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Marianne is a professional chess player who hums audibly while playing
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Marianne is a professional chess player who hums audibly while playing her matches, thereby distracting her opponents. When ordered by chess officials to cease humming or else be disqualified from professional chess, Marianne protested the order. She argued that since she was unaware of her humming, her humming was involuntary and that therefore she should not be held responsible for it.
Which one of the following, if true, most undermines Marianne’s argument against the order?
(A) The officials of chess have little or no authority to control the behavior of its professional players outside of matches.
(B) Many of the customs of amateur chess matches are not observed by professional chess players.
(C) Not all of a person’s involuntary actions are actions of which that person is unaware.
(D) A person who hums involuntarily can easily learn to notice it and can thereby come to control it.
(E) Not all of Marianne’s opponents are distracted by her humming during chess matches.
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Which one of the following, if true, most undermines Marianne’s argument against the order?
(A) The officials of chess have little or no authority to control the behavior of its professional players outside of matches.
(B) Many of the customs of amateur chess matches are not observed by professional chess players.
(C) Not all of a person’s involuntary actions are actions of which that person is unaware.
(D) A person who hums involuntarily can easily learn to notice it and can thereby come to control it.
(E) Not all of Marianne’s opponents are distracted by her humming during chess matches.
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Re: Marianne is a professional chess player who hums audibly while playing
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Hey GMATNinja Can you please weigh in on this one? Thanks!
Marianne argues that she shouldn't be held responsible for humming. Why? Because it's involuntary. And it's involuntary because she's unaware of it.
We need to find the answer that best undermines her argument.
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(A) The officials of chess have little or no authority to control the behavior of its professional players outside of matches.
Marianne's situation takes place purely within chess matches, so it doesn't matter what she does outside of those matches. (A) is wrong.
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(B) Many of the customs of amateur chess matches are not observed by professional chess players.
Marianne and her opponents are all professional players, so the amateur customs mentioned in (B) won't apply. Eliminate (B).
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(C) Not all of a person’s involuntary actions are actions of which that person is unaware.
Marianne has already admitted that she's unaware of the her humming. So, the fact that there may be other habits that fall under the category of "aware but still involuntary" has no bearing on this situation. (C) is out.
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(D) A person who hums involuntarily can easily learn to notice it and can thereby come to control it.
Marianne argues she isn't responsible because her humming is involuntary. However, (D) gives a great reason for why she should be responsible, even if it's involuntary -- because it's easy to control. (D) directly answers the question.
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(E) Not all of Marianne’s opponents are distracted by her humming during chess matches.
If anything, (E) supports Marianne's argument. If some opponents don't mind her humming, why penalize her? (E) is wrong.
So (D) is the best we've got.
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Re: Marianne is a professional chess player who hums audibly while playing
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I marked D
We have to undermine the logic that marianne's action is involuntary.
D does exact that
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We have to undermine the logic that marianne's action is involuntary.
D does exact that
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Marianne is a professional chess player who hums audibly while playing
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This is a good practice question and makes the test taker think hard about the last two choices C & D. The rest can be pretty much eliminated right off the bat.
(C) Not all of a person’s involuntary actions are actions of which that person is unaware.
(D) A person who hums involuntarily can easily learn to notice it and can thereby come to control it.
If we read critically we will notice that her being unaware of the humming is the premise to the conclusion that her humming was involuntary. Hence, we have to attack only her being involuntary(conclusion) and NOT her being unaware(premise).
This is the basic difference b/w C&D.
ANSWER D
(C) Not all of a person’s involuntary actions are actions of which that person is unaware.
(D) A person who hums involuntarily can easily learn to notice it and can thereby come to control it.
If we read critically we will notice that her being unaware of the humming is the premise to the conclusion that her humming was involuntary. Hence, we have to attack only her being involuntary(conclusion) and NOT her being unaware(premise).
This is the basic difference b/w C&D.
ANSWER D
Marianne is a professional chess player who hums audibly while playing
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I eliminated answer choice C as this states "Not all". We do not know what not all can mean. Is it 75% of the involuntary actions? 25? How do we know that her specific involuntary action falls within the "Not All" category.
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I got answer by POE but I dont like answer D. The player stated that she cannot notice the humming. The official can say that a person who hums involuntarily can easily learn to notice it but it does not guarantee that it would work for her. I know you are supposed to choose the best not the absolute, but I dont like this kind of question to be honest.
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The official can say that a person who hums involuntarily can easily learn to notice it but it does not guarantee that it would work for her.
It seems that as per option D, learning to notice/control an involuntarily hum has 100% success rate. So, as per D, there is a guarantee that it would work for her (obviously as long as she is committed to learning this process).
Marianne is a professional chess player who hums audibly while playing
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naul wrote:
The official can say that a person who hums involuntarily can easily learn to notice it but it does not guarantee that it would work for her.
It seems that as per option D, learning to notice/control an involuntarily hum has 100% success rate. So, as per D, there is a guarantee that it would work for her (obviously as long as she is committed to learning this process).
Notice my concession, before me complaining. I know the question says "if true" and we have to choose the best answer but again, I get it, if the answer is absolute, anybody will get it right. I am not arguing against the answer. I am just expressing my frustration. But your explanation helped me to remind again that I have to assume each option is true, so thank you for your post.
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Marianne is a professional chess player who hums audibly while playing
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She argued that since she was unaware of her humming, her humming was involuntary and that therefore she should not be held responsible for it.
(A) The officials of chess have little or no authority to control the behavior of its professional players outside of matches. - Irrelevant.
(B) Many of the customs of amateur chess matches are not observed by professional chess players. - Irrelevant.
(C) Not all of a person’s involuntary actions are actions of which that person is unaware. -
This means that there are some involuntary actions of which the person IS UNAWARE.
But IS "humming" one of those(some) involuntary actions where SHE IS UNAWARE ?
HEY MARIANNE, WE DONT KNOW IF THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DO INVOLUNTARILY?
MAYBE, YOU DO. MAYBE, YOU DONT!
So,
IS THIS ENOUGH TO CONCLUDE WHETHER SHE IS RESPONSIBLE ? No it's not. It does not affect the claim.
(D) A person who hums involuntarily can easily learn to notice it and can thereby come to control it. - This choice directly knocks on the door of common sense. If she can hear or sombody else points it out for her that she is humming she can thereby LEARN TO STOP IT AND CONTROL IT THE NEXT TIME RATHER THAN ARGUING FOR IT.
(E) Not all of Marianne’s opponents are distracted by her humming during chess matches. - What about some opponents? They are distracted by her humming and that's the problem!
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(A) The officials of chess have little or no authority to control the behavior of its professional players outside of matches. - Irrelevant.
(B) Many of the customs of amateur chess matches are not observed by professional chess players. - Irrelevant.
(C) Not all of a person’s involuntary actions are actions of which that person is unaware. -
This means that there are some involuntary actions of which the person IS UNAWARE.
But IS "humming" one of those(some) involuntary actions where SHE IS UNAWARE ?
HEY MARIANNE, WE DONT KNOW IF THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DO INVOLUNTARILY?
MAYBE, YOU DO. MAYBE, YOU DONT!
So,
IS THIS ENOUGH TO CONCLUDE WHETHER SHE IS RESPONSIBLE ? No it's not. It does not affect the claim.
(D) A person who hums involuntarily can easily learn to notice it and can thereby come to control it. - This choice directly knocks on the door of common sense. If she can hear or sombody else points it out for her that she is humming she can thereby LEARN TO STOP IT AND CONTROL IT THE NEXT TIME RATHER THAN ARGUING FOR IT.
(E) Not all of Marianne’s opponents are distracted by her humming during chess matches. - What about some opponents? They are distracted by her humming and that's the problem!
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Re: Marianne is a professional chess player who hums audibly while playing
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Hey GMATNinja Can you please weigh in on this one? Thanks!
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