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 1811:00 AM PST
-12:00 PM PST
Join us in a live GMAT practice session and solve 30 challenging GMAT questions with other test takers in timed conditions, covering GMAT Quant, Data Sufficiency, Data Insights, Reading Comprehension, and Critical Reasoning questions.
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.
C
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
5%
(low)
Question Stats:
89% (01:30) correct
11%
(01:49)
wrong
based on 2464
sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
Most consumers do not get much use out of the sports equipment they purchase. For example, seventeen percent of the adults in the United States own jogging shoes, but only forty-five percent of the owners jog more than once a year, and only seventeen percent jog more than once a week.
Which of the following, if true, casts most doubt on the claim that most consumers get little use out of the sports equipment they purchase?
(A) Joggers are most susceptible to sports injuries during the first six months in which they jog.
(B) Joggers often exaggerate the frequency with which they jog in surveys designed to elicit such information.
(C) Many consumers purchase jogging shoes for use in activities other than jogging.
(D) Consumers who take up jogging often purchase an athletic shoe that can be used in other sports.
(E) Joggers who jog more than once a week are often active participants in other sports as well.
Which of the following, if true, casts most doubt on the claim that most consumers get little use out of the sports equipment they purchase?
(A) Joggers are most susceptible to sports injuries during the first six months in which they jog.
(B) Joggers often exaggerate the frequency with which they jog in surveys designed to elicit such information.
(C) Many consumers purchase jogging shoes for use in activities other than jogging.
(D) Consumers who take up jogging often purchase an athletic shoe that can be used in other sports.
(E) Joggers who jog more than once a week are often active participants in other sports as well.
The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 11th Edition, 2005
Practice Question
Question No.: CR 65
Page: 486
Practice Question
Question No.: CR 65
Page: 486
01 Oct 2019, 23:54
Kudos
Bookmarks
elevinty
17% percent of the adults in the United States own jogging shoes, (of 100 people, 17 have jogging shoes)
but only forty-five percent of the owners jog more than once a year, (9 of these 17 jog once a year or not at all)
and only seventeen percent jog more than once a week (3 people jog regularly)
Conclusion: Most consumers do not get much use out of the sports equipment they purchase.
We conclude that consumers don't get USE out of their purchases. But the example only discusses 'use for that particular sport'. Option (C) says that consumers get non-jogging use out of their jogging shoes. This weakens our conclusion. We cannot conclude that consumers do not get use. We may be able to conclude that they do not get use for that particular sport.
Note that the argument discusses people who buy jogging shoes - that 45% of them jog more than once a year and only 17% jog more than once a week.
It talks about consumers who buy sports equipment and how they use the equipment.
(A) Joggers are most susceptible to sports injuries during the first six months in which they jog.
Irrelevant.
(B) Joggers often exaggerate the frequency with which they jog in surveys designed to elicit such information.
This just says that the 'use for jogging' numbers are actually exaggerated. So the use is even lower and our conclusion is good.
(C) Many consumers purchase jogging shoes for use in activities other than jogging.
Correct. It tells us that we cannot conclude about generic "USE" based on our example. People use jogging shoes for other things so they do get use out of it even though they may not jog.
(D) Consumers who take up jogging often purchase an athletic shoe that can be used in other sports.
Irrelevant. We are not talking about consumers who jog and purchase other shoes. Those people are irrelevant to us.
We are talking about consumers who purchase jogging shoes. Our entire argument revolves around a different set of people.
(E) Joggers who jog more than once a week are often active participants in other sports as well.
Irrelevant. We don't care about the set of joggers who jog more than once a week. We don't know how many of them buy jogging shoes. They do not represent our set of concern.
Answer (C)
General Discussion
27 Sep 2010, 06:50
Kudos
Bookmarks
c. this says people use the jogging shoes for other uses than jogging - perhaps as walking shoes. regardless it is another way to use the equipment so i think this weakens.
