Old GMAT Test Q, Paper 8 :: Manhattan GMAT Forums

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:04 am

GMAT ETS Paper 8

Q11: There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing.

A. There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of
monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion
through overfishing.
B. There are no legal limits on the size of monkfish that can be caught, unlike cod or
haddock, a circumstance that contributes to depleting them because they are being
overfished.
C. There are legal limits on the size of cod and haddock that can be caught, but not
for monkfish, which contributes to its depletion through overfishing.
D. Unlike cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish,
which contributes to its depletion by being overfished.
E. Unlike catching cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching
monkfish, contributing to their depletion because they are overfished.

Ans is given as C. I feel C has a comparison issue and the which refers incorrectly to monkfish thereby changing the intended meaning.

Please help

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 8:04 pm

Are you getting this directly from the official GMAC source, or have you gotten it through someone else? C is not a good answer. I'd go with A myself.

Aside from that, I don't recommend studying from the old paper tests. It's a totally different era and that company no longer even writes the test.

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:11 am

Ive downloaded this from somewhere on the net.
Thanks.

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:10 am

I second Stacey on this one. C is riddled with errors, while A is the "cream of the crap." None of the choices, however, is good enough to be a credited response on a current Official GMAT.

-dan

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:28 am

Hi

Why couldn't E be the choice? Would you please explain the choice A and E in detail.

Thanks,

Aishwary

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:44 pm

Aishwary, the primary problem with E is the comparison error: the sentence is trying to compare size limits for catching different types of fish; E, however, compares "catching" to "size limits" (and doesn't even do so clearly!).

As Stacey said in her original post, this is simply a poorly written question. I would disregard it, as it does little to benefit your GMAT preparation.

-dan