The following text is adapted from a 2024 community meeting transcript. City council member Maria Rodriguez is outlining the implementation...
GMAT Craft and Structure : (Structure) Questions
The following text is adapted from a 2024 community meeting transcript. City council member Maria Rodriguez is outlining the implementation approach for a approved neighborhood improvement initiative.
Rodriguez explained that the project would begin with a comprehensive site assessment to identify specific infrastructure needs, followed by a public bidding process to select contractors with demonstrated community experience. The implementation would proceed in three phases: first addressing essential utilities, then focusing on accessibility improvements, and finally completing aesthetic enhancements. She detailed how each phase would include progress checkpoints with resident feedback sessions, coordination with existing city maintenance schedules, and documentation protocols to ensure quality standards throughout the process.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
To outline Rodriguez's systematic approach for implementing the infrastructure project
To indicate that Rodriguez's proposal differs significantly from previous community improvement efforts
To present Rodriguez's assurance that the project will be reasonable and considerate of resident concerns
To establish that Rodriguez believes the community survey results strongly mandate immediate action
Step 1: Decode and Map the Passage
Part A: Passage Analysis Table
| Text from Passage | Analysis |
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| 'Rodriguez explained that the project would begin with a comprehensive site assessment to identify specific infrastructure needs, followed by a public bidding process to select contractors with demonstrated community experience.' |
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| 'The implementation would proceed in three phases: first addressing essential utilities, then focusing on accessibility improvements, and finally completing aesthetic enhancements.' |
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| 'She detailed how each phase would include progress checkpoints with resident feedback sessions, coordination with existing city maintenance schedules, and documentation protocols to ensure quality standards throughout the process.' |
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Part B: Passage Architecture & Core Elements
Main Point: Rodriguez outlines a systematic, multi-phase approach for implementing the approved neighborhood improvement initiative.
Argument Flow: Rodriguez begins by explaining the preliminary steps (assessment and contractor selection), then details the three-phase implementation structure, and finally describes the consistent oversight and feedback mechanisms that will apply throughout all phases.
Step 2: Interpret the Question Precisely
This is a fill-in-the-blank question asking us to choose the best logical connector. The answer must create the right relationship between what comes before and after the blank.
Step 3: Prethink the Answer
- The right answer should identify that the main purpose is Rodriguez presenting her systematic implementation approach
To outline Rodriguez's systematic approach for implementing the infrastructure project
✓ Correct
- This matches exactly what Rodriguez does throughout the text - she outlines her systematic approach
- The passage shows a clear sequence: assessment → bidding → three phases → ongoing oversight processes
To indicate that Rodriguez's proposal differs significantly from previous community improvement efforts
✗ Incorrect
- Claims the text indicates Rodriguez's proposal differs from previous efforts
- The passage never mentions or compares to previous community improvement efforts
To present Rodriguez's assurance that the project will be reasonable and considerate of resident concerns
✗ Incorrect
- Suggests the purpose is to present Rodriguez's assurance about being reasonable and considerate
- While resident feedback sessions are mentioned, the main purpose isn't providing reassurance
To establish that Rodriguez believes the community survey results strongly mandate immediate action
✗ Incorrect
- Claims the text establishes that survey results mandate immediate action
- No community survey results are mentioned anywhere in the passage