Bus company president: A city councilman has stated his

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Bus company president: A city councilman has stated his objection to the claim that the city buses are dangerous. This is clearly untrue. None of the new buses in use has ever been crashed or even had a serious malfunction.
City councilman: The problem with the new buses is not that they malfunction, but that they are so flamboyantly painted that other drivers on the road are distracted and this may cause accidents.

The councilman responds to the bus company president by doing which of the following?

(A) Characterizing the bus company president’s assertion as stemming from subjective interest rather than from objective evaluation of the facts 
(B) Drawing attention to the fact that the bus company president’s interpretation of the word “dangerous” is too narrow 
(C) Invoking evidence that the bus company president has explicitly dismissed as irrelevant the point at issue 
(D) Citing statistical evidence that refutes the bus company president’s claim 
(E) Casting doubt on the extent of the bus company president’s knowledge of the number of recent traffic accidents

vksunder · Answer

Another B.

Seems like everyone has picked B on this one = Great minds think alike:)

rao · Answer

IMO B,

Bus company president thinks dangerous means only "crashed or a serious malfunction"

Zatarra · Answer

Guys should post explanations as well.This forum is meant for give and take.

mainhoon · Answer

"Stated his objection to the claim that the city buses are dangerous" what does this statement mean? The cityman objected to the claim that the buses are dangerous? Should it not be that he was objection to the claim that they were safe? If you object to the claim that the bus was dangerous, you are saying the bus is safe...

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hemanthp · Answer

(A) Characterizing the bus company president’s assertion as stemming from subjective interest rather than from objective evaluation of the facts -   Actually the president is objective.   
(B) Drawing attention to the fact that the bus company president’s interpretation of the word “dangerous” is too narrow -   This is the argument.  
(C) Invoking evidence that the bus company president has explicitly dismissed as irrelevant the point at issue -   Company president never explicitly dismissed the color issue.   
(D) Citing statistical evidence that refutes the bus company president’s claim -   No statistical evidence is cited.  
(E) Casting doubt on the extent of the bus company president’s knowledge of the number of recent traffic accidents -   councilman says accidents MAY happen. So the recent traffic accidents and the related number is irrelevant.

adishail · Answer

I thought the same ......... the claim is that the buses are unsafe .......... objection to the claim - buses are safe !

hemanthp · Answer

Bus company president: A city councilman has stated his objection to the claim that the city buses are dangerous. This is clearly untrue.

This is a statement by the bus company president. And he is saying that the what city councilman said about buses being dangerous is untrue.

I agree its slightly confusing.

Thank you.

varun2410 · Answer

for Me Ans B ,as the councilman agree with Bus company president and same time he draw attention of Bus company president toward colour off buses

rahuljaiswal · Answer

I agree...the wording's incorrect here...although dismissed that thought as soon as i read the councilman's version...
Ans is B!!!

agnok · Answer

B it is

gmat1011 · Answer

Question has to read:

Bus company president: A city councilman has stated his objection to the claim that the city buses are SAFE. This is clearly untrue.

If it says "dangerous" instead of safe, then as others have pointed out above, the statement would not make sense given the context of the exchange bw the Prez and the Councilman.

saxenashobhit · Answer

I eliminated C, D and E. Between A and B , A says council member was characterising which is not true. So B

mbasaikiran · Answer

Eliminated A, D and E. Between B and C, C has the word 'explicitly' which is not justified by the argument. Hence selected B.

HaasEWMBA2015 · Answer

As gmat1011 and others have stated, the question is worded incorrectly. Based on the answer choices, I went ahead and corrected the stimulus in my head in order to select B as the correct answer.

The city council does not object to the statement that city buses are dangerous, he actually supports that statement!

Bowtie · Answer

+ 1 B. isnt ideal, but is by far the only that fits

u0422811 · Answer

B for me. Nice non-traditional CR question BTW.

OldFritz · Answer

Faulty wording in the question. Based on what's underlined, the interpretation is that the city councilman thinks that the busy are dangerous.
Please reword appropriately. Thanks.

Cheers,
Der alte Fritz.

Marcab · Answer

Poor wording of the stimulus.
MODERATORS please rephrase the question. Such questions will only help in wasting one's time.

mourinhogmat1 · Answer

I agree the stimulus I read meant to say
City Councilman : City Buses are not dangerous
Bus company president: This is untrue. City Buses are dangerous. 
WTF?

Bus company president: A city councilman has stated his

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