Driver's report-OG

bhumika.k.shah wrote:78. A recent report determined that although only 3 percent of drivers on Maryland highways equipped their vehicles with radar detectors, 33 percent of all vehicles ticketed for exceeding the speed limit were equipped with them. Clearly, drivers who equip their vehicles with radar detectors are more likely to exceed the speed limit regularly than are drivers who do not.

The conclusion drawn above depends on which of the following assumptions?

(A) Drivers who equip their vehicles with radar detectors are less likely to be ticketed for exceeding the speed limit than are drivers who do not.
Incorrect : This paraphrases one of the premises. Hence eliminated.

(B) Drivers who are ticketed for exceeding the speed limit are more likely to exceed the speed limit regularly than are drivers who are not ticketed.
Correct: To reach the conclusion, it must be assumed that these ticketed drivers exceed the speed limit on a regular basis.

(C) The number of vehicles that were ticketed for exceeding the speed limit was greater than the number of vehicles that were equipped with radar detectors.
Incorrect : The report is based on percentages of drivers with detectors and drivers who were ticketed. This answer choice is clearly Number v/s Percentage trap. Eliminated !

(D) Many of the vehicles that were ticketed for exceeding the speed limit were ticketed more than once in the time period covered by the report.
Incorrect : Whether the drivers were ticketed once or more than once is irrelevant.

(E) Drivers on Maryland highways exceeded the speed limit more often than did drivers on other state highways not covered in the report.
Incorrect : Comparison between drivers on maryland highway drivers with drivers on other highways is irrelevant to the scope of the argument

komal wrote:

bhumika.k.shah wrote:78. A recent report determined that although only 3 percent of drivers on Maryland highways equipped their vehicles with radar detectors, 33 percent of all vehicles ticketed for exceeding the speed limit were equipped with them. Clearly, drivers who equip their vehicles with radar detectors are more likely to exceed the speed limit regularly than are drivers who do not.

The conclusion drawn above depends on which of the following assumptions?

(A) Drivers who equip their vehicles with radar detectors are less likely to be ticketed for exceeding the speed limit than are drivers who do not.
Incorrect : This paraphrases one of the premises. Hence eliminated.

(B) Drivers who are ticketed for exceeding the speed limit are more likely to exceed the speed limit regularly than are drivers who are not ticketed.
Correct: To reach the conclusion, it must be assumed that these ticketed drivers exceed the speed limit on a regular basis.

(C) The number of vehicles that were ticketed for exceeding the speed limit was greater than the number of vehicles that were equipped with radar detectors.
Incorrect : The report is based on percentages of drivers with detectors and drivers who were ticketed. This answer choice is clearly Number v/s Percentage trap. Eliminated !

(D) Many of the vehicles that were ticketed for exceeding the speed limit were ticketed more than once in the time period covered by the report.
Incorrect : Whether the drivers were ticketed once or more than once is irrelevant.

(E) Drivers on Maryland highways exceeded the speed limit more often than did drivers on other state highways not covered in the report.
Incorrect : Comparison between drivers on maryland highway drivers with drivers on other highways is irrelevant to the scope of the argument

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