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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Tue Sep 28, 2010 12:32 am
"Redistribution" is a time-saving strategy by which an employer increases the number of employees performing a task and then divides the employees into two shifts, each of whom work half the time. Not only does it speed up the completion of tasks, but it also decreases production errors. The reason for this is that tasks cannot be completed quickly unless few production errors need to be rectified.

The claim made above rests on a questionable presupposition that ____.

A most production errors would slow down the completion of tasks and would therefore be prevented by the "redistribution" strategy
B the goal of employers is to decrease their employees' production errors rather than increase their overall profitability
C the strategy of "redistribution" would require employers to approach employee benefit issues in a new way
D "redistribution" is a recently developed business strategy that has not yet been put into practice
E "redistribution" could be implemented by dividing employees into shifts based on their production efficiency
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by uwhusky » Tue Sep 28, 2010 12:36 am
POE says A.

B: no such claim is made or implied.
C: employee benefits are out of scope.
D: whether the strategy has been in practice is irrelevant.
E: method of practicing the strategy is not under debate, and therefore is out of scope.
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by goyalsau » Tue Sep 28, 2010 3:49 am
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Can you please explain " presupposition "

A is just the restatement of the last sentence..

Then why it is presupposition.
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by diebeatsthegmat » Tue Sep 28, 2010 5:30 am
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:"Redistribution" is a time-saving strategy by which an employer increases the number of employees performing a task and then divides the employees into two shifts, each of whom work half the time. Not only does it speed up the completion of tasks, but it also decreases production errors. The reason for this is that tasks cannot be completed quickly unless few production errors need to be rectified.

The claim made above rests on a questionable presupposition that ____.

A most production errors would slow down the completion of tasks and would therefore be prevented by the "redistribution" strategy
B the goal of employers is to decrease their employees' production errors rather than increase their overall profitability
C the strategy of "redistribution" would require employers to approach employee benefit issues in a new way
D "redistribution" is a recently developed business strategy that has not yet been put into practice
E "redistribution" could be implemented by dividing employees into shifts based on their production efficiency
A is good for the answer

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by diebeatsthegmat » Tue Sep 28, 2010 5:33 am
goyalsau wrote:uwhusky
Can you please explain " presupposition "

A is just the restatement of the last sentence..

Then why it is presupposition.
i think that presuppose = prepredict means suppose or predict thing before it happens in the future.
in this kinda of question i think its more comprehensive if we changed it into "support" question

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by ov25 » Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:03 am
I thought D first. but want to go with C

A: I did not like the word 'would be prevented' in A. Otherwise this is a good fit
B: Nothing in the passage suggests that employers may not pursue dual goals -- reduce errors inc prof
C: Although I did not like the word 'require' in here, I think this is still a good fit. If work time is cut in half and more employees are paid, causing more production and fewer errors, employee benefits ought to be revisited. Otherwise, there would be no point
D: May be new for this company...but may NOT be for any
E: Nothing suggests shift division would be based on efficiency.

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by g000fy » Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:41 am
ov25 wrote:I thought D first. but want to go with C

A: I did not like the word 'would be prevented' in A. Otherwise this is a good fit
B: Nothing in the passage suggests that employers may not pursue dual goals -- reduce errors inc prof
C: Although I did not like the word 'require' in here, I think this is still a good fit. If work time is cut in half and more employees are paid, causing more production and fewer errors, employee benefits ought to be revisited. Otherwise, there would be no point
D: May be new for this company...but may NOT be for any
E: Nothing suggests shift division would be based on efficiency.
As uwhusky said, employee benefit issues are out of scope here. A seems to be the best among all.

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by uwhusky » Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:57 am
ov25 wrote: C: Although I did not like the word 'require' in here, I think this is still a good fit. If work time is cut in half and more employees are paid, causing more production and fewer errors, employee benefits ought to be revisited. Otherwise, there would be no point
This thought process will get you in trouble in CR on GMAT. For assumption and inference questions, it is necessary to stay within the scope defined by the stimulus. Going beyond the scope with what "might" happen will lead you down the wrong path.
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by goyalsau » Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:40 am
Guys,
Can you please elaborate the term presupposition


diebeatsthegmat

i think that presuppose = prepredict means suppose or predict thing before it happens in the future.
in this kinda of question i think its more comprehensive if we changed it into "support" question


Uwhusky

This thought process will get you in trouble in CR on GMAT. For assumption and inference questions, it is necessary to stay within the scope defined by the stimulus. Going beyond the scope with what "might" happen will lead you down the wrong path

I want to know how to approach these questions, As i don't have this column in CR Bible as any topic called presupposition So i just want to know . In which way should i approach these questions.
Because in strengthening we are allowed to go outside the scope, but what should be done on these question types.
As u brother uwhusky said that it should be in the scope.

I will be very thankful to you guys , if you can help me understanding the basic concept of this question type.
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by uwhusky » Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:48 am
Presupposition is another way of saying "assumption". This is essentially an assumption question.
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by goyalsau » Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:54 am
uwhusky wrote:Presupposition is another way of saying "assumption". This is essentially an assumption question.

can i apply the same negation technique that i use to apply in assumption questions.
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by uwhusky » Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:01 am
If this is a quality GMAT question, then it should pass the negation technique.
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by reply2spg » Tue Sep 28, 2010 12:03 pm
You can apply, actually I reach by negation method only.
goyalsau wrote:
uwhusky wrote:Presupposition is another way of saying "assumption". This is essentially an assumption question.

can i apply the same negation technique that i use to apply in assumption questions.
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by goyalsau » Tue Sep 28, 2010 12:09 pm
reply2spg wrote:You can apply, actually I reach by negation method only.
goyalsau wrote:
uwhusky wrote:Presupposition is another way of saying "assumption". This is essentially an assumption question.

can i apply the same negation technique that i use to apply in assumption questions.
thanks sudanshu.
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