GMAT Frage der Woche
MBA Center - 14.10.2009
Der Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) ist ein englischsprachiger Standard-Test, mit dem Business Schools die Eignung ihrer Bewerber testen. Die Ergebnisse des computergestützten Tests können zwischen 200 und 800 Punkten liegen, üblich sind Ergebnisse zwischen 400 und 600 Punkten. Je besser das Ergebnis, desto höher sind die Chancen für die Zulassung an einer Business School. Auch wenn der GMAT-Wert nie allein ausschlaggebend ist. MBA Channel stellt Ihnen jede Woche eine Beispielfrage.
The initial causes of fatal aircraft crashes is usually not the result of mechanical failures on the planes. Rather, most initial causes have been attributed to human error, as when a Greek flight crew lost consciousness after forgetting to switch the cabin pressurization to “Auto,” or when an American flight instructor under media pressure allowed his student to take off in a plane that was overweight in bad weather conditions. Such everyday oversights cannot be thought unlikely to occur over the long run.
Right answer: (D)
Identify the conclusion and the premise(s):
Premise: In the mid-twentieth century a group of otherwise average patients from Migsville was instructed to take aspirin daily for the rest of their lives to treat their incurable headaches.
Premise: Since that time, very few of these patients has ever suffered from heart attack, which has become one of the leading causes of death in the country, and their blood lipid count was much lower than the national average.
Conclusion: It follows that aspirin can reduce the risk of death.
Explanations:
There are two ways this conclusion could be strengthened: the correlation could be more generalized, or other explanations for the lower heart attack rate could be ruled out. The correct answer will be one of these.
Scan each answer choice eliminating progressively each “wrong” answer to finish with the “best” answer:
(D), therefore, is the right answer. (A) or (B) would tend to offer alternative explanations; (C) talks about a connection between symptoms but does not clearly establish whether the cure for one will help the other. (E), if true, suggests an overall lower heart attack rate, which was clearly not the case.
