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Microprocessors

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by avenus » Thu May 28, 2009 12:34 am
Interviewer: A certain company released a model of computer whose microprocessor design was flawed, making that computer liable to process information incorrectly. How did this happen?

Industry spokesperson: Given the huge number of circuits in the microprocessor of any modern computer, not every circuit can be manually checked before a computer model that contains the microprocessor is released.

Interviewer: Then what guarantee do we have that new microprocessors will not be similarly flawed?

Industry spokesperson: There is no chance of further microprocessor design flaws, since all microprocessors are now entirely computer- designed.

The industry spokesperson’s argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it

(A) presumes, without providing justification, that the microprocessor quality-control procedures of the company mentioned are not representative of those followed throughout the industry
(B) ignores the possibility that a microprocessor can have a flaw other than a design flaw
(C) overlooks the possibility that a new computer model is liable to malfunction for reasons other than a microprocessor flaw
(D) treats a single instance of a microprocessor design flaw as evidence that there will be many such flaws
(E) takes for granted, despite evidence to the contrary, that some computers are not liable to error
Last edited by avenus on Thu May 28, 2009 4:31 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Source: — Critical Reasoning |

by Musicolo » Thu May 28, 2009 1:45 am
B
others seem out of scope
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by 2010gmat » Thu May 28, 2009 3:17 am
imo E
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by avenus » Thu May 28, 2009 3:25 am
2010gmat wrote:imo E
explanation please...
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by 2010gmat » Thu May 28, 2009 3:51 am
stimuli says --- 'a model of computer whose microprocessor design was flawed, making that computer liable to process information incorrectly"

indus spokesperson says: There is no chance of further microprocessor design flaws, since all microprocessors are now entirely computer- designed.


once computers have processed info incorrectly...there is no guarantee that they wont do so in future...and i think this is the wrong assumption that industry spokesperson makes...
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by scoobydooby » Thu May 28, 2009 4:03 am
would go for B

A. the spokesman does not presume that the Q.C procedures were not in line with industry standards

B. correct. interviewer asks about future microprocessor flaws, but the sopkesperson addresses ony the design flaw.

C. only microprocessor flaw is discussed

D. this would go to weaken the interviewier's stance

E. only microprocessors discussed.
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by 2010gmat » Thu May 28, 2009 4:13 am
Interviewer -- "microprocessor design was flawed"

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Interviewer: Then what guarantee do we have that new microprocessors will not be similarly flawed?

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interviewer is not asking abt other flaws so why wud industry spokesperson cater to that?? its fine if he says " There is no chance of further microprocessor design flaws,"

argument is talking abt design flaws only ... :?:

OA pls?
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by avenus » Thu May 28, 2009 4:44 am
2010gmat wrote:imo E
stimuli says --- 'a model of computer whose microprocessor design was flawed, making that computer liable to process information incorrectly"
indus spokesperson says: There is no chance of further microprocessor design flaws, since all microprocessors are now entirely computer- designed.
once computers have processed info incorrectly...there is no guarantee that they wont do so in future...and i think this is the wrong assumption that industry spokesperson makes...
Well done. The spokesperson claims that there won't be further uproc. design flaws because they're entirely computer-designed, thus assumming those computers in charge of the design will work perfectly. OA is E

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by nicolette » Sun May 15, 2016 3:03 pm
My intuition whispers that it is E
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