The federal government of Byrcenstein has noted that an increasing

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The federal government of Byrcenstein has noted that an increasing amount of the funding it provides to its province-level initiatives is lost to misappropriations. Provinces with oversight institutions that monitor federal spending within the province are much less likely to see the misappropriation of federal funds than are other provinces. Consequently, the federal government, as part of an effort to reduce misappropriation, will offer additional funding to every province that sets up such an oversight institution.

Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest indication that the plan is likely to achieve its goal?

A. In five years or so, the additional funding that the federal government of Byrcenstein will be offering will amount to more than the cost of setting up an oversight institution to monitor federal spending within the province.
B. The number of provinces that have reported the misappropriation of federal funding in the past year is higher for Byrcenstein than for other countries.
C. The reduction in the risk of the misappropriation due to the establishment of oversight institutions is greatest when only a few provinces have such institutions.
D. Currently, the federal government of Byrcenstein cannot legally decrease the amount of funding it provides to its province-level initiatives.
E. The amount of funding that is provided to province-level initiatives by the federal government of Byrcenstein and lost to misappropriations has been higher for certain types of initiatives than for others.

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Lokesh3 · Answer

B - Irrelevant, nothing to do with other countries
C - Weakener, reduction in risk decreases with increase in number of provinces with institutions
D - Irrelevant
E - Irrelevant, Even if the misappropriation is smaller than others, still it can be reduced
A - Correct Answer

Saks116 · Answer

IMO A- Correct, gives the reasons, if this idea is adopted than still the expenditure will be less than the current occurring. 
B- Having less or more oversight institutions compared to other countries won’t reflect the effectiveness of idea. 
C - Providing the conditions when the plan can be effective not strengthening why it will work. 
D - not seeking only solution here. 
E- Weakening it

vasu1104 · Answer

increasing amount of funding is lost to misappropriations. 
 oversight institutions that monitor spending are much less likely to see the misappropriation than others. 
 conclusion= to reduce misappropriations, gov will offer additional funding to every province thsat sets up such an oversight institution. 
 assumption- oversight institution usually find the misappropriation.

A. In five years or so, the additional funding that the federal government of Byrcenstein will be offering will amount to more than the cost of setting up an oversight institution to monitor federal spending within the province. 
 if the cost of set up is less and provinces are receiving more money then it make sense that they will accept the suggestion and build oversight institution. so this clearly strengthen it.

B. The number of provinces that have reported the misappropriation of federal funding in the past year is higher for Byrcenstein than for other countries.
this is comparing B's situation with other countries but thats not the point here. Reject

C. The reduction in the risk of the misappropriation due to the establishment of oversight institutions is greatest when only a few provinces have such institutions.
if thats case then this might weaken plan. because passage says that any province thast sets up such institutions will get additional funding so in that manner more will have such institution and hence the plan will weaken based on this choice. Reject.

D. Currently, the federal government of Byrcenstein cannot legally decrease the amount of funding it provides to its province-level initiatives. 
 but that doesnt have any impact on the plan. reject.

E. The amount of funding that is provided to province-level initiatives by the federal government of Byrcenstein and lost to misappropriations has been higher for certain types of initiatives than for others.|
this compared this mentioned initiatives with other but thats not the case at all. reject.

EtaCarnia · Answer

Is it really a 805 level question?

Lokesh3 · Answer

No, initially the OA was marked incorrectly as option C. Later it was changed to option A. Difficulty level calculated based on no of wrong attempts. So at first it was assigned difficulty 805+, I think it is medium one 605-55 level.

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

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