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#37540
Complete Question Explanation
Must Be True, FL. The correct answer choice is (E)
This stimulus provides only a fact set, since the author draws no conclusions. First, we are provided with two general pieces of information about most large nurseries:
The author goes on to discuss a particular shipment: the shipment of raspberry plants that Wally’s Plants sent to Johnson carried a common virus.
The stimulus is followed by a Must Be True question, so the correct answer choice will be the one that passes the Fact Test, and can be confirmed by the information provided in the stimulus.
Answer choice (A): If Wally’s is not a large nursery, then the information provided by the author is not very helpful—we know two things about most large nurseries, but nothing about smaller nurseries (such as Wally’s, in this case). If Wally’s is not a large nursery, there is no way to assess the likelihood that the raspberry plants were guaranteed disease free.
Answer choice (B): The conditional answer presented here is that if the shipment was not entirely as guaranteed, Johnson is probably not a commercial raspberry grower:
Answer choice (C): All we know from the stimulus is that most large nurseries sell primarily to commercial raspberry growers—not exclusively. Since we know nothing about non-commercial raspberry growers (they might still deal with large nurseries), knowing that Johnsons is not a commercial raspberry grower would not allow us to determine the likelihood of Wally’s Plants’ being a large nursery.
Answer choice (D): Although the author of the stimulus provides that most large nurseries sell primarily to commercial raspberry growers, knowing that a particular store sells primarily to commercial raspberry growers does not tell us whether or not that store is a large nursery. And although the recent shipment of raspberries carried a virus, we cannot conclude based on this information that Wally’s is not well run (it is important to note that the no-virus guarantee merely puts the responsibility on the guarantor—this is not the same as asserting that virus-free raspberries are an absolute certainty).
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. If the sender is indeed a large nursery, then the first piece of information is relevant. That means that Wally’s plants is likely to sell primarily to commercial growers, and is likely to sell only plants that are guaranteed to be disease-free (these two points are both likely because we know that they are true for most large nurseries). If this is the case, and the shipment was probably guaranteed to be disease-free, then we can also safely say that the shipment was probably not entirely as guaranteed.
Must Be True, FL. The correct answer choice is (E)
This stimulus provides only a fact set, since the author draws no conclusions. First, we are provided with two general pieces of information about most large nurseries:
- I.
Most large nurseries sell primarily to commercial raspberry growers.
II. Most large nurseries sell only plants that are guaranteed to be disease-free
The author goes on to discuss a particular shipment: the shipment of raspberry plants that Wally’s Plants sent to Johnson carried a common virus.
The stimulus is followed by a Must Be True question, so the correct answer choice will be the one that passes the Fact Test, and can be confirmed by the information provided in the stimulus.
Answer choice (A): If Wally’s is not a large nursery, then the information provided by the author is not very helpful—we know two things about most large nurseries, but nothing about smaller nurseries (such as Wally’s, in this case). If Wally’s is not a large nursery, there is no way to assess the likelihood that the raspberry plants were guaranteed disease free.
Answer choice (B): The conditional answer presented here is that if the shipment was not entirely as guaranteed, Johnson is probably not a commercial raspberry grower:
- Shipment not as guaranteed
Johnson probably not a commercial grower
- large nurseries
sell only plants guaranteed to be disease free
- Sell only plants guaranteed disease free
large nurseries
Answer choice (C): All we know from the stimulus is that most large nurseries sell primarily to commercial raspberry growers—not exclusively. Since we know nothing about non-commercial raspberry growers (they might still deal with large nurseries), knowing that Johnsons is not a commercial raspberry grower would not allow us to determine the likelihood of Wally’s Plants’ being a large nursery.
Answer choice (D): Although the author of the stimulus provides that most large nurseries sell primarily to commercial raspberry growers, knowing that a particular store sells primarily to commercial raspberry growers does not tell us whether or not that store is a large nursery. And although the recent shipment of raspberries carried a virus, we cannot conclude based on this information that Wally’s is not well run (it is important to note that the no-virus guarantee merely puts the responsibility on the guarantor—this is not the same as asserting that virus-free raspberries are an absolute certainty).
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. If the sender is indeed a large nursery, then the first piece of information is relevant. That means that Wally’s plants is likely to sell primarily to commercial growers, and is likely to sell only plants that are guaranteed to be disease-free (these two points are both likely because we know that they are true for most large nurseries). If this is the case, and the shipment was probably guaranteed to be disease-free, then we can also safely say that the shipment was probably not entirely as guaranteed.
