PT120 S4 Q25 ExplanationInflation rates will not stabilize

Answer choices, explained

1. A

   Weak Conclusion / Evidence Match26% picked this

   If factory safety is a serious concern, each employee must report potentially hazardous situations. Only with full employee participation in the safety program will

   The conclusion here is conditional, if not everyone's ? then don't expect cooperation improved safety The original conclusion was not conditional, so that would be the quickest way to distance ourselves from this one. If we read through it and checked whether we got an A ? B ? C chain of premises, the two premises are conditional but they don't chain together. "Full employee participation" is the right side of both conditional premises. factory safety ? full employee serious concern participation preventing/correcting ? full employee hazards & accidents participation

   26%
2. B

   Bad Conclusion Match4% picked this

   If the board is serious about improving management efficiency, it must eliminate organizational redundancy. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to eliminate wasteful redundancy

   The premises here do chain together, board serious eliminate about improving ? organizational management efficiency redundancy eliminate dismiss a # organizational ? of senior emp's redundancy And the 3rd part of the chain does sound like an unlikely idea (it's hard to fire a lot of senior employees). But the matching conclusion would be something like, "Thus, it would be overly optimistic to expect the the board to get serious about improving management efficiency".

   4%
3. C

   Bad Conclusion Match7% picked this

   Only if we thoroughly examine all options will we be able to arrive at the optimal decision. Such a thorough examination, however, will necessitate

   The conclusion here is conditional, arrive at optimal ? delay presentation decision of proposal The original conclusion was not conditional, so that would be the quickest way to distance ourselves from this one. If we read through it and checked whether we got an A ? B ? C chain of premises, the two premises are conditionals that chain together. arrive at ? thoroughly optimal decision examine all options thoroughly ? delay presentation examine all options of proposal The correct conclusion would have said, "Thus, it would be overly optimistic to expect that we will arrive at the optimal decision".

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4. D

   Correct61% picked this

   If we are to produce the safest vehicles possible, we must conduct objective structural tests. However, the performance of such objective tests will inevitably

   Why this is right

   This ends up being our best available match, even though it's imperfect. Our two premises do give us the A ? B ? C chain we're looking for. Produce ? conduct ? huge cost safest vehicles objective overruns possible structural tests Just as in the original, the tail of the chain is a highly unlikely idea (no business wants to tolerate huge cost overruns). Like the original, the conclusion is saying that the head of the chain won't happen; we won't be getting the safest vehicles possible. Unlike the original, this conclusion is certain of itself, whereas the original conclusion only had probable strength. Often, that sort of mismatch can be a deal breaker, but this problem serves as a good reminder that we have to relax our standards somewhat if we don't find any answer that perfectly matches.

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

   61%
5. E

   Bad Conclusion Match3% picked this

   If honesty is the best policy, we should report our company’s poor performance in the last year. But if we do so, we will

   Instead of concluding that the head of the chain won't happen, this argument concludes that the middle of the chain won't happen. The two premises link up to give us this chain: honesty is ? report last ? risk our jobs + best policy years poor investors mad performance The correct matching conclusion would say, "Thus, it would be overly optimistic to think that honesty is the best policy".

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