Machine operators are often responsible for repair of their machines.

Question

Which of the following most logically completes the passage ?

Machine operators are often responsible for repair of their machines. The more dependable a machine is, however, the less dependable is its human operator's performance in repairing occasional malfunctions of the machine, since ____

A. as machines increasingly incorporate computerized components, the diagnosis and reconstruction of failed parts is being supplanted by the substitution of new parts in repairing the machines.

B. the more complex a piece of machinery is, the more automatic control functions will be built into it, reducing the need for human monitoring.
C. as the dependability of machines increases, those operating the machines get less practice in handling malfunctions.

D. the less frequently a machine malfunctions, the more attention its operator will ;pay to its repair

E. in addition to repairing their machines after malfunction, machine operators are often responsible for regularly scheduled maintenance of their machines.

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Bunuel · Answer

Which offficial guide is this question from? Or is is from GMAT Prep Focus? Can you please privde the screenshot? Thank you!

sahilsahh · Answer

Option (C) directly addresses this relationship by explaining that a more dependable machine (one that malfunctions less often) leads to less practice for the operator in dealing with those malfunctions. This lack of practice then translates to decreased performance when a repair is actually needed.

GMAT800JULY21 · Answer

This question is from GMAT Official Practice Test - 4

Bunuel · Answer

Thank you very much! That helps.

rito54 · Answer

Hello anyone has the solution on this? thank you

hughng92 · Answer

Official Mock Test 4

Bunuel · Answer

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Thank you!

MeghaYadav01 · Answer

How could we eliminate B, if someone could explain

shashank07! · Answer

The problem with B is we are making an unwarranted assumption that dependable machines are complex

Kavicogsci · Answer

AjiteshArun 
Pls look at this weird Q 
C & D felt close to me because honestly i couldn't understand what the hell dependable machine meant
- Dependable on its operator aka more manual than fully automated
- More reliable for business

AjiteshArun · Answer

Hi Kavicogsci,

It's the second one. By "the more  dependable  a machine is" they mean "the more  reliable  a machine is" (for the first, the question would have gone with something like "the more dependent a machine is on..."). So basically,  the ~better the machine, the ~worse a human operator will be at repairing it .

Option C tells us that when machines become more reliable, operators get less practice handling malfunctions. That gives us a reason to think that they wouldn't be good at repairing these machines.

Option D when machines malfunction  less  frequently (that is, they become  more reliable ), operators pay more attention to the repair of these machines. That's the opposite of what we want.

KoushikSaha2031 · Answer

C  most logically completes the passage ?

Machine operators are often responsible for repair of their machines. The more dependable a machine is, however, the less dependable is its human operator's performance in repairing occasional malfunctions of the machine, since ____

An automatic machine(As we can depend more on it)~  Less Human Interaction with it   ~ The user/operator can't repaire when it malfunctions

The underlying part is the key reason & must be after 'since'

A. as machines increasingly incorporate computerized components, the diagnosis and reconstruction of failed parts is being supplanted by the substitution of new parts in repairing the machines.  Wrong.It doesn't explain why its operator can't substitute the new part?

B. the more complex a piece of machinery is, the more automatic control functions will be built into it, reducing the need for human monitoring.  It doesn't explain during the malfunction time

C. as the dependability of machines increases, those operating the machines get less practice in handling malfunctions.   Correct

D. the less frequently a machine malfunctions, the more attention its operator will ;pay to its repair  Out of scope

E. in addition to repairing their machines after malfunction, machine operators are often responsible for regularly scheduled maintenance of their machines. Extra obligation when practically the operator is failing? Out of scope

Machine operators are often responsible for repair of their machines.

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