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Zorluk: ZorIdentifying Argumentative Strategies and Methods of Reasoning

Tech Director: To reduce total carbon emissions across our facilities, we should replace our current air-cooled servers with liquid-cooled units, which require 30%30\% less electricity to operate.

Operations Chief: Implementing liquid cooling requires replacing all server chassis with specialized sealed enclosures. The manufacturing and transportation of these new enclosures generate carbon emissions that exceed the total energy-related emissions saved during the hardware's operational lifespan.

Which of the following best describes the method of reasoning used by the Operations Chief to counter the Tech Director's proposal?

  1. Demonstrating that the process of implementing a proposed remedy generates environmental costs that outweigh its intended benefit.Cevap
  2. B
    Refuting a general physical principle regarding heat transfer by citing empirical manufacturing data.
  3. C
    Confusing an intermediate claim about hardware manufacturing with the primary conclusion of the recommendation.
  4. D
    Challenging an implicit structural analogy by pointing out a flaw in comparing air and liquid server environments.
  5. E
    Treating a qualified objection to hardware deployment as a complete denial of the technology's technical viability.

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The Operations Chief counters the proposal by showing that the carbon emissions produced during the implementation process exceed the operational emissions savings promised by the tech director.
The correct response accurately captures the core strategy of the Operations Chief: evaluating the full lifecycle consequences of the proposal to show that the negative side effects (manufacturing emissions) outweigh the primary benefit (operational electricity reduction).

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1
Analyze the Tech Director's argument structure.
Premise: Liquid cooling uses 30% less electricity. Conclusion: Replacing air-cooled units with liquid-cooled units will lower total carbon emissions.
Understanding the original recommendation's goal (reducing total carbon emissions) is necessary to see how the response addresses it.
2
Analyze the Operations Chief's response.
The Chief introduces new evidence showing that manufacturing and transporting sealed enclosures creates emissions greater than the energy savings over five years.
Identifying the functional role of the new evidence reveals the argumentative strategy.
3
Match the strategy to abstract structural language.
The Chief demonstrates that the side effects of implementing the plan negate the intended net benefit of lowering overall emissions.
GMAT method-of-reasoning questions require selecting the abstract description that correctly generalizes the speaker's logic.

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