In the past, most children who went sledding in the winter snow in Verland used wooden sleds with runners and steering bars. Ten years ago, smooth plastic sleds became popular; they go faster than wooden sleds but are harder to steer and slow. The concern that plastic sleds are more dangerous is clearly borne out by the fact that the number of children injured while sledding was much higher last winter than it was ten years ago.
Which of the following, if true in Verland, most seriously undermines the force of the evidence cited?
Q30 In the past, most children who went sledding in the winter snow in Verland used wooden sleds with runners and steering bars. Ten years ago, smooth plastic sleds became popular; they go faster than wooden sleds but are harder to steer and slow. The concern that plastic sleds are more dangerous is clearly borne out by the fact that the number of children injured while sledding was much higher last winter than it was ten years ago.
Which of the following, if true in Verland, most seriously undermines the force of the evidence cited?
A.A few children still use traditional wooden sleds.
B.Very few children wear any kind of protective gear, such as helmets, while sledding.
C.Plastic sleds can be used in a much wider variety of snow conditions than wooden sleds can.
D.Most sledding injuries occur when a sled collides with a tree, a rock, or, another sled.
E.Because the traditional wooden sled can carry more than one rider, an accident involving a wooden sled can result in several children being injured.
Q40 A manufacturer of workstations for computer-aided design seeks to increase sales to its most important corporate customers. Its strategy is to publish very low list prices for workstations in order to generate interest among the buyers for those corporations.
Which of the following, if characteristic of the marketplace, would tend to cause the manufacturer’s strategy to fail?
A.The proposed list prices would seem low to a typical buyer for the manufacturer’s most important corporate customers.
B.The capabilities of workstations suitable for given jobs are not significantly different among various manufacturers.
C.The manufacturer’s most important corporate customers employ as buyers persons who are very knowledgeable about prices for workstations for customer-aided design.
D.Customers differ significantly in the percentage of resources they can devote to computer workstations.
E.Buyers for corporations that purchase workstations for computer-aided design receive bonuses for negotiating large discounts from the list price.