plaverbach wrote:
While most graduate students find that their education has prepared them well for their future careers, some express concern over their education lacking real-world application, having, for example, been given homework that is unrepresentative of realistic scenarios or having been assigned to group projects that do not adequately consider the skills of the individual participants.
(A) having, for example, been given homework that is unrepresentative of realistic scenarios or having been
- Use of "having + past participle / verb" = represents *as a result of* - correct (for more info refer to DmitryFarber's post:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/use-of-havin ... 53479.html)
- "for example" is a non-essential modifier - its placement is not an issue.
- Correct
(B) having, for example, homework that is unrepresentative of realistic scenarios or being
- use of "being" is wrong
- Wrong
- use "being" has been been explained in the previous posts by daagh
(C) as, for example, having too unrealistic a scenario in their homework, or being
- use of "as" is incorrect - "as" is used for following reasons - comparison, reason, to expresses function/role.
- The current use of "as" does not do anything of the above
- use of "being" is incorrect
(D) when they have, for example, been given unrealistic scenarios in their homework, or were
- Use of "when" changes the meaning.
- The sentence states that - the students express concern only when they have been given homework or assigned to projects - not the intended meaning
- Wrong
(E) for example, when they have homework that is unrepresentative of realistic scenarios, or been
- Similar to option D
- Incorrect