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by chaitanya.mehrotra » Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:18 am
The recording industry is fighting a losing battle: it simply does not have the resources to prosecute all of the individuals who illegally download music from the Internet. Because the number of individuals who will be charged with a crime is so limited, the actions of the recording industry will have a minimal impact on the number of people who illegally download music.

The answer to which of the following questions would best help evaluate the accuracy of the conclusion above?
a)Will recording industry lawyers dedicate the majority of their time to prosecuting those who illegally download music?
b)Is a small minority of individuals responsible for the majority of illegal song downloads?
c)Do many individuals who illegally download songs share their music files with other Internet users?
d)Will new Internet security technology permit the recording industry to more quickly and easily identify individuals who illegally download music?
e)Will the threat of prosecution alter the behavior of those who illegally download music?

OA E
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by abhisays » Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:27 am
I will go for D

as it is the only option which is directly related to number of individuals who will be charged with the crime.
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by Ozlemg » Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:36 am
chaitanya.mehrotra wrote:The recording industry is fighting a losing battle: it simply does not have the resources to prosecute all of the individuals who illegally download music from the Internet. Because the number of individuals who will be charged with a crime is so limited, the actions of the recording industry will have a minimal impact on the number of people who illegally download music.

The answer to which of the following questions would best help evaluate the accuracy of the conclusion above?
a)Will recording industry lawyers dedicate the majority of their time to prosecuting those who illegally download music?
b)Is a small minority of individuals responsible for the majority of illegal song downloads?
c)Do many individuals who illegally download songs share their music files with other Internet users?
d)Will new Internet security technology permit the recording industry to more quickly and easily identify individuals who illegally download music?
e)Will the threat of prosecution alter the behavior of those who illegally download music?

OA after some discussion -
I go for B

If minority of the popullation is responsible for the majority of illegal copying, then prosecuting will work. If answer to the question is YES, SMALL MINORTY IS RESPONSOBLE FOR, then the worry will be meaningles!...
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by Ozlemg » Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:37 am
abhisays wrote:I will go for D

as it is the only option which is directly related to number of individuals who will be charged with the crime.
IMO, problem is not with identifying but finding resource for prosecuting. That choice is out of scope.
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by finance » Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:54 am
While answering that it should be B instead of D, I understood that it must be D. What's the OA pls.? The conclusion is:minimal impact on the number of people,rather then minimal impact on the downloaded illegal music. If it would be the latter, I would go for B.
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by smackmartine » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:14 am
IMO E

To evaluate type question, provide polar opposite answers to the questions to see whether the argument strengthens/weakens. The most important word in this argument is "impact".

A) even if lawyer spend majority of time in prosecuting people, who knows that they will be successful in finding and punishing the culprits. Also polar opposite answers - None and 100 lawyers--> no impact on people's behavior
B) Yes/No --> no impact on people's behavior
C) Yes/No ->no impact on people's behavior
D) Yes/No -->no impact on people's behavior
E) Yes---> impact on people's behavior (weakens the conclusion) / No --> does not impact people's behavior (Supports the conclusion)
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by gauravgundal » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:29 am
IMO : E

The reason for not selecting B and D

B.Is a small minority of individuals responsible for the majority of illegal song downloads?

so this question doesn't say what is small minority of individuals.
even 5 lakh can be minority in comparison with 5000 billion.
and the main reason is that this question doesn't hit the deck.
Conclusion of Argument : The actions will have minimal impact on the number of people who illegally download music.

D.)Will new Internet security technology permit the recording industry to more quickly and easily identify individuals who illegally download music?

To be more inline to correct answer stick to argument. Argument states that Industry won't have enough resources to prosecute.
So this statement itself is enough to mark B and D a wrong contender.
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by GmatKiss » Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:35 am
IMO: D

Premise: The recording industry lacks lawyers.
Evaluation: Even is recording industry have resources to prosecute those who illegally download music, will it make a difference??
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by smackmartine » Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:33 pm
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by winniethepooh » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:53 pm
The OA is E, He's mentioned in the post.
What's the source?
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by chaitanya.mehrotra » Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:30 am
winniethepooh wrote:The OA is E, He's mentioned in the post.
What's the source?
Source is Manhanttan CR
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by DhruvXVII » Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:29 am
I chose B.
But E is correct.
Since we are looking for the impact of prosecution. The conclusion is that industry is fighting a losing battle since the number of people who will be prosecuted is minimal. But if the threat of prosecution can help reduce the number of illegal downloads, then the industry might not be fighting a losing battle after all.
B in this case just addresses the issue of number of illegal downloads.E wins.
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