CR- Software engg

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CR- Software engg

by hmboy17 » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:53 am
Very few software engineers have left MicroFirm Corporation to seek employment elsewhere. Thus, unless CompTech Corporation increases the salaries of its software engineers to the same level as those of MicroFirm's, these CompTech employees are likely to leave CompTech for another employer.
The flawed reasoning in the argument above is most similar to the reasoning in which of the following arguments?

a. Robert does not gamble, and he has never been penniless. Therefore, if Gina refrains from gambling she will also avoid being penniless.

b. If Dan throws a baseball directly at the window, the window pane will surely break. The window pane is not broken, so Dan has not thrown a baseball directly at it.

c. If a piano sits in a humid room the piano will need tuning within a week. This piano needs tuning; therefore, it must have sat in a humid room for at least a week.

d. Diligent practice results in perfection. Thus, one must practice diligently in order to achieve perfection.

e. More expensive cars are stolen than inexpensive cars. Accordingly, owners of expensive cars should carry auto theft insurance, whereas owners of inexpensive cars should not.

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by ketkoag » Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:57 pm
IMO A.
nice one whats the source??

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by mehravikas » Wed Apr 29, 2009 4:55 pm
IMO - D

Whats the OA please?

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by hmboy17 » Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:02 am
Answer is E. I got this question from petersons free test. Though I did not get.
My answer would be A

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by giorgosram » Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:24 pm
This is the case of:
If X, then Z
So, if Y, then Z.

I see no other option than A.
E sounds out of scope for me.

OA is truly E??
If so, someone explain why, please.

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Re: CR- Software engg

by bjp2008 » Sun May 03, 2009 11:38 pm
As par my understanding there was no reson mention in the first line of the above arguement why people have not left Microfirm. It was assumed in the next line that Salary is the reason for leaving an organisation. Increasing salary has been precribed to stop the attrition.
Similarly in E, Auto Theft Insurance has been prescribed to save the owners from car theft.
It does not follow the logic like If X, then Z
So, if Y, then Z.
I think its E the answer.

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by Uri » Mon May 04, 2009 12:13 am
hmboy17 wrote:Answer is E. I got this question from petersons free test. Though I did not get.
My answer would be A
do you have the official explanation for this answer?

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by hmboy17 » Mon May 04, 2009 12:34 pm
No not really.

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by hmboy17 » Mon May 04, 2009 12:34 pm
No not really.

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by samanthaJ79 » Sun May 15, 2016 6:15 am
d. Diligent practice results in perfection. Thus, one must practice diligently in order to achieve perfection.
I think it's D