Distance learning-CR passage

[soumya2022]

Distance learning offers a potentially lucrative option for learning institutions. Money that would otherwise be spent on classroom space, parking facilities, climate control, and other particulars associated with providing a location-specific service can be diverted to marketing and quality control two crucial factors that can drive new business.

Which of the following can be correctly inferred from the statements above?

A. The costs associated with offering distance learning are lower than those of other instruction methods.
B. Online classes are more convenient for both instructors and students than are classes held at specific geographic locations.
C. Distance learning does not required climate control or parking facilities.
D. Most types of instruction can be effectively conducted in an online setting.
E. Computers and internet access are uniformly available to people in the developed world.

Source : princeton review

This is the psg in which the OA is A for inference..However, option C also was pretty close..Could you please explain why C could be eliminated.

Regards
Soumya

[chetan86]

One question from my side too.

Passage considers only class room and distance learning methods.
We have no idea about 'other instruction methods' mentioned in option A, so how we can consider them while answering the question?

[RonPurewal]

Could you please explain why C could be eliminated.

Regards
Soumya

Ok... so I think I see what they're doing here. I don't know how to put it into general terms, so here's an analogy:
"If you move to the outer suburbs rather than continuing to live downtown, you can take money that you would otherwise have to spend on rent and put it toward your new business."

In this analogy, "money that you'd otherwise have to spend on rent" just means that rent is lower in the suburbs than downtown. It obviously doesn't imply that rent in the suburbs is $0.

I think they're doing the same thing with choice C. I think they want the test taker to think, "Ok, so there are some parking/heating/AC expenses that won't be necessary... but not necessarily all of them." Because, I guess, they might still have to provide these things for teachers and/or administrators.

That's pretty shady, though. The official questions will NEVER engage in this sort of petty nit-picking. The wrong answers will be very clearly wrong.
So, no need to worry about this one. (:

[soumya2022]

Dear Sir,

Thank you for the feedback..
As per your explanation, an inference solution should be 100% right in ALL situations, without there being any possibility that it could be wrong, even if remotely...

Glad to know that the official questions would not have such close shady choices!
:)

warm regards
Soumya

[RonPurewal]

Dear Sir,

Thank you for the feedback..
As per your explanation, an inference solution should be 100% right in ALL situations, without there being any possibility that it could be wrong, even if remotely...

True, at least up to the point of reasonable possibility. (If "objections" exist, but they are outlandish or unreasonable in the real world, then they can be ignored.)

Glad to know that the official questions would not have such close shady choices!
:)

They definitely don't.

In fact, when I first examined this test, I was particularly struck by just how wrong all the wrong answer choices are. They're very, very wrong indeed.
If they seem "close", they seem that way only because the test taker hasn't made the passage "come alive" to a sufficient degree in his/her head. (If these things were real-world conversations, the wrongness of the wrong answers would be apparent both strongly and immediately.)

[soumya2022]

In fact, when I first examined this test, I was particularly struck by just how wrong all the wrong answer choices are. They're very, very wrong indeed.
If they seem "close", they seem that way only because the test taker hasn't made the passage "come alive" to a sufficient degree in his/her head. (If these things were real-world conversations, the wrongness of the wrong answers would be apparent both strongly and immediately.)[/quote]

Bang on, Sir. I have started to visualise, a lot of RC passages about abstract,never heard of subjects, and that actually helps me immensly while picking the right choice.

Thank you for your revert.
Warm Regards
Soumya

[RonPurewal]

You're welcome.