Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT127 S2 Q3 Explanation

Acme Corporation offers unskilled

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Stimulus

Acme Corporation offers unskilled workers excellent opportunities for advancement. As evidence, consider the fact that the president of the company, Ms. Garon, worked as an assembly line worker, an entry-level when she first started at Acme.

What this question is testing

Weaken

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
3.

Which one of the following statements, if true, most weakens the

Answer choices

  1. Supports a Premise0% picked this

    Acme's vice president of operations also worked as an assembly line worker when he first

    This reinforces the phenomenon, but it does not address the explanation provided by the argument.

  2. Correct88% picked this

    Acme regularly hires top graduates of business schools and employs them briefly in each of a succession of entry-level positions

    Why this is right

    This weakens the argument by providing an alternative explanation than that which is offered in the argument for why Ms. Garon, who is now the president of the company, once worked as an assembly line worker.

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

  3. Strengthen1% picked this

    Acme promotes its own employees to senior management positions much more frequently than it hires senior

    This supports the argument’s explanation.

  4. Out of Scope10% picked this

    Ms. Garon worked at Acme for more than 20 years before she was

    How long it takes for the opportunities at the Acme Corporation to materialize is not relevant to whether they exist at all.

  5. Out of Scope0% picked this

    Acme pays entry-level employees slightly higher wages than most other businesses in

    The pay offered to entry-level employees is not relevant to whether the Acme Corporation provides opportunities for advancement.

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