In several cities, the government is going ahead with ambitious construction projects despite the high office-vacancy rates in those cities. The vacant offices, though available for leasing, unfortunately do not meet the requirement for the facilities needed, such as court houses and laboratories. The government, therefore, is not guilty of any fiscal wastefulness.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?

A) Adaption of vacant office space to meet the government's requirements, if possible, would not make leasing such office space a more cost effective alternative to new construction.

B) the government prefers leasing facilities to owning them in cases where the two alternatives are equally cost-effective

C) If facilities available for leasing come very close to meeting the government's requirements for facilities the government needs, the government can relax its own requirements slightly and consider those facilities in compliance.

D) The government's construction projects would not, on being completed, add to the stock of the facilities available for leasing in the cities concerned.

E) before embarking on any construction project, the government is required by law to establish beyond any reasonable doubt that there are no alternatives that are more cost effective.

can yu please explain y option D is wrong.

I found it easier to answer this question by thinking about it this way:

The government has two choices-lease the space and then retrofit it, or create a whole new construction. In order for the new construction to make sense from a "fiscal" standpoint, the new construction would have to be less expensive than retrofitting the existing buildings would be.

So if you consider those choices, how then is answer "D" relevant? "D" is out of scope..

What are your thoughts Carcass?

I failed miserably on this question. If only GMAC could give us about 1 more minute/question on Verbal.

CR is what I struggle most with. I am by no means comfortable yet with it.

So it sounds like we are on the same page.

Owning is preferable to leasing=Assumption.

In the example you provided owning ($400) is preferable to leasing ($600). Why? Because retrofitting the existing space to accommodate government building may be more expensive.

PS

if you think "I failed miserably on that question" you will never achive your goal. Because you start from the assumption that "you know"

Instead try to understand and learn from each question, each suggestion, each nuance of a question (both math and verbal)

Hope this helps
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Even in this question

the full stop in the first phrase. is completely out of scope, it doesn't have any sense

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I typed the question word for word, with the exception of SinEase, which I spelled as Sinease. I just corrected it though. I know what you mean about the first sentence of the question stem, it's written awkwardly, but that is how it appears in the paper test. If you are referring to the answer choices, please elaborate on what is wrong with them. I just reviewed each one again, and there is no discrepancy between what I posted and what appeared on the paper test.

BTW the question you posted a link to came from GMAC test #52, question #14, section 5.

What? That sucks! I purchased the tests thinking they were a good source of practice. I wonder why GMAC markets these tests if they are not on par with the actual GMAT.

They are not cheap either

No worries! I just assumed that the resources from GMAC where the best. I guess I was wrong.

That link sends you to the same site that I bought the tests from:

http://www.mba.com/store/store-catalog/ ... tests.aspx?

If you click on the detailed description tab you will see test #52-see paper test package #3. Test 52 is where I gathered those questions from.

I PM'd you, and attached the GMAC test I am using.