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Let's analyse the stimulus

A survey conducted for an equipment and observed that
-12.5% Laser printer needs >1 occasion for service
-3% Inkjet printer seldom need service

The last statement is the conclusion

Offices that depend on uninterrupted access to printing should therefore expect far fewer workflow disruptions by choosing inkjet over laser printers.

In order to get the assumptions, the answer choice should need to strengthen the conclusion and it has to be necessary and we will use negation technique only when we are stuck in answer choice

Eliminating the answer choice one by one.

(A) Inkjet printers do not produce noticeably lower print quality than laser printers for standard office documents.

The above option talks about lower quality print, in any way it does not strengthen the conclusion. Hence, it is irrelevant. ELIMINATE A.

(C) At least as many offices in the survey had acquired laser printers as had acquired inkjet printers.

The stimulus talks in terms of percentage. We are not concerned with equal number of printers. Therefore we can ELIMINATE C.

(D) Laser printers do not generally require longer periods of downtime for each service visit than inkjet printers do.

Giving support to the laser printer does not strengthen our argument.. We need it for inkjet printers. Eliminate D

(E) Offices that acquired printing equipment within the past year are not far more likely to have chosen laser printers than offices that acquired equipment five years ago.

Option E compares a narrow time frame that too about the preference of the printers, which have no impact on the conclusion. So we can ELIMINATE E.

(B) Offices that use laser printers are not far more likely to operate them at substantially higher print volumes over time than offices that use inkjet printers.

Answer choice B says the volume of output over a period of time was not greater for laser printers.

If this were to be true
The volume output was the same for both the printers. The comparison was done on similar parameters. So it strengthen's the argument.

Lets say if this were not the case then
the laser printer were to be used for higher volume outputs and it would lead to an improper comparison, so these would give biased results. and it would weakening the argument.

Therefore this answer choice has to be necessary, if not then our argument will fall apart

Hence B is our Answer.
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Lets take an example here, if Office has 100 laser printers and 1000 inkjet printers, so only 12 laser printers needed servicing on more than one occasion while 30 inkjet printers needed servicing, so inkjet printer caused more workflow disruption then laser printers
Thus, Option (C) says both printers are equal in number so inkjet cause lower disruptions

Lets look at other options
A talks about quality of print while we are concerned with lesser no of workflow disruptions
B talks about print volumes being equal then above example definitely breaks the conclusion
D talks about downtime period not being longer for laser than inkjet but the concern is disruption count not time
E talks about employee preference now than 5 years ago about choosing printer technology again nothing about no. of disruptions

Hence option C is the correct assumption here
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A survey of office managers who had acquired new printing equipment over the previous five years found that twelve percent of laser printers in use had needed servicing on more than one occasion, compared with just three percent of inkjet printers that had ever required any servicing at all. Offices that depend on uninterrupted access to printing should therefore expect far fewer workflow disruptions by choosing inkjet over laser printers.

Which of the following is an assumption the argument relies on?

(A) Inkjet printers do not produce noticeably lower print quality than laser printers for standard office documents.

(B) Offices that use laser printers are not far more likely to operate them at substantially higher print volumes over time than offices that use inkjet printers.

(C) At least as many offices in the survey had acquired laser printers as had acquired inkjet printers.

(D) Laser printers do not generally require longer periods of downtime for each service visit than inkjet printers do.

(E) Offices that acquired printing equipment within the past year are not far more likely to have chosen laser printers than offices that acquired equipment five years ago.

 


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The correct answer should be B.
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I have done this question purely with pre-thinking and then analyzing each answer choices-

Firstly, understanding all the given information well and decoding it- There are two types of printer whose data is given and conclusion is based on- 12% of laser printers have required servicing more than once (which means 88% has required servicing once or never) and 3% of inkjet printers has ever required any servicing (97% never required)

Conclusion based on this information- Offices that need constant access to printing should have lesser disruptions by using inkjet rather than laser printers

Prethinking- what is the logical chain to be followed for this conclusion to be true?

If this conclusion has to be true, then all such offices should choose inkjet printers and if they do, then the number of inkjet printers should be sufficient to meet the demands of printing by these offices

Analyzing answer choices-

1. There is no talk about the print quality in the scenario or the conclusion- so print quality does not matter in holding the conclusion to be true- eliminate

2. Negate this scenario- If the offices that are already using inkjet printers start to print them at higher volume over time, then this can impact the capacity available for others that switch from laser to inkjet and hence could lead to more disruptions actually- So negating this assumption does weaken the conclusion- This option is also closer to the pre-thought assumption about the supply and demand of printing

3. What this says is equal number of offices have laser and inkjet printers- even if this is equal, it does not guarantee that if offices with laser printers switch to inkjet printers, the latter would be able to meet the demand such that the supply remains uninterrupted- Eliminate

4. Sure, laser printers require equal periods of downtime as inkjet printers- but what if the overall quantity of inkjet printers is too few to meet the total demand? Then, inkjet printers can not guarantee uninterrupted supply- Eliminate

5. This is a comparison of offices choosing laser printers in the last year vs five years back- even if we negate it and make it true, it does not make the conclusion false- eliminate
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This is an assumption question. We're looking for a necessary. Without which the argument and its conclusion would collapse.
So, the argumentation is that injekction printers are more reliable than laser printers. Therefore, the conclusion is that firms should choose inkjet printers.

The necessary assumption is B. Without B, the conclusion in the argument would collapse.

The answers B introduces a new factor that is necessary for the conclusion to work. B is a necessary assumption for the conclusion to be valid. The explanation is that, since we are comparing two different groups of printers, we have to compare them under the same conditions. B explicitly states that the print volume of both groups of printers is approximately the same.

If that were not be the case (Negation Test) - for example, if laser printers were used 1,000 times more often - it would logically imply that they would require more servicing. The argument and therefore the conclusion, would collapse.

In other words, we must compare both groups under the same conditions and this is ensured by assumption B.

Now let's see why the other answers are wrong (since the elimination method is sometimes more useful than directly identifying the correct answer).

A) is WRONG. If we negate B (Inkjet printers produce lower print quality), the argument would still hold. In other words, we would still recommend to use inkjet printers EVEN IF they produced lower print quality, since reliability is the most important factor in the argument.

C) is WRONG. It doesn't matter how many printers were purchased.
We can negate C) (for example, some offices acquired more laser printers than inkjet printers), and the argument would still hold. The recommendation to buy inkjet printers remains valid.

(For some people, it doesn't make much sense to negate a positive answer choice (C). They only apply a Negation Test to negative answer choices such as A),B), D), E))

D) is WRONG. Even if laser printers required longer downtown for each service visit, the argument and its conclusion would still hold. In fact, this would even strengthen the recommendation to use inkjet printers.

E) is WRONG, BUT it is the MOST TEMPTING ANSWER CHOICE!!! (IT'S A TRAP!!) Let's see why?
It means that inkjet printers in the survey were not significantly newer than the laser printers (or, more simply, that the age of all the printers was approximately the same). Although this strengthens the conclusion, it is NOT a necessary assumption. The argument can still stay without it.

NOTE on E): Yes, it introduces a new factor that should be considered (as in B), but the argument with its conclusion (firms should buy inkjet printers) remains valid even without this condition, it even strengthens the conclusion! (BUT without B, the argument collapses.)

Remark: We don't need to apply the Negation Test to every answer choice (because of time constraints on the GMAT). However, it is especially useful when we are deciding between two plausible answer choices.
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Argument:
1. 12% of laser printers needed servicing more than once.
2. Only 3% of inkjet printers ever needed servicing.

Conc: Offices that need uninterrupted printing should expect fewer workflow disruptions by choosing inkjet printers.

We need to find the GAP.

Let's eliminate options:
A: print quality - Irrelevant
B: Compared under comparable conditions - Relevant
C: argument compares percentages, not raw count - Irrelevant
D: Not required (It is actually working on the opposite)
E: Not relevant to the reasoning.

So, I think B
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IMO : option B
Note: be careful of the term percentage.
since we dont know the base value for each we should question the reasoning when asked by attacking that assumption.
the % differnence could be because of vast changes in the base values.
hence option B.
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Passage analysis:
Source: Survey of Offices from the manager.
Timeline: Past 5 years.
Topic: New printing equipment
Findings:
1. 12% Laser printer needs servicing for multiple purposes. Suppose one printer needs ink wise servicing as well as some other level servicing.
Basically if 100 offices have laser printers 12 printers need needs servicing.
.: Servicing needed >12.

2. 3% inkjet printer has ever needed servicing.
.: if 200 offices have inkjet, 6 needed servicing ever.
.: Servicing needed 6.

Author's conclusion, Offices should buy inkjet for uninterrupted access.
We have to find the assumption.

Answer choice analysis:
A. We are not bothered about the quality. We need uninterrupted service. So A does not matter.
B. B is correct answer because, if B is not true then the situation says may be laser printer offices print in a way more bulkier amount in a shorter period of time than offices use inkjet ones. There fore, actually the servicing was needed because those worked way more than inkjet ones. If those with more printing requirements use inkjet ones, this might require way more services. Basically breaks the conclusion. Therefore, B has to be true to hold the conclusion true.
C.There is no requirement for the number of laser printers to be at least eual to inkjet one offices. If the laser office no is 50 and inkjet ones is 100, since we are talking about percentage, it does not matter.
D.This option talks about servicing time. But our conclusion says fewer workflow interruption, i.e., no of services. This also does not matter.
E. This option compares buying preferences of equipments of past year vs 5 years ago. But even if we have then it bolsters the conclusion but does not act as a necessary assumption. E is also incorrect.

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A survey of office managers who had acquired new printing equipment over the previous five years found that twelve percent of laser printers in use had needed servicing on more than one occasion, compared with just three percent of inkjet printers that had ever required any servicing at all. Offices that depend on uninterrupted access to printing should therefore expect far fewer workflow disruptions by choosing inkjet over laser printers.

Which of the following is an assumption the argument relies on?

(A) Inkjet printers do not produce noticeably lower print quality than laser printers for standard office documents.

(B) Offices that use laser printers are not far more likely to operate them at substantially higher print volumes over time than offices that use inkjet printers.

(C) At least as many offices in the survey had acquired laser printers as had acquired inkjet printers.

(D) Laser printers do not generally require longer periods of downtime for each service visit than inkjet printers do.

(E) Offices that acquired printing equipment within the past year are not far more likely to have chosen laser printers than offices that acquired equipment five years ago.

 


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A survey of office managers who had acquired new printing equipment over the previous five years found that twelve percent of laser printers in use had needed servicing on more than one occasion, compared with just three percent of inkjet printers that had ever required any servicing at all. Offices that depend on uninterrupted access to printing should therefore expect far fewer workflow disruptions by choosing inkjet over laser printers.

Which of the following is an assumption the argument relies on?

(A) Inkjet printers do not produce noticeably lower print quality than laser printers for standard office documents.

(B) Offices that use laser printers are not far more likely to operate them at substantially higher print volumes over time than offices that use inkjet printers.

(C) At least as many offices in the survey had acquired laser printers as had acquired inkjet printers.

(D) Laser printers do not generally require longer periods of downtime for each service visit than inkjet printers do.

(E) Offices that acquired printing equipment within the past year are not far more likely to have chosen laser printers than offices that acquired equipment five years ago.

 


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I chose (C) thinking that the number of printers for Laser and Inkjet being drastically different would imply if 12% and 3% of them would be a small and large value respectively. However, i think quantity does not matter her as the proportion of servicing will remain the same. Instead the answer could be B
1. A- Print quality being good or bad will not affect the frequency of servicing. Hence we can exclude
2. B - If laser printers are worked at much higher volumes then that explains the higher downtime and breaks the conclusion of preferring inkjet printers instead
3. C- explanation given.
4. D- downtime period being more for laser printers would not affect the frequency of downtime. Hence exclude
5. E - the purchase history still has no effect or gives an alternate explanation to the % downtime of the respective printers. Hence exclude E
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To solve this we will first understand the premise and conclusion of the argument

Premise: 12% of laser printers and 3% of inkjet printer ever required servicing in the last 5 years
Conclusion: Offices wanting uninterrupted access to printing should therefore expect far fewer disruptions with inkjet printers

Now we will eliminate, keeping in mind that by negating the assumption, The author's answer conclusion should fall apart

Option A: Out of scope; Print quality is not mentioned in the argument
Option B: If laser printers had a substantially higher print volumes than inkjet printers, then the author's argument falls apart. As now the 12% service rate might be just a function of heavier workload and not an indicator of reliability. Keep it
Option C: Not relevant, we are dealing with percentages
Option D: 180 degrees answer. Upon negating, we get, Laser printer requires longer downtimes for each service than inkjet printers. It would strengthen the argumen
Option E: 180 degrees answer. Same flaw as option D. Negating it will strengthen the author's conclusion

Hence Option B is the correct answer
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A survey of office managers who had acquired new printing equipment over the previous five years found that twelve percent of laser printers in use had needed servicing on more than one occasion, compared with just three percent of inkjet printers that had ever required any servicing at all. Offices that depend on uninterrupted access to printing should therefore expect far fewer workflow disruptions by choosing inkjet over laser printers.

Which of the following is an assumption the argument relies on?

(A) Inkjet printers do not produce noticeably lower print quality than laser printers for standard office documents.

(B) Offices that use laser printers are not far more likely to operate them at substantially higher print volumes over time than offices that use inkjet printers.

(C) At least as many offices in the survey had acquired laser printers as had acquired inkjet printers.

(D) Laser printers do not generally require longer periods of downtime for each service visit than inkjet printers do.

(E) Offices that acquired printing equipment within the past year are not far more likely to have chosen laser printers than offices that acquired equipment five years ago.

 


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CONC - "ofc required uninterrupted heavy usage " so author have assumed both can do heavy duty answer choice B is my answer it is breaking this conclusion. Thanks!
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A survey of office managers who had acquired new printing equipment over the previous five years found that twelve percent of laser printers in use had needed servicing on more than one occasion, compared with just three percent of inkjet printers that had ever required any servicing at all. Offices that depend on uninterrupted access to printing should therefore expect far fewer workflow disruptions by choosing inkjet over laser printers.

Which of the following is an assumption the argument relies on?

(A) Inkjet printers do not produce noticeably lower print quality than laser printers for standard office documents.

(B) Offices that use laser printers are not far more likely to operate them at substantially higher print volumes over time than offices that use inkjet printers.

(C) At least as many offices in the survey had acquired laser printers as had acquired inkjet printers.

(D) Laser printers do not generally require longer periods of downtime for each service visit than inkjet printers do.

(E) Offices that acquired printing equipment within the past year are not far more likely to have chosen laser printers than offices that acquired equipment five years ago.

 


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A. Incorrect as the argument is mainly about uniterrupted access and reliability. Print quality is irrelevant to machine breakdown here
B. Correct as this assumption is strongly relevant here. Here with a negation test lets say if laser printers are used more then higher breakdown is due to the usage rather than poor reliability, that is if you replace them with inkjets they might also be seen to fail due to the heavy volume. So this destroys the conclusion that switching to inkjets will cause fewer disruptions
C. Incorrect as the argument is talking based on percentages which means that the sample size doesent change the problem regarding the usage volume.
D. Incorrect even if it helps strengthen the author's case as it isnt necessary here. Even if there are downtime differences the 12% and 3% difference is what the author is using here to argue on
E. Incorrect as the timeline of when the printers were bought doesent change the breakdown rates and reliability case here

B.
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(A) Inkjet printers do not produce noticeably lower print quality than laser printers for standard office documents. downtime is concerning.not quality

(B) Offices that use laser printers are not far more likely to operate them at substantially higher print volumes over time than offices that use inkjet printers. Correct. This point was not considerd. May b laserjet can take up more load which inkjet may not be

(C) At least as many offices in the survey had acquired laser printers as had acquired inkjet printers.this need not be true. While this strengthens, slight less in number can also be used as valid data for reasoning

(D) Laser printers do not generally require longer periods of downtime for each service visit than inkjet printers do.this strengthens showing drawback of laserjet

(E) Offices that acquired printing equipment within the past year are not far more likely to have chosen laser printers than offices that acquired equipment five years ago.Irrelevant as comaprison given for last 5 yrs

Ans B
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One of the key assumptions here is the usage is same. If the inkjet printers are not used as much, and that's the reason they require less repair, then we can't draw the same conclusion as drawn by the author. Hence, this is a key assumption.

A. The conclusion doesn't focus on quality. Hence we can eliminate this option.

B. This is inline to our pre thinking. Hence, we can keep this. Negating this statement will break the argument, as the focus now changes and tells us why lasers printers require more servicing.

C. This is not required for the conclusion to hold true. Because, the percentage factor takes care of the number. Eliminate C.

D. Well this is quite opposite to the what we are trying to conclude. If lasers printers do require longer downtime, its wiser to switch to inkjet printers. Not an assumption. D can be eliminated.

E. Not a required assumption. Even if more laser printers are purchased, given we are referring to percentage the comparison is uniform.

Option B is the correct one.

Hey Bunuel, bb - Could you please review this. I wasn't awarded kudos for the response. Not sure why the reason the answer was flagged.
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B. A typical question type. Its similar to manual treadmill vs Automatic treadmill.
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A is out of scope, quality:not discussed; C is % trap, D is actually against what the argument would want. Of B and E, E talks about acquisition time which does not directly address the issue.

B. If the offices are using laser printers way more, their chances of needing servicing increases.

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A survey of office managers who had acquired new printing equipment over the previous five years found that twelve percent of laser printers in use had needed servicing on more than one occasion, compared with just three percent of inkjet printers that had ever required any servicing at all. Offices that depend on uninterrupted access to printing should therefore expect far fewer workflow disruptions by choosing inkjet over laser printers.

Which of the following is an assumption the argument relies on?

(A) Inkjet printers do not produce noticeably lower print quality than laser printers for standard office documents.

(B) Offices that use laser printers are not far more likely to operate them at substantially higher print volumes over time than offices that use inkjet printers.

(C) At least as many offices in the survey had acquired laser printers as had acquired inkjet printers.

(D) Laser printers do not generally require longer periods of downtime for each service visit than inkjet printers do.

(E) Offices that acquired printing equipment within the past year are not far more likely to have chosen laser printers than offices that acquired equipment five years ago.

 


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