The Bears will Not Attempt a Two-Point Conversion After the Upcoming

Question: The Bears will not attempt a two-point conversion after the upcoming touchdown. After all, if a team scores a touchdown and attempts a two-point conversion, it suggests that the team is behind, and the bears are winning by 7 points.

Which of the following arguments most closely mimics the reasoning used in the above argument?

1. If a new workplace injury policy is instituted, it can generally be traced back to a recent incident. There have been no recent incidents, therefore, there must be no new workplace injury policies.
2. Since store X has not placed its newest action figure on "supersale," its sales must be exceeding expectations. After all, If store X places an item on "supersale," it is an indication that the item is not selling well.
3. If a teacher suspects that students aren't completing their homework, they will give a pop-quiz. Dr. Ramirez gave a pop-quiz in class today, so she must have suspected students were not completing their homework.
4. Eduardo will not compete in the upcoming triathlon. If temperatures are expected to exceed 75 degrees, Eduardo elects not to participate in available triathlon events, and temperatures are expected to reach nearly 90 degrees.
5. John plans to buy a new car when his vehicle's mileage exceeds 200,000 miles. John's vehicle currently has 170,000 miles, so he will not yet purchase new vehicle.

“The Bears will not attempt a two-point conversion after the upcoming touchdown. After all, if a team scores a touchdown and attempts a two-point conversion, it suggests that the team is behind, and the bears are winning by 7 points.” – this is a GMAT Critical question. This particular GMAT Critical Reasoning topic has been taken from the book ‘ GMAT official Verbal Review’. In this particular topic, candidates need to choose the option that best suits the passage. GMAT critical reasoning tests the logical and analytical skills of the candidates. Critical reasoning in GMAT requires candidates to find the strengths and weaknesses of the argument, or find the logical flaw in the argument.  The GMAT CR section contains 10 -13 GMAT critical reasoning questions out of 36 GMAT verbal questions.

Answer: A
Explanation: This is a GMAT critical reasoning question. An assumption is an implied hypothesis. We are looking for something that is implied in the argument. In case it is wrong or maybe disable the argument.

Let's go through the given assumptions that fits the argument:

1. Correct. 
   The assumption states that new policy brought recent incident. But the no recent incident brought new policy. Hence the resoning matches the argument. Therefore option A is the correct answer. 
2. Incorrect.
   The assumption implies that during supersale, the sale is not well. But it is opposite during no supersale. Hence option B is incorrect. 
3. Incorrect
   The assumption implies that during pop-up quizzes there is no homework. Hence option C is incorrect. 
4. Incorrect.
   The assumption states that the temperature is above 75 degrees, so there was no participation. But later it implied that when the temperature becomes equivalent to 90 degrees then there is no participation as well. Option D is incorrect. 
5. Incorrect.
   The assumption implies that mileage increases up to 200,000 miles in the new car. But later the mileage decreases up to 200,000 miles in the new car. Hence option E is incorrect. 

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