Critical Reasoning

Editorialist: Drivers with a large number of demerit points who additionally have been convicted of a serious driving-relative offense should either be sentenced to jail or be forced to receive driver reeducation, since to do otherwise would be to allow a crime to go unpunished. Only if such drivers are likely to be made more responsible drivers should driver re-education be recommended for them. Unfortunately, it is always almost impossible to make drivers with a large number of demerit points more responsible drivers.

　　If the editorialist's statements are true, they provide the most support for which one of the following?

　　(A) Drivers with a large number of demerit points who have been convicted of a serious driving-related offense should be sent to jail.

　　(B) Driver re-education offers the best chance of making drivers with a large number of demerit points responsible drivers.

　　(C) Driver re-education is not a harsh enough punishment for anyone convicted of a serious driving-related offense who has also

　　(D) Driver re-education should not be recommended for those who have committed no serious

　　(E) Drivers with a larger number of demerit points but no conviction for a serious driving-related offense should receive driver re-education rather than jail

IMO A.

choices C and D are incomplete...?

IMO C is best here. Passage is continuously focused upon re-education and that is the key here. After reading the passage I started looking something, which tells me that after taking the education driver is not responsible. C does the same thing. Therefore, C is good here. What is OA? I took 2 minutes.

IMO A

Drivers with a large number of demerit points should either be sentenced to jail or be forced to receive driver reeducation.

But last sentence of the psg ruled out reeducation part. So they should be sent to jail. So its A.

OA : A

neoreaves wrote:OA : A

can you explain why OA is A instead of C?

diebeatsthegmat wrote: can you explain why OA is A instead of C?

Option C is out of scope, i think.

The argument goes something like this.

Drivers with a large number of demerit points should be either
1) sentenced to jail
or
2) be forced to receive driver reeducation

Then we are told that only if such drivers are likely to be made more responsible drivers should driver re-education be recommended for them.

We are further told that Drivers with a large number of demerit points are almost impossible to be responsible drivers. So this statement rules out one of the two possible actions suggested against the drivers. We are left with only one option and that is to sent them to jail.

There is nowhere mention of the word harsh here. It is not given that punishment should depend harshness. Initially, the argument suggests two options and later rules out one option based on additional information.

Hope that helps...

hardik.jadeja wrote:

diebeatsthegmat wrote: can you explain why OA is A instead of C?

Option C is out of scope, i think.

The argument goes something like this.

Drivers with a large number of demerit points should be either
1) sentenced to jail
or
2) be forced to receive driver reeducation

Then we are told that only if such drivers are likely to be made more responsible drivers should driver re-education be recommended for them.

We are further told that Drivers with a large number of demerit points are almost impossible to be responsible drivers. So this statement rules out one of the two possible actions suggested against the drivers. We are left with only one option and that is to sent them to jail.

There is nowhere mention of the word harsh here. It is not given that punishment should depend harshness. Initially, the argument suggests two options and later rules out one option based on additional information.

Hope that helps...

Dont agree with A here.

Unfortunately, it is always almost impossible to make drivers with a large number of demerit points more responsible drivers.
This does not prove that they should be sent to Jail always..

Shawshank wrote:[
Dont agree with A here.

Unfortunately, it is always almost impossible to make drivers with a large number of demerit points more responsible drivers.
This does not prove that they should be sent to Jail always..

Well I did notice the "almost impossible" part that you highlighted.. But A looks best among the given options. All the other options are 100% wrong.

And as far as I know, verbal section on GMAT isn't like the quant section. Sometimes you may have to choose the best possible answer. The correct answers of verbal section may not be 100% correct like answers of quant questions.

This is true not only for CR, but also for SC and RC. I am sure you must have come across such SC questions.