CR 1000 Test 8 Question 18

zozo123 · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:11 am Post subject: CR 1000 Test 8 Question 18

Hardin argued that grazing land held in common (that is, open to any user) would always be used less carefully than private grazing land. Each rancher would be tempted to overuse common land because the benefits would accrue to the individual, while the costs of reduced land quality that results from overuse would be spread among all users. But a study comparing 217 million acres of common grazing land with 433 million acres of private grazing land showed that the common land was in better condition.

The answer to which of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating the significance, in relation to Hardin’s claim, of the study described above?

(A) Did any of the ranchers whose land was studied use both common and private land?

(B) Did the ranchers whose land was studied tend to prefer using common land over using private land for grazing?

(C) Was the private land that was studied of comparable quality to the common land before either was used for grazing?

(D) Were the users of the common land that was studied at least as prosperous as the users of the private land?

(E) Were there any owners of herds who used only common land, and no private land, for grazing?

What is the problem with the answer B and D ? The right answer is C.

isisalaska · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:48 am Post subject:

Hi
A) Did any of the ranchers whose land was studied use both common and private land? This is not relevant in finding out who the common land, if is used more, it is in better shape

(B) Did the ranchers whose land was studied tend to prefer using common land over using private land for grazing? it is obvious the ranchers prefer coomon land, but again, why is this land in better shape?I hope this helps Wink

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(D) Were the users of the common land that was studied at least as prosperous as the users of the private land? And it really doesn't matter how prosperous each type of land user is. This answer choice is out of scope.

hopefully · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:25 am Post subject:

what is OA?

I wud go 4 C...

Only this compares the 2 lands before the test...

gsc · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:46 am Post subject:

I will go with C. When comparing two things after doing same operation.
Before commenting about the outcome it is important to know whether
they were in the same state before the operation or not.

It is better that you do not write the answer in advance. People will think freely and give honest replies. What do you think?.

sibbineni · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject:

I would go with (C)

(C)The quality between common land and private land was studied before grazing. Which supports our conclusion

If the quality was studied after grazing then the common land loses its quality so our conclusion would become wrong.