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CR1000 Test12 question5 Post Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:40 pm
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    The number of musicians employed to play accompaniment for radio and television commercials has sharply decreased over the past ten years. This has occurred even though the number of commercials produced each year has not significantly changed for the last ten years.

    Which of the following, if it occurred during the past ten years, would contribute LEAST to an explanation of the facts above?

    (A) The type of music most popular for use in commercials has changed from a type that requires a large number of instruments to a type that requires very few instruments.
    (B) There has been an increase in the number of commercials that use only the spoken word and sound effects, rather than musical accompaniment.
    (C) There has been an increase in the number of commercials that use a synthesizer, an instrument on which one musician can reproduce the sound of many musicians playing together.
    (D) There has been an increase in the number of commercials that use prerecorded music as their only source of music.
    (E) There has been an increase in the number of commercials that use musicians just starting in the music industry rather than musicians experienced in accompanying commercials.

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    Post Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:39 pm
    Is it E?

    (E) There has been an increase in the number of commercials that use musicians just starting in the music industry rather than musicians experienced in accompanying commercials. ... This would not explain why the number of musicians employed has decreased.

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    Post Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:17 pm
    I also think it's E. The fact that new musicians are employed more that veteran musicians doesnt explain the decrease in their commercial accompaniment

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    Post Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:27 pm
    zozo123 wrote:
    The number of musicians employed to play accompaniment for radio and television commercials has sharply decreased over the past ten years. This has occurred even though the number of commercials produced each year has not significantly changed for the last ten years.

    Which of the following, if it occurred during the past ten years, would contribute LEAST to an explanation of the facts above?

    (A) The type of music most popular for use in commercials has changed from a type that requires a large number of instruments to a type that requires very few instruments.
    (B) There has been an increase in the number of commercials that use only the spoken word and sound effects, rather than musical accompaniment.
    (C) There has been an increase in the number of commercials that use a synthesizer, an instrument on which one musician can reproduce the sound of many musicians playing together.
    (D) There has been an increase in the number of commercials that use prerecorded music as their only source of music.
    (E) There has been an increase in the number of commercials that use musicians just starting in the music industry rather than musicians experienced in accompanying commercials.
    It shoulbe E because that does not help explain why the msusician have declined over the years. It just says experienced ones have been less preferred.

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    Post Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:12 pm
    I'll say A. Just to disagree! Very Happy

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