Manager: This company's supply

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Stimulus

Manager: This company's supply chain will develop significant weaknesses unless we make changes to our vendor contracts now. Some will argue that this problem is so far in the future that there is no need to address it today. But that is an irresponsible approach. Just imagine if a financial planner offered need to save anything now." That planner would be guilty of gross malpractice.

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

11.

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

Answer choices

Opposing Position2% picked this
Some people argue that the supply-chain problem is so far in the future that there is no need
This is not the 3rd sentence. This is the 2nd. This is an attribution to someone else's beliefs. The Main Conclusion will always be the author's belief. This claim is actually what the Main Conclusion is calling irresponsible.
2%
Correct78% picked this
It would be irresponsible to postpone changes to the vendor contracts just because the supply chain will not develop
Why this is right
This is a good match for the meaning of the 3rd sentence. This is the approach that the author is labeling 'irresponsible'. It's actually the only answer saying something is 'irresponsible', so if we were clear on the structure but fuzzy on the meaning, this is the only answer that resembles the key word in the 3rd sentence.
Skill tested: Main Conclusion · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
78%
Background17% picked this
If no changes are made to the vendor contracts, the supply chain will eventually
This is not the 3rd sentence. This is the 1st. This is a just a background fact.
17%
Assumption3% picked this
In planning to meet its future obligations, a company should follow the same practices that are appropriate for an individual
This is not the 3rd sentence. This isn't any claim that was said, so we know it's wrong. This might appeal to people because it's something this argument is assuming, but we're not being asked for what invisible idea lurks in the author's mind. We're being asked for which explicit idea the author spoke out loud as her conclusion.
3%
Unstated0% picked this
Financial planners should advise their clients to save money for retirement only if retirement is
This is not the 3rd sentence. This isn't any claim that was said, so we know it's wrong. It's not even something implied or assumed. It's just an overly strong conditional that the author never said or suggested.
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