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.
Nov 2007:30 AM PST
-08:30 AM PST
Learn what truly sets the UC Riverside MBA apart and how it helps in your professional growth
Nov 2211:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Do RC/MSR passages scare you? e-GMAT is conducting a masterclass to help you learn – Learn effective reading strategies Tackle difficult RC & MSR with confidence Excel in timed test environment- Nov 23
11:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Attend this free GMAT Algebra Webinar and learn how to master the most challenging Inequalities and Absolute Value problems with ease. 
Nov 2510:00 AM EST
-11:00 AM EST
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.
23 Dec 2016, 00:06
Kudos
Bookmarks
C
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
95%
(hard)
Question Stats:
40% (02:15) correct
60%
(02:37)
wrong
based on 539
sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
If the recording now playing on the jazz program is really “Louis Armstrong recorded in concert in 1989,” as the announcer said, then Louis Armstrong was playing some of the best jazz of his career years after his death. Since the trumpeter was definitely Louis Armstrong, somehow the announcer must have gotten the date of the recording wrong.
The pattern of reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one of the following arguments?
(A) The museum is reported as having acquired a painting “by Malvina Hoffman, an artist who died in 1966.” But Hoffman was sculptor, not a painter, so the report must be wrong about the acquisition being a painting.
(B) This painting titled La Toilette is Berthe Morisot’s La Toilette only if a painting can be in two museums at the same time. Since nothing can be in two places at once, this painting must somehow have been mistitled.
(C) Only if a twentieth-century Mexican artist painted in Japan during the seventeenth century can this work both be “by Frida Kahlo” as labeled and the seventeenth century Japanese landscape it appears to be. Since it is what it appears to be, the label is wrong.
(D) Unless Kathe Kollwitz was both a sculptor and a printmaker, the volunteer museum guide is wrong in his attribution of this sculpture. Since what Kollwitz is known for is her prints, the guide must be wrong.
(E) If this painting is a portrait done in acrylic, it cannot be by Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, since acrylic paint was developed only after her death. Thus, since it is definitely a portrait, the paint must not be acrylic.
The pattern of reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one of the following arguments?
(A) The museum is reported as having acquired a painting “by Malvina Hoffman, an artist who died in 1966.” But Hoffman was sculptor, not a painter, so the report must be wrong about the acquisition being a painting.
(B) This painting titled La Toilette is Berthe Morisot’s La Toilette only if a painting can be in two museums at the same time. Since nothing can be in two places at once, this painting must somehow have been mistitled.
(C) Only if a twentieth-century Mexican artist painted in Japan during the seventeenth century can this work both be “by Frida Kahlo” as labeled and the seventeenth century Japanese landscape it appears to be. Since it is what it appears to be, the label is wrong.
(D) Unless Kathe Kollwitz was both a sculptor and a printmaker, the volunteer museum guide is wrong in his attribution of this sculpture. Since what Kollwitz is known for is her prints, the guide must be wrong.
(E) If this painting is a portrait done in acrylic, it cannot be by Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, since acrylic paint was developed only after her death. Thus, since it is definitely a portrait, the paint must not be acrylic.
23 Dec 2016, 22:14
Kudos
Bookmarks
Let us break the argument down. the same line of reasoning must be paralleled in the correct answer.
the first statement depicts an impossible situation.
"louis armstrong recorded in concert in 1989" --> louis armstrong was playing jazz after his death.
Since this is clearly impossible, two things are possible -
1. the concert was not in 1989 OR
2. it was not played by louis armstrong.
the last sentence denies that (2) is the case and hence, (1) must be true.
The correct answer should follow this line of reasoning.
A - let us try to break this answer option down.
painting by Malina Hoffman, a sculptor --> this clearly does not represent an impossible situation. A sculptor might have painted one or two sketches.
Since the argument thinks it is impossible, 2 things must be possible -
1. Not a painting
2. Not by Hoffman
the answer option does not deny (2) like the question stem to assert (1). It only asserts (1).
B - the first sentence talks about an impossible situation.
by Berthe Morisot --> painting must be at two locations at the same time.
two alternatives must be given -
1. painting is not by Berthe Morisot (the painting is mistitled).
We cannot infer the second one. Furthermore, the argument does not deny one alternative and assert the other.
C - the first sentence talks about an impossible situation.
"by Frida Kahlo" --> twentieth-century Mexican artist painted in Japan during the seventeenth century.
two alternatives are possible -
1. not by Frida Kahlo
2. not a japanese landscape
the next sentence denies (2) and affirms (1). this is the correct answer.
D - "sculpture by Kathe Kollwitz"; Kathe kollwitz is known for her prints.
this does NOT depict an impossible situation. It is perfectly possible that she sculpted one or two things.
two alternatives -
1. not by Kathe.
2. not a sculpture.
the answer option does not deny one and affirm the other. Incorrect.
E - the first sentence talks about an impossible situation.
acrylic painting by Elisabeth Vigee -->acrylic should have been used by her before it was discovered.
2 alternatives must be given -
1. Not by Elisabeth
2. Not in acrylic.
the next sentence does not deny any of the two. It affirms that it is portrait and hence affirms (2) - this makes this incorrect.
the first statement depicts an impossible situation.
"louis armstrong recorded in concert in 1989" --> louis armstrong was playing jazz after his death.
Since this is clearly impossible, two things are possible -
1. the concert was not in 1989 OR
2. it was not played by louis armstrong.
the last sentence denies that (2) is the case and hence, (1) must be true.
The correct answer should follow this line of reasoning.
A - let us try to break this answer option down.
painting by Malina Hoffman, a sculptor --> this clearly does not represent an impossible situation. A sculptor might have painted one or two sketches.
Since the argument thinks it is impossible, 2 things must be possible -
1. Not a painting
2. Not by Hoffman
the answer option does not deny (2) like the question stem to assert (1). It only asserts (1).
B - the first sentence talks about an impossible situation.
by Berthe Morisot --> painting must be at two locations at the same time.
two alternatives must be given -
1. painting is not by Berthe Morisot (the painting is mistitled).
We cannot infer the second one. Furthermore, the argument does not deny one alternative and assert the other.
C - the first sentence talks about an impossible situation.
"by Frida Kahlo" --> twentieth-century Mexican artist painted in Japan during the seventeenth century.
two alternatives are possible -
1. not by Frida Kahlo
2. not a japanese landscape
the next sentence denies (2) and affirms (1). this is the correct answer.
D - "sculpture by Kathe Kollwitz"; Kathe kollwitz is known for her prints.
this does NOT depict an impossible situation. It is perfectly possible that she sculpted one or two things.
two alternatives -
1. not by Kathe.
2. not a sculpture.
the answer option does not deny one and affirm the other. Incorrect.
E - the first sentence talks about an impossible situation.
acrylic painting by Elisabeth Vigee -->acrylic should have been used by her before it was discovered.
2 alternatives must be given -
1. Not by Elisabeth
2. Not in acrylic.
the next sentence does not deny any of the two. It affirms that it is portrait and hence affirms (2) - this makes this incorrect.
General Discussion
23 Dec 2016, 22:23
Kudos
Bookmarks
CrackVerbalGMAT
amazing explanation! now i understand the main point of reasoning in the stilumi as well as in the right answer~thank u so much u are really a logic guru~
