country skiers too, as a result of snowmobiling -> they are now kept from visiting Milville.

Hence E

[jjaacc]

Agree with E

[shud]

correct answer is A.

Environmentalist argus that economic benefits can be achieved not only by having snomobiling but also by attracting skiers.

[jmeasp]

Official Answer is E.

[800Bob]

I disagree with the Official Answer. The environmentalist does not deny that attracting snowmobilers has benefited the town financially. His point is that Milville does not have to put up with the pollution because the same financial benefit could be achieved by attracting cross-country skiers instead. The best response is A.

[Boddy]

I too went with A

[jmeasp]

Thankgod for 800bob as i would be left wondering ,is the ans really E.

[Aimhighest]

jmeasp, what is the source of this question?

Is this too difficult for real GMAT?

[Udy]

Why not B?? I guess it has a good reference in the whole conversation....I go for B.