Argument Evaluation
These questions may ask you to analyze a given argument and to recognize such things as factors that would strengthen or weaken the given argument;reasoning errors committed in making that argument;or aspects of the method by which the argument proceeds.
Formulating and evaluating a plan of action
This type of question may ask you to recognize such things as the relative appropriateness，effectiveness，or efficiency of different plans of action;factors that would strengthen or weaken the prospects of success for a proposed plan of action;or assumptions underlying a proposed plan of action.
4．2 Test-Taking Strategies for Critical Reasoning Questions
1. Read very carefully the set of statements on which a question is based.
Pay close attention to一
what is put forward as factual information;
what is not said but necessarily follows from what is said;
what is claimed to follow from facts that have been put forward;and
how well substantiated are any claims that a particular conclusion follows from the facts that have been put forward.
In reading the arguments，it is important to pay attention to the logical reasoning used;
the actual truth of statements portrayed as fact is not important.
2.Identify the conclusion.
The conclusion does not necessarily come at the end of the text;it may come somewhere in
the middle，or even at the beginning. Be alert to dues in the text that an argument follows logically from another statement or statements in the text.
3.Determine exactly what each question asks.
You might find it helpful to read the question first，before reading the material on which it is based;don’t assume that you know what you will be asked about an argument.An argument may have obvious flaws，and one question may ask you to detect them.But another question may direct you to select t11e one answer choice that does NOT describe a flaw in the argument.
4.Read all the answer choices carefully.
Do not assume that a given answer is the best without first reading all the choices.
4．3 The Directions
These are the directions you will see for critical reasoning questions when you take the GMAT-test. If you read them carefully and understand them dearly before going to sit for the exam，you will not need to spend too much time reviewing them when you are at the test center and the exam is under way.
For this question，select the best of the answer choices given.