BREAKING: Target Test Prep releases Brand New 2026 On Demand GMAT prep course

Redeem
TTP OnDemand GMAT Video Course
Featured Course

Target Test Prep GMAT OnDemand

Scott Woodbury-Stewart’s private virtual classroom — 400 hours of master-class video lessons for the GMAT Focus Edition.

  • 715+ score guarantee — highest in the industry (99th percentile)
  • 52 chapters · 1,500+ lessons · 4,000+ practice questions
  • 400 hours of video · 1,500+ instructor-led HD smartboard lessons
  • 300,000+ students accepted to Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Booth & Sloan & more
  • 24/7 live support + weekly Zoom office hours with GMAT instructors
  • TTP AI Assist — 24/7 AI-powered virtual tutor for instant help
  • 1,200+ flashcards + AI-powered study assistant & daily calendar
  • OnDemand, LiveTeach & GMAT Bootcamp formats available
  • Also: GRE, SAT Math & Executive Assessment courses
  • MBA Admissions Consulting now available
  • 🏆 2025 EdTech Breakthrough Award: Test Prep Solution Provider of the Year
  • 200,000+ students served
  • 5-day free trial — $0 to start, no auto-billing, cancel anytime
★★★★★ 5.0 (559 reviews)
130-pt guarantee
$0 to start then $127/mo
Start Free 5-Day Trial Read 559 Reviews →

must be true

Expert replies
Post new topic Post Reply
Previous Topic Next Topic
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 185
Joined: Thu Feb 04, 2010 3:06 am
Thanked: 6 times
by gmatnmein2010 » Sat Feb 13, 2010 1:44 am
Columnist: Almost anyone can be an expert, for there are no official guidelines determining what an expert must know. Anybody who manages to convince some people of his or her qualifications in an area-whatever those may be-is an expert.
The columnist's conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?

(A) Almost anyone can convince some people of his or her qualifications in some area.
(B) Some experts convince everyone of their qualification in almost every area.
(C) Convincing certain people that one is qualified in an area requires that one actually be qualified in that area.
(D) Every expert has convinced some people of his or her qualifications in some area.
(E) Some people manage to convince almost everyone of their qualifications in one or more areas.
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Source: — Critical Reasoning |
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 221
Joined: Mon Dec 22, 2008 6:24 pm
Thanked: 2 times

by mgmt_gmat » Sat Feb 13, 2010 2:17 am
IMO (A)
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 173
Joined: Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:18 pm
Location: Hyderabad
Thanked: 12 times

by vijay_venky » Sat Feb 13, 2010 4:12 am
IMO A.
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 109
Joined: Mon May 04, 2009 8:22 pm
Location: Indy
Thanked: 3 times

by amazonviper » Sat Feb 13, 2010 9:45 pm
imo D
__________________________________

Winners never quit..Quitters never win !!
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts
Posts: 31
Joined: Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:10 pm
Thanked: 2 times

by chintudave » Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:44 pm
IMO D. What is the OA ?
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 1261
Joined: Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:46 am
Thanked: 27 times
GMAT Score:570

by reply2spg » Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:21 pm
IMO A...what is OA for this question?
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 239
Joined: Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:50 am

by delhiboy1979 » Fri Feb 19, 2010 4:32 am
Should be A, option D is too strong using 'Every'.
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 183
Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:13 pm
Location: Greater NYC
Thanked: 14 times

by prinit » Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:16 am
gmatnmein2010 wrote:Columnist: Almost anyone can be an expert, for there are no official guidelines determining what an expert must know. Anybody who manages to convince some people of his or her qualifications in an area-whatever those may be-is an expert.
The columnist's conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?

(A) Almost anyone can convince some people of his or her qualifications in some area.
(B) Some experts convince everyone of their qualification in almost every area.
(C) Convincing certain people that one is qualified in an area requires that one actually be qualified in that area.
(D) Every expert has convinced some people of his or her qualifications in some area.
(E) Some people manage to convince almost everyone of their qualifications in one or more areas.
My pick is D. The expert trait is to convince some people and anybody who does that is an expert. So every expert has convince some people holds perfect here.
OA pls.
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
User avatar
Community Manager
Posts: 156
Joined: Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:06 amFollowed by: 3 members
Location: Mumbai, India
Thanked: 16 times
GMAT Score:700

by viidyasagar » Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:35 am
Columnist: Almost anyone can be an expert, for there are no official guidelines determining what an expert must know. Anybody who manages to convince some people of his or her qualifications in an area-whatever those may be-is an expert. The columnist's conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?

(A) Almost anyone can convince some people of his or her qualifications in some area.
(B) Some experts convince everyone of their qualification in almost every area.
(C) Convincing certain people that one is qualified in an area requires that one actually be qualified in that area.
(D) Every expert has convinced some people of his or her qualifications in some area.
(E) Some people manage to convince almost everyone of their qualifications in one or more areas.
The fight is clearly between A and D.

IMHO, D is a shell game answer. Isn't D merely restating the columnist's 2nd statement?

Conclusion = Almost anyone can be an expert. I will reword it as "Most of us can be experts"

Supporting evidence = Any person who can convince others is an expert. I will reword this as "Only those who can convince others are experts". Evidence is noncommittal. It may be true that none of us can convince others. If that is true then the conclusion that "most of us can be experts" falls flat.

Hence, for the reworded conclusion (underlined above) to be true, an assumption is needed, which says...don't worry....Most of us can indeed convince others,.... exactly what A does.....that "Almost anyone can convince some people of his or her qualifications in some area"

I am convinced that A is the right answer.

Source, OA and OE requested!!!
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 199
Joined: Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:15 am
Location: India
Thanked: 13 times

by gauravgundal » Mon Feb 22, 2010 5:54 pm
IMO A.

Between A and D

D says

Every expert has convinced some people of his or her qualifications in some area
The argument doesn't mention that every expert has convinced... This may be/may not be a necessary condition
There can be two or three reasons to be an experts.
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
User avatar
GMAT Instructor
Posts: 3225
Joined: Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:40 pmFollowed by: 614 members
Location: Toronto
Thanked: 1710 times
GMAT Score:800

by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Mon Feb 22, 2010 11:47 pm
gmatnmein2010 wrote:Columnist: Almost anyone can be an expert, for there are no official guidelines determining what an expert must know. Anybody who manages to convince some people of his or her qualifications in an area-whatever those may be-is an expert.
The columnist's conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?

(A) Almost anyone can convince some people of his or her qualifications in some area.
(B) Some experts convince everyone of their qualification in almost every area.
(C) Convincing certain people that one is qualified in an area requires that one actually be qualified in that area.
(D) Every expert has convinced some people of his or her qualifications in some area.
(E) Some people manage to convince almost everyone of their qualifications in one or more areas.
As always, let's start by examining the question stem:
The columnist's conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
So, we're looking for an answer that, if we plug it into the argument, 100% convinces us that the conclusion is correct.

Now let's break down the argument:

Conclusion: almost anyone can be an expert
Evidence: anyone who can convince someone of his qualifications is an expert.

So, we want the correct answer to get us from the evidence to the conclusion; in other words:

anyone can convince someone that he's qualified + correct answer = anyone can be an expert.

(A) clearly completes our argument equation.

(D), on the other hand, has nothing to do with connecting convincing someone that you're qualified and being an expert; (D), in fact, goes in the wrong direction. Do we care what people who are already experts have done? No, we care about people who are becoming experts.

In much simpler form, the argument is:

All dogs are mammals, therefore all dogs are warm blooded.

(A) is the equivalent of "all mammals are warm blooded", which clearly completes the argument.

(D) is the equivalent of "all warm blooded things are mammals", which doesn't prove that dogs have to be warm blooded.
Image

Stuart Kovinsky | Kaplan GMAT Faculty | Toronto

Kaplan Exclusive: The Official Test Day Experience | Ready to Take a Free Practice Test? | Kaplan/Beat the GMAT Member Discount
BTG100 for $100 off a full course
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 303
Joined: Sat Aug 22, 2015 10:23 am

by joseph32 » Mon May 16, 2016 12:03 am
Answer A seems to be logical one out of other answer choices
Top
Join the discussion
Log in to postLogin with Googleuse password
QUOTE IN REPLY
Post new topic Post Reply
• Page 1 of 1