Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT134 S2 Q1 Explanation

Certain companies require

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Stimulus

Certain companies require their managers to rank workers in the groups they supervise from best to worst, giving each worker a unique ranking based on job performance. The top 10 percent of the workers in each group are rewarded and the bottom 10 percent are penalized or fired. But this system is give the highest rankings to workers who share the manager's interests outside of work.

What this question is testing

Main Conclusion

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
1.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion drawn in

Answer choices

  1. Evidence0% picked this

    Some companies require their managers to give unique rankings to the

    This is evidence in support of the argument's conclusion.

  2. Evidence1% picked this

    Under the ranking system, the top 10 percent of the workers in each group are rewarded and the bottom 10

    This is evidence in support of the argument's conclusion.

  3. Correct93% picked this

    The ranking system is not a fair way to determine penalties or

    Why this is right

    This best paraphrases the argument's conclusion.

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

  4. Too Narrow2% picked this

    Workers in exceptionally strong work groups are unfairly penalized under the

    The argument is that both the penalties and the rewards are unfair under the ranking system.

  5. Evidence4% picked this

    Managers often give the highest rankings to workers who share the

    This is evidence in support of the argument's conclusion.

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