The point about which the supervisor

Answer choices

1. A

   Unrelated to Goal: sulfur dioxide2% picked this

   Whether the new copper-smelting process releases less sulfur dioxide gas into the atmosphere than

   They aren't disagreeing about what fumes are / aren't emitted. It's just about fuel-efficiency / cost.

   2%
2. B

   Correct60% picked this

   Whether the new copper-smelting process is more expensive to run than

   Why this is right

   Here we have our match. The supervisor said, "I disagree about one point you make, because the new process is extremely fuel-efficient." This objection could only match up with the plant manager's comment that the new process costs more to run than the current one.

   Skill tested: Agree/Disagree · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   60%
3. C

   Potentially Agree2% picked this

   Whether the new process should be adopted in the

   We could probably assume that Person 1 would disagree with this and say, "no, since this will cost us much but bring us no profit, we should not adopt it", but how the supervisor feels about this is a mystery. If anything, her conclusion that "I agree with your overall conclusion" makes it seem like she potentially would agree with the Plant Manager in this case.

   2%
4. D

   Relative vs. Absolute26% picked this

   Whether closed copper-smelting furnaces are more fuel-efficient than

   This is extremely tempting, since it's basically the other phrasing we were thinking of for the disagreement. However, there's a difference between saying "X is extremely fuel-efficient" and saying "X is more fuel-efficient than Y". The supervisor didn't say that the new ones were more efficient than the old ones; maybe the old ones are also extremely fuel-efficient. And the plant manager only talks about the cost of running one vs. the other, so it's a little harder to know whether he is referring specifically to lower fuel-efficiency driving up the cost, as opposed to whether the extra step of reheating the cooled copper is driving up the cost.

   26%
5. E

   Out of Scope Person 210% picked this

   Whether cooling and reheating the copper will cost more than moving it

   Person 2 doesn't get specific enough for us to know how she would feel about cooling/reheating vs. moving it molten form.

   10%