Faced with a financial crisis,

Answer choices

1. A

   Weakens2% picked this

   The computer center did not use all of the $4 million that was budgeted to

   We were looking for the opposite of this. If they still have some money from last year, and they combine it with the $1.5 M they're getting in this year's budget, then they potentially have the $2.5 M they need to operate this year. So this weakens the argument.

   2%
2. B

   Unrelated to Goal2% picked this

   The budgets of other programs at the university were

   We don't care about any other programs. We just need to prove that the computer center has less than $2.5 M to work with this year. We know they're only receiving $1.5 M from the budget, but the correct answer needs to extinguish the possibility that they get the missing million from elsewhere.

   2%
3. C

   Correct89% picked this

   The computer center has no source of funds other than those budgeted to it for the coming year by

   Why this is right

   We need to prove that the computer center has less than $2.5 M to work with this year, because that proves that there is no way for the center to be kept operating for the coming year. We know they're only receiving $1.5 M from the budget, but the correct answer needs to extinguish the possibility that they get the missing million from elsewhere. This answer does just that. It says that the budget money is the only source of funds. Thus, the center only has $1.5 M, thus they fall short of the minimum $2.5 M required to operate. So we've proven the conclusion that they can't operate this year.

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

   89%
4. D

   Unrelated to Goal7% picked this

   No funds from any program at the university can be diverted

   We don't care about any other programs. We need to prove that the computer center has less than $2.5 M to work with this year. We know they're only receiving $1.5 M from the budget, but the correct answer needs to extinguish the possibility that they get the missing million from elsewhere.

   7%
5. E

   Unrelated to Goal1% picked this

   The board of trustees at the university value other programs at the university more highly than they

   We don't care about how much the trustees value this program or that program. We have to prove that the computer center has less than $2.5 M to work with this year. We know they're only receiving $1.5 M from the budget, but the correct answer needs to extinguish the possibility that they get the missing million from elsewhere.

   1%