John's literature professor believes that the ability to judge the

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John's literature professor believes that the ability to judge the greatness of literacy works accurately can be acquired only after years of specialized training. Such training is, in fact, what is required to become a literature professor. She is also well aware the the vast majority of the reading public does not have access to this specialized training.

Which one of the following statements must be true if what Johns literature professor believes is true?

(A) John's literature professor can judge the greatness of works of literature accurately

(B) Anyone who is not a literature professor cannot judge the greatness of works of literature accurately

(C) Specialized training like that received by John's literature professor should be more broadly available to members of the reading public

(D) Literature professors do not belong to the reading public

(E) The vast majority of the reading public is unable to judge the greatness of works of literature accurately

chetan2u · Accepted Answer

John's literature professor believes that the ability to judge the greatness of literacy works accurately can be acquired only after years of specialized training. Such training is, in fact, what is required to become a literature professor. She is also well aware the the vast majority of the reading public does not have access to this specialized training.

Ability to judge the greatness of literacy works accurately   (A) <--------- only after years of specialized training. (B)  -------->  Can make a person a literature professor  C  
So, specialized trg can lead to 2 things - ability to judge and become a literature professor
So, we can say..
 If A, then B and also If C, then B.
It also leads to  If NOT B , then NOT A and NOT C.

Which one of the following statements must be true if what Johns literature professor believes is true?

(A) John's literature professor can judge the greatness of works of literature accurately 
 WE cannot say whether all the literature professor can judge the greatness of works of literature accurately

(B) Anyone who is not a literature professor (NOT C)  cannot judge the greatness of works of literature accurately (NOT A)
 This translates into If NOT C, then NOT A..
Again we cannot say anything..

(C) Specialized training like that received by John's literature professor should be more broadly available to members of the reading public 
 We cannot say anything about this. Nowhere mentioned in reasoning/para

(D) Literature professors do not belong to the reading public 
 Too extreme. There may be few literature professors who belong to reading public group .
It says--the  vast majority  of the reading public does not have access to this specialized training. 
It says  vast majority NOT all.

(E) The vast majority of the reading public is unable to judge the greatness of works of literature accurately
This can be said from  the vast majority of the reading public does not have access to this specialized training.(NOT B)  , as this specialized training is MUST for judging the greatness of works of literature accurately(A).
 We know that IF NOT B, then NOT A is true.

E

egmat · Answer

The correct answer if choice E.
 
 Lets first understand the passage:
 
As per John's literature professor:
- Ability to judge the greatness of literary works (A) can be acquired only after years of specialized training (B)
 - i.e. B is a necessary condition for A
- Such Training (B) is required to become a literature professor (C)
 - i.e. B is a necessary condition for C
- Vast majority of the reading public does not have access to such training (B)

Analysis: What can we infer based on the above data?

Vast majority of the reading public do not have access to B
=> Vast majority of the reading public cannot become literature professors (B is a necessary condition for C)
Another Inference:
=> Vast majority of the reading public do not have the ability to judge the greatness of literary works (B is necessary for A as well)

Lets now look at the options.

(A) John's literature professor can judge the greatness of works of literature accurately
Tricky option choice. 
B (training) is necessary for A (ability to judge greatness) - does not imply B is the only necessary condition for A. All we can say is that in the absence of B, A cannot happen. But that does not mean that presence of B will lead to A.

Here, John's literature professor has had the necessary training (B) to become a literature professor (C). This does not mean that the training (B) is sufficient for her to be able to judge the greatness of literary works (A). All we know is that   B is a necessary condition for A, we do not know if B is a sufficient condition  . Even with training, and despite being a literature professor, she may not have the ability to judge the greatness of literary works accurately.

(B) Anyone who is not a literature professor cannot judge the greatness of works of literature accurately
All we know is - 
B (training) is must for C (to become a literature prof). That does not mean that every person who has done B has to necessarily become a literature professor. For all we know, there may be people who have done the training, but not become literature professors. These people will also be able to judge the greatness of literature works.

B is a must for C does not imply all who have done B must be C. For A (judge the greatness), one only needs to have B, not C.

(C) Specialized training like that received by John's literature professor should be more broadly available to members of the reading public
Irrelevant. Nowhere can we infer that such training should be more available. The passage does not talk about how things should be at all.

(D) Literature professors do not belong to the reading public
Vast majority of reading public do not have access -> some of the reading public may have access -> some of these people may do the training and become literature professors. So, this statement is not definitely true, and can be false. Cannot be inferred.

(E) The vast majority of the reading public is unable to judge the greatness of works of literature accurately 
Correct. 
B (training) is a must for A (ability to judge the greatness of literature). Vast majority of reading public do not have access to B (given). So, vast majority of the reading public will not be able to judge the greatness of works of literature.

Hope this helps.

ahabib · Answer

I don't understand why (A) is wrong

If someone can explain, pls tag me

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Doer01 · Answer

Hi  ahabib  ,
 On the same boat here mate. I did choose the correct option but I rejected A only because it cannot explicitly be derived from the passage given. 
After spending a bit of time on it, I reckon I do understand what the passage says.

Specialized training is a requirement, a necessary condition but not a sufficient condition to become a judge.
Lets say that if one has got such specialized training, he/she could either become judge or become literature professor.

If specialized training (A), then literature professor(B) or judge(C).
This automatically become If not A, then not B, and not C.

Only option E could be derived from the given passage. It is given in the passage that the vast majority of the reading public does not have access to this specialized training. i.e. Not A or no training. If not A, then not B.

Hope this helps.

ahabib · Answer

Doer01

I now see how this is a possibility, although it's a stretch imo.

I was also between (A) and (E), and I agree that (E) is more easily derived from the passage.

Thanks for the help!

poopooperson · Answer

ahabib

I fell into the same trap on this apparently straightforward question. I bolded what I believe is the key to your question "John's literature professor believes that the ability to judge the greatness of literacy works accurately  can be  acquired only after years of specialized training"

Going through the training CAN give you that ability, but it's not for certain.

Pakman33 · Answer

BID (Boil it down): training required to judge, training leads to a professorship, not everyone can get training. (A) John's literature professor can judge the greatness of works of literature accurately Training required to judge, training leads to professorship.... Professorship DOES NOT EQUAL judging ability (B) Anyone who is not a literature professor cannot judge the greatness of works of literature accurately Almost fell for this one

.... Same as A ... Professorship DOES NOT EQUAL judging ability .... Somebody could do a Ph.D (Training) and gain the ability to critique, but not be a professor! (C) Specialized training like that received by John's literature professor should be more broadly available to members of the reading public Missing the point entirely ... (D) Literature professors do not belong to the reading public See D (E) The vast majority of the reading public is unable to judge the greatness of works of literature accurately DING DING DING ...

robu1 · Answer

Such training is, in fact, what is required to become a literature professor. :  from this statement, can't we assume that literature professor has such training that is why he/she is literature professor. therefore , he /she can judge.

please clarify...

krishnav89 · Answer

The doubt between A and E can be resolved by only one reason There is no conformation that John's literature professor has gone through years of specialized training. It may chance that while he became professor specialised training wasn't required condition of being a professor.

Adelajne · Answer

(A) John's literature professor can judge the greatness of works of literature accurately
We don't know this for sure. He might not be that good at judging even with specialized training.

(B) Anyone who is not a literature professor cannot judge the greatness of works of literature accurately
Extreme (Anyone)

(C) Specialized training like that received by John's literature professor should be more broadly available to members of the reading public
Not a conclusion but a suggestion

(D) Literature professors do not belong to the reading public. (Irrelevant, cannot conclude)

(E) The vast majority of the reading public is unable to judge the greatness of works of literature accurately ( CORRECT ) 
For sure we can say (conclude from the argument) that the vast majority of the public cannot judge the greatness of literature work

Vede · Answer

For me it came down to  "Such training"  vs  "this training"  i.e. "such ( similar ) training" =/= "this specialized training"

unraveled · Answer

The last sentence is what must precede the conclusion/inference which we are looking for.
True that A can eliminated based on necessary/sufficiency condition, but above logic works(atleast here). Additionally, A is a stretch in the sense that whether can we say that explicitly.

Answer E.

desertEagle · Answer

specialised criteria may not be the sole criteria --- So A is out

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