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Free GMAT Two-Part Analysis Practice Question

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A conservation fund supports peatland restoration through two grant tracks. To be eligible for either track, a site must lie within the fund's service region. Track A (rapid carbon) funds an eligible site only if its peat is currently dry and actively releasing stored carbon, so rewetting yields fast emission cuts. Track B (biodiversity) funds an eligible site only if it hosts at least one rare wetland species AND is already wet enough that no rewetting is needed. A site may qualify for at most one track. Six candidate sites are described below.

Select Track A for the one site that qualifies for the rapid-carbon track, and select Track B for the one site that qualifies for the biodiversity track. Make only two selections, one in each column.

Track A (qualifies for rapid-carbon): . Track B (qualifies for biodiversity): .

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Answer & Explanation

Correct answer

1: A dry, actively carbon-releasing peatland in the fund's region, with no rare species recorded. · 2: An already-wet peatland in the fund's region that hosts a rare bog orchid.

Both tracks first require the site to lie within the fund's region. Track A then needs the peat dry and actively releasing carbon. A (in-region, dry, actively releasing) qualifies cleanly. Track B needs a rare species and an already-wet site. E (in-region, already wet, rare bog orchid) qualifies.

The pulls to resist: B has dryness and active carbon release (Track A's biological conditions) and a rare sedge, so it looks like a strong candidate, but it lies outside the fund's region, failing the eligibility gate that governs both tracks; a solver fixated on the carbon conditions misses the regional gate, which is exactly what keeps A unique for Track A. F is the mirror: wet and rare species (a perfect-looking Track B) but also outside the region, disqualified by the same gate. D is in-region and dry but no longer releasing carbon, so rewetting yields no fast cut; it fails Track A's "actively releasing" condition. C is in-region and already wet but hosts no rare species, failing Track B's species condition. The region gate (B, F) plus the within-track failures (C, D) leave A and E as the unique qualifiers.