Tiger beetles are such fast runners that they can capture vi

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Tiger beetles are such fast runners that they can capture virtually any nonflying insect. However, when running toward an insect, the beetles intermittently stop, and then, a moment later, resume their attack. Perhaps they cannot maintain their pace and must pause for a moment's rest; but an alternative hypothesis is that while running tiger beetles are unable to process the resulting rapidly changing visual information, and so quickly go blind and stop.

Which of the following, if discovered in experiments using artificially moved prey insects, would support one of the two hypotheses and undermine the other?

A. When a prey insect is moved directly toward a beetle that has been chasing it, the beetle immediately turns and runs away without its usual intermittent stopping.
B. In pursuing a moving insect, the beetles usually respond immediately to changes in the insect's direction, and pause equally frequently whether the chase is up or down an incline.
C. The beetles maintain a fixed time interval between pauses, although when an insect that had been stationary begins to flee, the beetle increases its speed after its next pause.
D. If, when a beetle pauses, it has not gained on the insect it is pursuing, the beetle generally ends its pursuit.
E. When an obstacle is suddenly introduced just in front of running beetles, the beetles sometimes stop immediately, but they never respond by running around the barrier.

[spoiler]OA: I went for B because I felt that "tiger flee is able to respond immediately to the changes in direction and the same undermines the second hypothesis" and "stops intermittently which supports first hypothesis" but B is wrong :-(.......Please explain each answer choice[/spoiler]
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by atulmangal » Sun May 01, 2011 12:47 pm
Hey look what i got...after posting i googled and i find that on Manhattan this question is discussed but the Op B is little different...check this

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/tig ... t3238.html

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by aspirant2011 » Mon May 02, 2011 9:00 am
Hi Atul,

the source is the pdf file which you gave me for CR's :-)..............thanks a lot for the link because now I find that I was right with B option but the answer in the PDF was given as C..............and thats what made me more confused :-)

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by yvonne0923 » Mon May 16, 2011 10:53 pm
aspirant2011 wrote:Tiger beetles are such fast runners that they can capture virtually any nonflying insect. However, when running toward an insect, the beetles intermittently stop, and then, a moment later, resume their attack. Perhaps they cannot maintain their pace and must pause for a moment's rest; but an alternative hypothesis is that while running tiger beetles are unable to process the resulting rapidly changing visual information, and so quickly go blind and stop.

Which of the following, if discovered in experiments using artificially moved prey insects, would support one of the two hypotheses and undermine the other?

A. When a prey insect is moved directly toward a beetle that has been chasing it, the beetle immediately turns and runs away without its usual intermittent stopping.
B. In pursuing a moving insect, the beetles usually respond immediately to changes in the insect's direction, and pause equally frequently whether the chase is up or down an incline.
C. The beetles maintain a fixed time interval between pauses, although when an insect that had been stationary begins to flee, the beetle increases its speed after its next pause.
D. If, when a beetle pauses, it has not gained on the insect it is pursuing, the beetle generally ends its pursuit.
E. When an obstacle is suddenly introduced just in front of running beetles, the beetles sometimes stop immediately, but they never respond by running around the barrier.

[spoiler]OA: I went for B because I felt that "tiger flee is able to respond immediately to the changes in direction and the same undermines the second hypothesis" and "stops intermittently which supports first hypothesis" but B is wrong :-(.......Please explain each answer choice[/spoiler]
I also have the same question for this problem as well. I don't really understand the answer B? Also, is the O.A option B or C? Thanks!

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by aspirant2011 » Tue May 17, 2011 4:08 am
I found this same question on google and the OA is B only.....