Birds that gather at the private airway of a huge corporation pose

Question

Birds that gather at the private airway of a huge corporation pose a huge problem for executives who use the corporate jets. These birds are known to fly into the jet propellers and, as a consequence cause the jets to crash. To solve the problem, the corporation plans to import a large number of herding dogs to keep the birds away from the jets.

Which of the following, if a realistic possibility, would cast the most serious doubt on the prospects for success of the corporation's plan?

A. The dogs will need to be regularly taken away for vaccinations and quarantine.
B. The dogs have been trained to herd cattle and will need to be retrained to herd birds.
C. The dogs will chase away other small animals that live around the airway, rousing criticism from nature activists.
D. Herding dogs tend to form an uncontrollable pack in large numbers.
E. Some of the birds will move to the neighboring airway in order to avoid being herded by the dogs.

bishalpodder · Answer

Answer should be A, our bone of contention is 'to keep birds away if dogs will be regularly away plan may not be successful'.. I n D however it is not related to the plan to keep birds away it is out of scope

BigUD94 · Answer

bishalpodder

D, If there's a large no. of dogs on the runway then still the execs will face problems in taking off and landing.

bishalpodder · Answer

plan is to ‘ reduce crash’ not taking off problem

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souvonik2k · Answer

In option A, regularly can also mean annually or bi-annually. Also it does not mention that all dogs need to be taken at a time for vaccination.
Whereas option D, states that large number of dogs form uncontrollable pack. If dogs are uncontrollable the plan will not serve the purpose of keeping away the bird. If we negate this statement the argument strengthens and hence it is the correct answer.

OJA · Answer

Why hasn't anyone considered E ?

GMATNinja  - Can you help here ?

OJA · Answer

Can you please share the explanation for the official answer ? Also, why not E ?

ManifestDreamMBA · Answer

E suggests that the plan will be successful, i.e. birds will go away and will no longer be a problem for the private airway of the corporation.

Think of it this way. You own track A and need to clean it up. You get someone to clean it. They clean it and put all the trash on track B, which isn't yours. They did what they were asked to do, so the plan is successful or the goal is met. Trash on track B is not your problem.

Note, this is just an example, the question is mentioning a plan, that means the things haven't taken place already

kayarat600 · Answer

For people wondering c won't work because it's the after effect of Solving the problem while having an uncontrollable 0ack implies we didn't solve the problem because they are no longer following orders ie chasing birds a real woozy I know

bb · Answer

This is a weird question.

jet propellers? airway? really? 🙄 Neither of those are the right terms really and then the huge corporation and huge problem 😂

E) Does not really matter as we are not concerned with neighboring airports. All we care about is ours and frankly, having some birds move, is a good thing as we are trying to get birds out of the way and the goal is to get them away from the jets.

OJA  - what is your thinking with how E can actually help here?

OJA · Answer

Thanks for your response. I was actually thinking of airway as more of runway or terminal, otherwise keeping dogs wouldn't make a lot of sense. Hence, my reason for choosing E was even if we make the birds out of the way from one airway then they go to the different airway which wouldn't help a lot. But yeah, now that I see, it mentions of importing a large number of dogs so we can deploy as many as we want.

cburchfield · Answer

Yes I agree, but I could also say the same thing for D. Additionally I guess I am to assume that the dogs were not trained? Otherwise a trained group of dogs would not create an uncontrollable pack.

kayarat600 · Answer

No the point is that the trained dogs themselves become uncontrollable if they are in LARGE numbers as mentioned in text and the options

the large numbers is common in both of them if your trained dogs lose control they will not chase away birds hence the answer. If you. L9we control the training will.not matter is the takeaway.

cburchfield · Answer

Would this not be the after effect of solving the problem?

bb · Answer

No, you are violating the boundaries set by the question. So you cannot say that dogs will be controllable as we are explicitly told they will not be.

Which of the following,  if a realistic possibility , ....

cburchfield · Answer

I see, so for weaken/strengthen we should consider these choices as an additional premise would it weaken/strengthen. Is that correct?

bb · Answer

Yes. Most of the time the weakness or strengthen question will say if true or if feasible or something along those lines and you must assume and follow the directions. If it says it’s true, you have to assume it to be true.

PS. this is literally following the text of the question. This is also something you want to do in data insights questions critical reasoning and others that may have additional details provided in the question prompt.

napolean92728 · Answer

Correct Answer: (D) 
 Reasoning: 
The corporation's plan assumes that herding dogs will effectively keep birds away from the jets. However, if the dogs form an uncontrollable pack, their behavior may become chaotic, making them ineffective at their intended task. Instead of keeping birds away in a controlled manner, they might create a new hazard on the airway by running wildly, potentially causing even greater disruptions than the birds themselves. This would seriously undermine the plan’s success.

Thus, option (D) is the strongest objection, as it directly challenges the feasibility of using herding dogs to solve the bird problem.

Eliminating Other Options: 
 (A) The dogs will need to be regularly taken away for vaccinations and quarantine. 
❌ Incorrect: While this may be an inconvenience, it does not fundamentally undermine the plan. The dogs would still be present most of the time and could still serve their purpose when they are not away.

(B) The dogs have been trained to herd cattle and will need to be retrained to herd birds. 
❌ Incorrect: Retraining the dogs may require time and effort, but it is not an insurmountable issue that dooms the plan. Given proper training, they could still be effective.

(C) The dogs will chase away other small animals that live around the airway, rousing criticism from nature activists. 
❌ Incorrect: While this could create controversy, it does not prove that the plan itself will fail in keeping birds away from the jets. The criticism from activists is a secondary issue rather than a flaw in the plan’s effectiveness.

(E) Some of the birds will move to the neighboring airway in order to avoid being herded by the dogs. 
❌ Incorrect: This may solve part of the problem for the corporation's airway, which is the intended goal. Even if the birds relocate, the corporation's jets would still be safer. This does not undermine the plan's success.

Kishoreadi · Answer

Why would we assume that herding dogs are needed in larger numbers? The problem due to uncontrollable dogs occur only when they are in larger numbers as per the statement.

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