A transit company's bus

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong / Out of Scope3% picked this

   There is no effective way of evaluating the bus drivers' performance without having supervisors

   The performance evaluations conducted by the bus company must be effective, but they need not be the only effective way to evaluate performance. Furthermore, the issue isn’t whether the bus company needs to implement this method, but rather whether this method of evaluating performance leads to those drivers performing best with a supervisor aboard also being the best drivers under normal conditions.

   3%
2. B

   Too Strong2% picked this

   The supervisors are excellent judges of a bus

   Even if the supervisors were merely adequate judges of a bus driver’s performance, the argument’s conclusion could still follow from the evidence.

   2%
3. C

   Supports a Premise11% picked this

   For most bus drivers, the presence of a supervisor makes their performance slightly worse than

   This supports both the opposing point and the argument’s main premise.

   11%
4. D

   Correct82% picked this

   The bus drivers are each affected in roughly the same way and to the same extent by the

   Why this is right

   This defends the argument from the possibility that some drivers are more negatively influenced than others. If the impact on each driver were not the same, the best performing drivers may not be the best performing drivers under normal conditions.

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

   82%
5. E

   Out of Scope2% picked this

   The bus drivers themselves are able to deliver accurate assessments of

   This has no bearing on whether the best drivers with supervisors aboard are relatively comparable to the best drivers under normal driving conditions.

   2%