Critical Reasoning

The Green Ensemble, a nonprofit theater group, has always been financially dependent on contributions from corporations and would have been forced to disband this year if any of its corporate sponsors had withdrawn their financial support. But the Green Ensemble has not only been able to continue in operation throughout this year, but also announced its schedule for the next year.

Which of the following is a conclusion that can be properly drawn from the above information?

a) None of the Green Ensemble's corporate sponsors withdrew their financial support of the group this year.

b) Earlier this year, the group found new non-coprate sponsors and other sources of funding for the next year, making the group less dependent on corporate sponsors for financial support.

c) During this year, the corporate funding for the group almost doubled so that they could announce their programs for the next year also.

d) The Green Ensemble started using more risque themes in its plays so that there will be more public support and less reliance on corporate sponsorship.

e) The members of the Green Ensemble agreed to take a substantial cut in their salaries in order to continue into the next year.


OA A

The Green Ensemble, a nonprofit theater group, has always been financially dependent on contributions from corporations and would have been forced to disband this year if any of its corporate sponsors had withdrawn their financial support. But the Green Ensemble has not only been able to continue in operation throughout this year, but also announced its schedule for the next year.

Which of the following is a conclusion that can be properly drawn from the above information?

from the bold part conclusion can be clearly drawn....

IMO A.. but all the answers choices are little close

Gist of the paragraph - The group is financially dependent on corporates. There was a hint on difficulty in the beginning but they have been able to do well this year and has a war chest to draw plans for the next.
B) Earlier this year - The time frame is not the beginning of the year. has not only been able to continue in operation throughout this year indicates they are well into the current year not the beginning.
C) During this year, the corporate funding for the group almost doubled so that they could announce their programs for the next year also. - Good choice but double is too exact at best we can make an approximation.
D) The Green Ensemble started using more risque themes in its plays so that there will be more public support and less reliance on corporate sponsorship. No in that case there will be no threat of disbanding this year if any of its corporate sponsors had withdrawn their financial support
E) The members of the Green Ensemble agreed to take a substantial cut in their salaries in order to continue into the next year. In this recessionary market ! Out of scope.
A) None of the Green Ensemble's corporate sponsors withdrew their financial support of the group this year.
It is possible some withdrew but others compensated. But weighing this against the above 4 options it seemed safest.
C was the closest. Then B. Good CR. Thanks.

IMO Scope of this CR is 'The Green Ensemble, would have been forced to disband this year if any of its corporate sponsors had withdrawn their financial support'. There is no information about how much money need to run the group and whether this group got double money. The amount is additional information here and, therefore, C is not the correct answer.

Also as per the powerscore if passage has extreme language then answer should be extreme.

kstv wrote:Gist of the paragraph - The group is financially dependent on corporates. There was a hint on difficulty in the beginning but they have been able to do well this year and has a war chest to draw plans for the next.
B) Earlier this year - The time frame is not the beginning of the year. has not only been able to continue in operation throughout this year indicates they are well into the current year not the beginning.
C) During this year, the corporate funding for the group almost doubled so that they could announce their programs for the next year also. - Good choice but double is too exact at best we can make an approximation.
D) The Green Ensemble started using more risque themes in its plays so that there will be more public support and less reliance on corporate sponsorship. No in that case there will be no threat of disbanding this year if any of its corporate sponsors had withdrawn their financial support
E) The members of the Green Ensemble agreed to take a substantial cut in their salaries in order to continue into the next year. In this recessionary market ! Out of scope.
A) None of the Green Ensemble's corporate sponsors withdrew their financial support of the group this year.
It is possible some withdrew but others compensated. But weighing this against the above 4 options it seemed safest.
C was the closest. Then B. Good CR. Thanks.

I was close down to A and C

Between A and C I chose C and neglected A since None of the Green Ensemble's corporate sponsors withdrew their financial support of the group this year what about next year does option A is able to justify this statement
the Green Ensemble has not only been able to continue in operation throughout this year, but also announced its schedule for the next year -no
For C Double can be any value we are not concerned but logically it was twice as they were getting every year so the money can be used not only for this year but also for next year

Any thoughts!!!

Can someone answer Subgeeth question.... i also had same thought and selected "C" as an answer.

-STL

lalmanistl wrote:Can someone answer Subgeeth question.... i also had same thought and selected "C" as an answer.

-STL

From the psg it is clear that non of the sponsors withdrew their financial support.

Green Ensemble has been operating for these many years depending on the fund from corporations, why can't it operate next year ? Does their fund need to be doubled to announce schedule for next year ?

Can our conclusion contain sth which is no way related to passage ? We can never say that corporate funding is almost doubled because there is no such information given in passage.

'A' can be clearly concluded from the line ''Green Ensemble would have been forced to disband this year if any of its corporate sponsors had withdrawn their financial support''

lalmanistl wrote:Can someone answer Subgeeth question.... i also had same thought and selected "C" as an answer.

-STL

Lets go only by what ever is written in the passage & let's not bring any outside conclusion.
The argument clearly says that if any one of the corporate sponsors withdraw, the group will have to close down.

Analyzing C, i can say that even if corporate funding doubled (probably new corporate support) the withdrawl of support of a single exisitng corporate supporter would force the group to close.

would have been forced to disband this year if any of its corporate sponsors had withdrawn

support for option A his provided by the contents of para since if any sponsors had withdrawn Green Ensemble would not be able to continue in operation

now option C is possible but nothing in there in the passage to support it. it is also possible that existing sponsors gave more money. But no stmt is made in the para to support it and our Q asks "Which of the following is a conclusion that can be properly drawn from the above information???"

subgeeth wrote:I was close down to A and C

Between A and C I chose C and neglected A since None of the Green Ensemble's corporate sponsors withdrew their financial support of the group this year what about next year does option A is able to justify this statement
the Green Ensemble has not only been able to continue in operation throughout this year, but also announced its schedule for the next year -no
For C Double can be any value we are not concerned but logically it was twice as they were getting every year so the money can be used not only for this year but also for next year

Any thoughts!!!

I believe the answer should be A