Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Apr 2808:00 AM PDT
-11:00 AM PDT
Whether you are just beginning your MBA journey or fine-tuning your path to a 700+ score, GMAT Day is designed to give you a competitive edge.
Apr 2711:00 AM EDT
-12:00 PM EDT
Prefer video-based learning? The Target Test Prep OnDemand course is a one-of-a-kind video masterclass featuring 400 hours of lecture-style teaching by Scott Woodbury-Stewart, founder of Target Test Prep and one of the most accomplished GMAT instructors
17 May 2013, 01:04
Kudos
Bookmarks
E
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
25%
(medium)
Question Stats:
76% (01:32) correct
24%
(01:38)
wrong
based on 511
sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
5. Considering the current economy, the introduction of a new brand of cereal is unlikely to expand total sales of cereal, but rather will just cause some existing buyers of cereal to switch brands. So it makes no sense for the Coolidge Corporation to introduce another brand of cereal, since they will only hurt sales of the brands of cereal they already produce.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument above?
(A) Total sales of cereal will increase as the total population increases.
(B) Many new brands of cereal sell extremely well for the first year of their existence.
(C) Coolidge Corporation currently produces fewer brands of cereal than do its competitors.
(D) Some cereal buyers regularly switch from brand to brand, even when no new brands have been introduced.
(E) Research indicates that the new brand will attract more buyers of competitors’ cereals than buyers of other Coolidge brands.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument above?
(A) Total sales of cereal will increase as the total population increases.
(B) Many new brands of cereal sell extremely well for the first year of their existence.
(C) Coolidge Corporation currently produces fewer brands of cereal than do its competitors.
(D) Some cereal buyers regularly switch from brand to brand, even when no new brands have been introduced.
(E) Research indicates that the new brand will attract more buyers of competitors’ cereals than buyers of other Coolidge brands.
17 May 2013, 03:21
Kudos
Bookmarks
5)Considering the current economy, the introduction of a new brand of cereal is unlikely to expand total sales of cereal, but rather will just cause some existing buyers of cereal to switch brands. So it makes no sense for the Coolidge Corporation to introduce another brand of cereal, since they will only hurt sales of the brands of cereal they already produce.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument above?
(A) Total sales of cereal will increase as the total population increases. -
Exaggerated. Moreover this option TRIES to negate the premise "the introduction of a new brand of cereal is unlikely to expand total sales of cereal". GMAT never considers an option correct if it negates the author's premise. Thus INCORRECT.
(B) Many new brands of cereal sell extremely well for the first year of their existence. - Out of scope because this option does not talk about the new brand of Coolidge Corporation. Thus INCORRECT
(C) Coolidge Corporation currently produces fewer brands of cereal than do its competitors. - If Coolidge produces only 5 brands & its competitors produces 10 brands. If Coolidge introduces new brand it may not hurt the sales of its competitors because maybe sale of its competitors is insignificant in comparison to Coolidge. INCORRECT
(D) Some cereal buyers regularly switch from brand to brand, even when no new brands have been introduced. - Irrelevant, same as option B. INCORRECT
(E) Research indicates that the new brand will attract more buyers of competitors’ cereals than buyers of other Coolidge brands.
- BINGO, this option clearly state that introduction of new brand will affect BOTH. Thus it weakens the conclusion that introduction of new brand will affect ONLY Coolidge. CORRECT
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument above?
(A) Total sales of cereal will increase as the total population increases. -
Exaggerated. Moreover this option TRIES to negate the premise "the introduction of a new brand of cereal is unlikely to expand total sales of cereal". GMAT never considers an option correct if it negates the author's premise. Thus INCORRECT.
(B) Many new brands of cereal sell extremely well for the first year of their existence. - Out of scope because this option does not talk about the new brand of Coolidge Corporation. Thus INCORRECT
(C) Coolidge Corporation currently produces fewer brands of cereal than do its competitors. - If Coolidge produces only 5 brands & its competitors produces 10 brands. If Coolidge introduces new brand it may not hurt the sales of its competitors because maybe sale of its competitors is insignificant in comparison to Coolidge. INCORRECT
(D) Some cereal buyers regularly switch from brand to brand, even when no new brands have been introduced. - Irrelevant, same as option B. INCORRECT
(E) Research indicates that the new brand will attract more buyers of competitors’ cereals than buyers of other Coolidge brands.
- BINGO, this option clearly state that introduction of new brand will affect BOTH. Thus it weakens the conclusion that introduction of new brand will affect ONLY Coolidge. CORRECT
19 May 2013, 13:08
Kudos
Bookmarks
Question 5
Answer should be E
Premise 1 :- Total sales of cereals is unlikely to increase considering the current market situation.
Premise 2 :- Intruduction of a new brand of cereal will not fetch new customers in the total cereal market while few existing customers would switch to the new brand
Conclusion :- For Coolidge corporation, plan of Introducing new cereal brand will not boost its total sale as only few of its existing customers would switch to a new brand, resulting in decline in sales of company's other brands.
lets assume that Total Number of cereal customers is 100 and in which 25 customers are of Coolidge corporation's and remaining 75 are of its competitor's.
Author assumes or indirectly states that new cereal brand will fetch customers from the group of 25 customers.
If we establish that the new cereal brand will fetch customers also from the group of 75 customers thereby increasing companies overall customer base, then we can weaken the conclusion.
A) Incorrect - As per premise 1, Given the current market situation, total sales of cereals will not increase at all even if population increases
B) Incorrect - This choice does not comment on whether new customers would come from group 75
C) Incorrect - Nope
D) Incorrect - Here too we are not getting desired information
E) Correct :- This choice states that coolidge corporation will earn some new customers from its competitors. Hence the sales and customer base of coolidge corporation will increase
Narenn
Answer should be E
Premise 1 :- Total sales of cereals is unlikely to increase considering the current market situation.
Premise 2 :- Intruduction of a new brand of cereal will not fetch new customers in the total cereal market while few existing customers would switch to the new brand
Conclusion :- For Coolidge corporation, plan of Introducing new cereal brand will not boost its total sale as only few of its existing customers would switch to a new brand, resulting in decline in sales of company's other brands.
lets assume that Total Number of cereal customers is 100 and in which 25 customers are of Coolidge corporation's and remaining 75 are of its competitor's.
Author assumes or indirectly states that new cereal brand will fetch customers from the group of 25 customers.
If we establish that the new cereal brand will fetch customers also from the group of 75 customers thereby increasing companies overall customer base, then we can weaken the conclusion.
A) Incorrect - As per premise 1, Given the current market situation, total sales of cereals will not increase at all even if population increases
B) Incorrect - This choice does not comment on whether new customers would come from group 75
C) Incorrect - Nope
D) Incorrect - Here too we are not getting desired information
E) Correct :- This choice states that coolidge corporation will earn some new customers from its competitors. Hence the sales and customer base of coolidge corporation will increase
Narenn
