Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT126 S3 Q4 Explanation

Cassie: In order to improve

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Stimulus

Cassie: In order to improve the quality of customer service provided by our real estate agency, we should reduce client loads—the number of clients to serve at one time.

Melvin: Although smaller client loads are desirable, reducing client loads at our agency is simply not feasible. We already find it very difficult to recruit enough qualified agents; recruiting even more agents, which would client loads, is out of the question.

What this question is testing

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Your task

Find the choice that makes the argument's conclusion less likely to be true.

Common trap

Answers that look negative but attack a claim the argument never relied on.

Winning move

Find the assumption the argument depends on, then pick the choice that undermines it.

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The question
4.

Of the following, which one, if true, is the logically strongest counter that Cassie can make

Answer choices

  1. Correct88% picked this

    Since reducing client loads would improve working conditions for agents, reducing client loads would help recruit additional qualified agents

    Why this is right

    Reducing client loads could begin a virtuous cycle and enable the real estate agency to both provide better customer service and recruit more agents.

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

  2. Too Weak1% picked this

    Many of the real estate agency's current clients have expressed strong support for efforts to

    This speaks to the desirability of reducing client loads, but it does not make it any more feasible.

  3. Too Weak4% picked this

    Several recently conducted studies of real estate agencies have shown that small client loads are strongly correlated with

    This speaks to the desirability of reducing client loads, but it does not make it any more feasible.

  4. Strengthens6% picked this

    Hiring extra support staff for the real estate agency's main office would have many of the same beneficial

    This makes it less likely the real estate agency will find a way to reduce client loads.

  5. Premise Support1% picked this

    Over the last several years, it has become increasingly challenging for the real estate agency to recruit enough qualified agents just

    This supports Melvin’s premise that it is very difficult to recruit enough qualified agents.

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