Restaurant critic: Most people agree

Answer choices

1. A

   Mismatch1% picked this

   The best way for a business to attract a steady flow of customers is to

   This doesn't help explain the discrepancy, since the restaurant with the improved product (i.e. the exceptional food) is the restaurant with a less steady flow of customers.

   1%
2. B

   Bad Conclusion Match37% picked this

   Any restaurant can become more popular by moving to a more

   This connects popularity to location, which is already established in the Premise itself (more convenient location by itself is almost enough to guarantee a steady flow of customers). We need to connect location / steady flow of customers to quality of food.

   37%
3. C

   Mismatch2% picked this

   The quality of the food at a restaurant is the most important factor

   This would make our situation more surprising, not explain the discrepancy. Marva's has higher quality food but is less popular than Traintrack's.

   2%
4. D

   Correct44% picked this

   A business will improve its products only when it is necessary to do so in

   Why this is right

   This looks like don't need to improve won't improve product to attract customers ? product This principle helps justify the cynical conclusion: "It should come as no surprise that Traintrack has mediocre food, given that its location alone gives it a built-in flow of customers. After all, if you don't need to be good to attract customers, then you'll be fine with average."

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

   44%
5. E

   Opposite16% picked this

   There is no relationship between the quality of a restaurant’s food and the popularity

   The author thinks that there is a relationship, just an inverse relationship. She sees the relationship between quality and popularity like this: The more popular you are (from built-in traffic) the less likely you'd be to have exceptional food.

   16%