Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT13 S2 Q17 Explanation

Production manager: The building materials

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Stimulus

Production manager: The building materials that we produce meet industry safety codes but pose some safety risk. Since we have recently developed the technology to make a safer version of our product, we should stop producing our version in order to protect public safety.

Sales manager: If we stop selling our current product, we will have no money to develop and promote the safer product. We need to continue to sell the less‐safe product in to market the safer product successfully.

What this question is testing

Method

Your task

Describe how the argument proceeds — the technique it uses to reach its conclusion.

Common trap

Answers that describe a method the argument doesn't actually use.

Winning move

Track the role each statement plays, then match that to the choice describing the same moves.

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The question
17.

The sales manager counters the production manager’s

Answer choices

  1. Correct97% picked this

    pointing out that one part of the production manager’s proposal would have consequences that would prevent successful

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

  2. Trap0% picked this

    challenging the production manager’s authority to dictate

  3. Trap1% picked this

    questioning the product manager’s assumption that a product is necessarily safe just because it is

  4. Trap0% picked this

    proposing a change in the standards by which product safety

  5. Trap1% picked this

    presenting evidence to show that the production manager has overestimated the potential impact of

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