Logical Reasoning

PT134 · S2 · Q1 Certain companies require

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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.

Evidence

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.

Good workers could receive low ranking merely because they belong to groups of exceptionally good workers.

Furthermore, managers often give the highest rankings to workers who share the manager's interest outside of work.

Conclusion

A system that rewards the top 10 percent and punishes the bottom 10 percent of workers within each group is unfair.

1.

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

  1. Some companies require their managers

    Evidence

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

    0% picked this

  2. Under the ranking system, the

    Evidence

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

    1% picked this

  3. Correct

    The ranking system is not

    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.

    93% picked this

  4. Workers in exceptionally strong work

    Too Narrow

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

    2% picked this

  5. Managers often give the highest

    Evidence

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

    3% picked this

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