og question

Guest · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:37 am Post subject: og question

Defense Department analysts worry that the ability of the United States to wage a prolonged war would be
seriously endangered if the machine-tool manufacturing base shrinks further. Before the Defense Department
publicly connected this security issue with the import quota issue, however, the machine-tool industry raised the
national security issue in its petition for import quotas.
Which of the following, if true, contributes most to an explanation of the machine-tool industry’s raising the issue
above regarding national security?
A. When the aircraft industries retooled, they provided a large amount of work for too builders.
B. The Defense Department is only marginally concerned with the effects of foreign competition on the
machine-tool industry.
C. The machine-tool industry encountered difficulty in obtaining governmental protection against imports on
grounds other than defense.
D. A few weapons important for defense consist of parts that do not require extensive machining.
E. Several federal government programs have been designed which will enable domestic machine-tool
manufacturing firms to compete successfully with foreign toolmakers.

blah45 · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 1:02 pm Post subject:

Is it B?

hedonistatbreak · Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:47 am Post subject:

C will be the answer as it clearly asserts the reason why import protection is difficult to get and only an attached security or defense issue will be able to help machine-tool indusrty to get the import protection.

B cannot be an answer as if the fact mentioned in B would be true, machine tool industry would not file petition for import protection as security issue. Rather this petition would be filed separately without the security thing brought into.