GWD12-22 尚未解决的讨论

GWD 12Q22:

Denoma, a major consumer-electronics maker, had a sizeable decline in sales revenue for its most recent fiscal year.  This result appears surprising, because electronics retailers report that although their overall sales were considerably lower than in the previous year, their sales revenue from Denoma models actually grew, largely thanks to some innovative and popular models that Denoma introduced.

Which of the following, if true, does most to explain the apparently surprising result?

1. Because of the need to educate the public about its new models’ capabilities, Denoma’s advertising spending was higher than normal over the period.

2. For the period at issue, Denoma’s major competitors reported declines in revenue that were, in percentage terms, greater than Denoma’s.

3. A significant proportion of Denoma’s revenue comes from making components for other consumer-electronics manufacturers.

4. Unlike some of its major competitors, Denoma has no lines of business outside consumer electronics to provide revenue when retail sales of consumer electronics are weak.

5. During the period, consumer-electronics retailers sold remaining units of Denoma’s superseded models at prices that were deeply discounted from those models’ original prices.

答案是C。E为什么不对？前面有些人说E对，但没有给出理由。。。

E。During the period, consumer-electronics retailers sold remaining units of Denoma’s superseded models at prices that were deeply discounted from those models’ original prices.

E有两点不好

1。原文说Denoma发明了新设备，而E说的是Denoma的旧设备，无法解释原文问题的差异

2。retailers销售Denoma旧货打折，将导致retailers自己的收入下降，不会影响到Denoma的收入

有点清晰。

问题问的是：Denoma自己revenue下降，retailers却Denoma models的revenue上升了。

C说D的产品大部分是贴牌的。

开始我不选C是因为C没说贴牌的那部分的情况。后来发现其实说了：retailers其他的revenue大幅下降了。

两位澄清了我对E的误解：retailers的price与Denoma的revenue(retailers的cost)没有直接关系。

~~~~~~~``谁说做这种题不要一点商业基础呢。。。