CR: The government has made great strides

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netcaesar: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 29; Joined: Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:11 pm

by netcaesar » Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:58 am

I do not understand the following CR. Please, justify your answers (not only IMO):

The government has made great strides in implementing immunization in public school systems despite its cost. When all children are properly immunized, we will be able to ensure their health.

Which of the following identifies an assumption in the author's argument?

A) Only public schools require immunization.
B) Children are not already properly immunized.
C)If not immunized, most children will fall victim to disease.
D) Immunization is effective enough to justify its cost to the taxpayer.
E) Immunization is the only precaution necessary to guarantee a child's health.

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Re: CR: The government has made great strides

by glorydefined » Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:06 am

netcaesar wrote:I do not understand the following CR. Please, justify your answers (not only IMO):

The government has made great strides in implementing immunization in public school systems despite its cost. When all children are properly immunized, we will be able to ensure their health.

Which of the following identifies an assumption in the author's argument?

A) Only public schools require immunization.
B) Children are not already properly immunized.
C)If not immunized, most children will fall victim to disease.
D) Immunization is effective enough to justify its cost to the taxpayer.
E) Immunization is the only precaution necessary to guarantee a child's health.

I think its 'E' whats the answer BTW...

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gmatmachoman: Legendary Member; Posts: 2326; Joined: Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:54 amFollowed by: 2 members; Thanked: 173 times; GMAT Score:710

by gmatmachoman » Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:08 am

IMO E
Explanation:
Immunization is the only precaution necessary to guarantee a child's health.

Argument :When all children are properly immunized, we will be able to ensure their health.

Please note the connection between the terms "ensure" and guarantee.

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netcaesar: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 29; Joined: Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:11 pm

by netcaesar » Mon Aug 31, 2009 1:50 pm

OA is E

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by tom4lax » Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:33 pm

For assumption questions, use the negation technique.

Answer is E because if we insert "not" into the answer, the argument becomes invalid.

E) Immunization is the "Not the" only precaution necessary to guarantee a child's health.

Argument now makes no sense, therefore it is necessary.

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by srivas » Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:45 pm

all children are properly immunized, we will be able to ensure their health

from above statement we can say

Immunization is the only precaution necessary to guarantee a child's health.[/b]

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by crackgmat007 » Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:05 pm

Why did you guys eliminate B? what were the reasons?

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by mehravikas » Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:42 pm

I agree..B is a valid assumption.

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ambarish_ranade: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 5; Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 10:16 pm; Location: Seattle,WA

by ambarish_ranade » Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:10 pm

where does argument seem to indicate it is the "only"
precaution necessary?

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Re: CR: The government has made great strides

by riteshbindal » Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:04 pm

netcaesar wrote:I do not understand the following CR. Please, justify your answers (not only IMO):

The government has made great strides in implementing immunization in public school systems despite its cost. When all children are properly immunized, we will be able to ensure their health.

Which of the following identifies an assumption in the author's argument?

A) Only public schools require immunization. It is not said anywhere. So we can't assume it.B) Children are not already properly immunized. They are immunized, right? That's what is given in CR.
C)If not immunized, most children will fall victim to disease. This is a trap. However, I think that it's not the point that they will fall victim to disease. However, we can keep this in our possible bucket of answers and look for other choices.
D) Immunization is effective enough to justify its cost to the taxpayer.Where did taxpayer come from? Out of Scope.
E) Immunization is the only precaution necessary to guarantee a child's health.Bang on target! They say that "When all children are properly immunized, we will be able to ensure their health." It means that indirectly, they are saying that immunization is the only precaution necessary to guarantee a child's health and this option seems better than C because this is more direct and not too far away from the context of CR

Let me put my two cents here. I have explained my point of view in the quote. Let me know if there is any question. I am bad in explaining things

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Re: CR: The government has made great strides

by crackgmat007 » Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:00 pm

@riteshbindal

The government has made great strides in implementing immunization in public school systems despite its cost. When all children are properly immunized, we will be able to ensure their health.

Which of the following identifies an assumption in the author's argument?

B) Children are not already properly immunized. They are immunized, right? That's what is given in CR.

Not sure if the stimulus states that children are already immunized. b]'when' [/b] in the second sentence indicates that children are yet to be immunized.

When all children are properly immunized, we will be able to ensure their health.

IMO
Immunization --> will ensures health.

What if children are already properly immunized? If yes, it indicates that the cause and effect need not be true.

Not convinced that the argument has to assume that immunization is the only precaution necessary to guarantee a child's health. This sounds an extreme answer choice.

Experts pls clarify. Tx.

@netcaesar, what is the source of this interesting CR?

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Re: CR: The government has made great strides

by mehravikas » Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:07 pm

Just my two cents -

Argument mentions that "When all children are properly immunized, we will be able to ensure their health."

So the most valid assumption seems to be that the children are not properly immunized. I guess option E is way too extreme.

riteshbindal wrote:
netcaesar wrote:I do not understand the following CR. Please, justify your answers (not only IMO):

The government has made great strides in implementing immunization in public school systems despite its cost. When all children are properly immunized, we will be able to ensure their health.

Which of the following identifies an assumption in the author's argument?

A) Only public schools require immunization. It is not said anywhere. So we can't assume it.B) Children are not already properly immunized. They are immunized, right? That's what is given in CR.
C)If not immunized, most children will fall victim to disease. This is a trap. However, I think that it's not the point that they will fall victim to disease. However, we can keep this in our possible bucket of answers and look for other choices.
D) Immunization is effective enough to justify its cost to the taxpayer.Where did taxpayer come from? Out of Scope.
E) Immunization is the only precaution necessary to guarantee a child's health.Bang on target! They say that "When all children are properly immunized, we will be able to ensure their health." It means that indirectly, they are saying that immunization is the only precaution necessary to guarantee a child's health and this option seems better than C because this is more direct and not too far away from the context of CR
Let me put my two cents here. I have explained my point of view in the quote. Let me know if there is any question. I am bad in explaining things

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khanshainur: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 300; Joined: Fri Aug 09, 2013 2:26 am

by khanshainur » Mon May 16, 2016 12:15 am

I believe the answer should be E

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