The important parts of any university professors job include

Question

The important parts of any university professor’s job include not only classroom teaching but also research, publication, and lectures to colleagues and the public. This is why university professors who are good classroom teachers but have not engaged in any other scholarly activities are usually denied tenure.

The statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?

(A) University professors who have not failed to perform important parts of their jobs are not usually denied tenure.
(B) Some university professors have been denied tenure even though they have done an important part of their jobs well.
(C) University professors who do not engage in other scholarly activities are usually good classroom teachers.
(D) University professors who have engaged in research, publication, and lectures to colleagues and the public are usually granted tenure.
(E) Classroom teaching is the least important part of a university professor’s job

ddtDDT · Answer

The important parts 
_____of any university professor’s job 
include not only classroom teaching but also research, publication, and lectures 
_____to colleagues and the public. 
This is why university professors 
_____who are good classroom teachers 
__________but have not engaged in any other scholarly activities 
_____are usually denied tenure.

1) No conclusion
2) Conditional Indicator: "university professors who are..."
Sufficient : GE : university professors who are good classroom teachers but have not engaged in any other scholarly activities 
Necessary: T : are usually denied tenure 
GE -conditional--> T
Probability Indicator: usually
3) Must be True
4) Expect Correct Ans: Paraphrase/Combination
5) Answer choices

(A) University professors who have not failed to perform important parts of their jobs are not usually denied tenure.
 GE  ->  T  mistake negation: Wrong

(B) Some university professors have been denied tenure even though they have done an important part of their jobs well.
Paraphrase
--> Correct Answer

(C) University professors who do not engage in  other scholarly activities  are usually good classroom teachers.
New Information: Wrong

(D) University professors who have engaged in research, publication, and lectures to colleagues and the public are usually granted tenure.
 GE -> T  mistake negation: Wrong

(E) Classroom teaching is the  least important part  of a university professor’s job 
New information: Wrong
Also, noted that priority/importance inference is a big red flag

unraveled · Answer

The important parts of any university professor’s job include not only classroom teaching but also research, publication, and lectures to colleagues and the public. This is why university professors who are good classroom teachers but have not engaged in any other scholarly activities are usually denied tenure.

The statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?

(A) University professors who have  not failed to perform important parts  of their jobs are not usually denied tenure. - WRONG. Scope shift to unknown territory. Also, Negation wrongly done.
(B)  Some university professors have been denied tenure  even though they have done an important part of their jobs well. - CORRECT. There is always a likelihood that some may have been denied. No denying a fact.
(C) University professors who do not engage in other scholarly activities  are usually good classroom teachers . - WRONG. Like A negation wrongly done. Reversal case not necessarily true.
(D) University professors  who have engaged  in research, publication, and lectures to colleagues and the public are  usually granted tenure . - WRONG. Trap and it is best in doing that. Something similar to A but does it explicitly. Wrong negation also. 
(E) Classroom teaching is the  least important part  of a university professor’s job - WRONG. Irrelevant to the core of the conclusion.

It basically roughly says

No engagement other than teaching means no tenure.

Answer B.

nikitathegreat · Answer

GMATNinja & KarishmaB - The first part negation is wrong because we know if they dont do those 2 things then they are usually denied tenure but if they do it then we dont know if they will be tenured for sure. Those are necessary conditions but not sufficient conditions?

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KarishmaB · Answer

Given:
- The important parts of any university professor’s job include not only classroom teaching but also research, publication, and lectures to colleagues and the public. 
- This is why university professors who are good classroom teachers but have not engaged in any other scholarly activities are usually denied tenure.

These two statements are given to be true - that imp parts are classroom and other things. Those who are good in the classroom but do not engage in other things are denied tenure because of their non-engagement.

What does this imply? That some who are good in the class have been denied tenure.

(B) Some university professors have been denied tenure even though they have done an important part of their jobs well.
an important part - the classroom part

(A) University professors who have not failed to perform important parts of their jobs are not usually denied tenure.
Nothing in the argument suggests this. We do not know whether those who do all parts of their job well get tenure or not. Perhaps there are limited tenure positions and many of even those who perform important parts and also denied tenure. The reason for denying them tenure could be different. All we know is why those who do not engage in some important parts of their job are denied tenure.

Answer (B)

nikitathegreat  - In that sense, it is not about necessary and sufficient conditions but actually about whether the option is even within our scope.

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