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.
Apr 2512:30 AM EDT
-01:30 AM EDT
At one point, she believed GMAT wasn’t for her. After scoring 595, self-doubt crept in and she questioned her potential. But instead of quitting, she made the right strategic changes. The result? A remarkable comeback to 695. Check out how Saakshi did it.
Apr 2610:00 AM EDT
-11:00 AM EDT
The Target Test Prep course represents a quantum leap forward in GMAT preparation, a radical reinterpretation of the way that students should study. Try before you buy with a 5-day, full-access trial of the course for FREE!
Apr 2711:00 AM EDT
-12:00 PM EDT
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
Apr 2808:00 AM PDT
-11:00 AM PDT
Whether you are just beginning your MBA journey or fine-tuning your path to a 700+ score, GMAT Day is designed to give you a competitive edge.
14 Oct 2018, 12:18
Kudos
Bookmarks
C
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
35%
(medium)
Question Stats:
70% (01:53) correct
30%
(02:03)
wrong
based on 1121
sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
I agree that Hogan’s actions resulted in grievous injury to Winters. And I do not deny that Hogan fully realized the nature of his actions and the effects that they would have. Indeed, I would not disagree if you pointed out that intentionally causing such effects is reprehensible, other things being equal. But in asking you to concur with me that Hogan’s actions not be wholly condemned I emphasize again that Hogan mistakenly believed Winters to be the robber who had been terrorizing west-side apartment buildings for the past several months.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion of the argument?
A. Hogan should not be considered responsible for the injuries sustained by Winters.
B. The robber who had been terrorizing west-side apartment buildings should be considered to be as responsible for Winters’s injuries as Hogan.
C. The actions of Hogan that seriously injured Winters are not completely blameworthy.
D. Hogan thought that Winters was the person who had been terrorizing west-side apartment buildings for the last few months.
E. The actions of Hogan that seriously injured Winters were reprehensible, other things being equal.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion of the argument?
A. Hogan should not be considered responsible for the injuries sustained by Winters.
B. The robber who had been terrorizing west-side apartment buildings should be considered to be as responsible for Winters’s injuries as Hogan.
C. The actions of Hogan that seriously injured Winters are not completely blameworthy.
D. Hogan thought that Winters was the person who had been terrorizing west-side apartment buildings for the last few months.
E. The actions of Hogan that seriously injured Winters were reprehensible, other things being equal.
24 Apr 2021, 02:00
Kudos
Bookmarks
GMATYoda
OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
The conclusion of this argument is difficult to identify because the author does not use a traditional conclusion indicator. The first three sentences are admissions by the author regarding the nature of Hogan’s actions. The fourth sentence contains the conclusion and a premise, and the conclusion is that “Hogan’s actions should not be wholly condemned.” If you struggled to identify the conclusion, consider how you might have applied the Conclusion Identification Methodology to the pieces of the argument. For example, consider the two parts of the last sentence. If you thought one of them might be the conclusion, place one as the conclusion and the other as a premise, as follows: “Because I ask that Hogan’s actions not be wholly condemned, therefore I emphasize again that Hogan mistakenly believed Winters to be the robber who had been terrorizing west-side apartment buildings for the past several months.” Does that configuration sound right? No. Try again by reversing the premise and conclusion pieces: “Because Hogan mistakenly believed Winters to be the robber who had been terrorizing west-side apartment buildings for the past several months, therefore I ask you to concur with me that Hogan’s actions not be wholly condemned.” The relationship now sounds much more logical.
Answer choice (A): The author admits that Hogan fully realized his actions and the author asks that “Hogan’s actions not be wholly condemned.” Both of these statements are counter to the idea that Hogan should not be considered responsible for Winter’s injuries.
Answer choice (B): The only reference to the robber is that Hogan mistakenly believed that Winters was the robber. Thus, there is no evidence in the stimulus to support this answer.
Answer choice (C): This correct answer is a paraphrase of the conclusion of the argument.
Answer choice (D): According to the information in the stimulus, this answer must be true. Regardless, the answer is still incorrect because it fails to summarize the author’s main point. This type of answer—one that is true but misses the main point—is frequently featured as an incorrect answer in Main Point questions.
Answer choice (E): Like answer choice (D), this statement is true according to the stimulus. But, it is incorrect because it does not capture the main point.
General Discussion
15 Oct 2018, 02:25
Kudos
Bookmarks
GMATYoda
A. Hogan should not be considered responsible for the injuries sustained by Winters.
-The para mentions that Hogan mistakenly believed Winters to be the robber, however it is not the case that he cannot be considered responsible.
--Out
B. The robber who had been terrorizing west-side apartment buildings should be considered to be as responsible for
Winters’s injuries as Hogan.
--Cannot be inferred
--Out
C. The actions of Hogan that seriously injured Winters are not completely blameworthy.
-The para mentions that Hogan mistakenly believed Winters to be the robber and Hogan’s actions not be wholly condemned.
--Should be the answer
D. Hogan thought that Winters was the person who had been terrorizing west-side apartment buildings for the last
few months.
-Restatement
--Out
E. The actions of Hogan that seriously injured Winters were reprehensible, other things being equal
-Restatement
--Out
C
