Journalist: Well-known businessman Arnold Bergeron has long been popular in the state, and he has often talked about running for governor, but he has never run. However, we have just learned that Bergeron has fulfilled the financial disclosure requirement for candidacy by submitting a detailed list of his current financial holdings to the election commission. So, it is very likely that Bergeron will be a candidate for governor this year.

The answer to which of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating the journalist’s argument?

A. Has anybody else who has fulfilled the financial disclosure requirement for the upcoming election reported greater financial holdings than Bergeron?
B. Is submitting a list of holdings the only way to fulfill the election commission’s financial disclosure requirements?
C. Did the information recently obtained by the journalists come directly from the election commission?
D. Have Bergeron’s financial holdings increased in value in recent years?
E. Had Bergeron also fulfilled the financial disclosure requirements for candidacy before any previous gubernatorial elections?


Confused between B and E. But i've picked B.Pls provide suitable explanations

i think E.....
reason for dropping B is.... irrespective of the ans ,whether yes or no, it does not deny that " submitting a list of holdings is a way to fulfill the election commission’s financial disclosure requirements" if yes."it becomes the only way"...if no,"it becomes one of the way"but it remains a way in either case

If there is another way, it means he's maybe not fulfill the requirement for this election, so we don't know if he is verly likely to be a candidate for Governor this year.

I think it's E, since it provides the link between fulfilling the financial disclosure and running for the election.
The answer for E can make or bridge that link.

" E. Had Bergeron also fulfilled the financial disclosure requirements for candidacy before any previous gubernatorial elections? –irrelevant since he hasn’t run for elections before"....
the reason given by you is the very reason why E is the ans ..... if the ans is yes,it would weaken 'his standing for elections'............if ans is no, it would strengthen the argument

So what is OA?
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b acc to me..using the same variance test as mentioned by ludwigfraboulet.
OA please?
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The answer is E.

The argument summarized:

A popular business man has talked about running for governor, but has never run.

The businessman recently did something you have to do to run for governor.

Thus, it is very likely he will run for governor.

The question we would want answered before we could confirm the journalist's reasoning is correct is; is the only reason that he would file these form is to run for governor? If yes, then we can agree with the journalist. If there are other reasons he would file the forms, then we would have to disagree with the journalist.

B is wrong because it does exactly opposite of what we want to know. B would let us know if there are other ways to become a candidate. This is irrelevant because he has filed the forms. What we need to know is if the only reason for filing these forms is to run for governor.

E is the right question. If, in the past, he has filed the form, then, based on the passage, he filed the form and didn't run for governor. This would lead us to conclude that he has other reasons to file the forms other than running for governor. If he hasn't filed the forms in the past, then we would be more inclined to agree with the journalist that he is doing so now to run. Either way, the answer to this question lets us evaluate the journalist's claims.

I hope this helps.

Thanks,

Jared

Hi Testluv - where would you rate this question on a 800 scale? I found it a tad too easy...perhaps a 680? Is that a fair assessment? Just curious...and would appreciate if you would let us know your thoughts...