Jim: I hear that the company

Answer choices

1. A

   Bad Match4% picked this

   In order to be fair, a business must pay identical salaries to employees

   This makes fairness depend on identical duties. Neither speaker mentions duties — they argue from tenure. Tasha's case (equal tenure, equal pay) might be defensible under this principle if the 35 employees have identical duties, but Jim's case is about longer tenure earning at least as much, regardless of duties. The principle doesn't justify Jim's position.

   4%
2. B

   Bad Match11% picked this

   In order to be fair, a business must pay an employee a salary commensurate with his or her

   This grounds fairness in experience in the field generally, not in tenure at this company. Both Jim and Tasha use tenure-at-the-company language ("I have worked here longer," "have been here the same length of time you have"). Field experience is broader than the at-company metric they use.

   11%
3. C

   Too Strong11% picked this

   In order to be fair, a business must always pay one employee more than another if the first employee has worked for the

   This says longer tenure must always mean higher pay ("must always pay one employee more"). That contradicts Tasha's case directly: 35 employees have the same tenure as Jim and the same pay. Under this principle, all 35 would have to be paid different amounts — which Tasha calls fair. Tasha's position is incompatible with this principle.

   11%
4. D

   Correct72% picked this

   In order to be fair, a business must never pay one employee more than another unless the first employee has worked for the

   Why this is right

   This is the unifying principle. "Never pay one employee more than another unless the first has worked there longer." Apply to Jim: Fred/Dorothy haven't worked longer than Jim, so they can't be paid more than him — unless Jim is also raised to match. ✓ Apply to Tasha: Jim hasn't worked longer than the other 35 (they're equal), so he can't be paid more than them — meaning if Jim is raised, they must be raised too. ✓ Both positions follow.

   Skill tested: Principle-Strengthen · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   72%
5. E

   Bad Match2% picked this

   In order to be fair, a business must always pay employees a salary commensurate with the amount of

   This bases fairness on hours worked per day, but neither speaker mentions daily hours — they reason about cumulative tenure. The principle doesn't track either argument.

   2%