Logical Reasoning

PT146 · S3 · Q3 Sales manager: Having spent my entire

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Sales manager: Having spent my entire career in sales, most of that time as a sales manager for a large computer company, I know that natural superstar salespeople are rare.

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.

3.

Which one of the following most logically completes the sales manager's argument?

  1. devote more effort to training

    Trap

    1% picked this

  2. Correct

    devote more effort to finding

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

    98% picked this

  3. keep to a minimum the

    Trap

    0% picked this

  4. promote more natural superstar salespeople

    Trap

    1% picked this

  5. reward superstar performance more than

    Trap

    0% picked this

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