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Student Advisor: One of our exchange students faced multiple arguments with her parents over the course of the past year. Not surprisingly, her grade point average (GPA) over the same period showed a steep decline. This is just one example of a general truth: problematic family relationships can cause significant academic difficulties for our students.
Which of the following is an assumption underlying the general truism claimed by the Student Advisor?
(A) Last year, the exchange student reduced the amount of time spent on academic work, resulting in a lower GPA.
(B) The decline in the GPA of the exchange student was not the reason for the student's arguments with her parents.
(C) School GPA is an accurate measure of a student's intellectual ability.
(D) If proper measures are not taken, the decline in the student's academic performance may become irreversible.
(E) Fluctuations in academic performance are typical for many students.
Source:MGMAT 4th Edition
Which of the following is an assumption underlying the general truism claimed by the Student Advisor?
(A) Last year, the exchange student reduced the amount of time spent on academic work, resulting in a lower GPA.
(B) The decline in the GPA of the exchange student was not the reason for the student's arguments with her parents.
(C) School GPA is an accurate measure of a student's intellectual ability.
(D) If proper measures are not taken, the decline in the student's academic performance may become irreversible.
(E) Fluctuations in academic performance are typical for many students.
Source:MGMAT 4th Edition
08 Sep 2011, 04:18
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Two things happened:
1. The student scored low.
2. The student had arguments with her parents.
While these two evidences seem to be interdependent, they may very well not be.
The student may be scoring low because of a third reason; perhaps she wants to pursue a different career altogether. Perhaps the very cause that triggered event 1 above could have also triggered 2, who knows.
Just because we are presented with two events, we can't deduce that one occurred because of the other.
(B) just reiterates one of the possible assumptions. It's excluding the possibility that event 1 caused event 2. For the conclusion to be true, we must at least make this assumption. There may be 1000 other assumptions to become sure of the conclusion; however, B should be one among those. "After all, an assumption" is what's asked.
Ans: "B"
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Note: "B" alone wouldn't be sufficient to validate the conclusion.
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08 Sep 2011, 03:50
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assumption is link between premise and conclusion if that is true how come OA is B?. OA B is reversal of conclusion.
Pls explain
Pls explain
