Q1 - Certain companies require their managers

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Question Type
ID the Conclusion

Stimulus
The author's conclusion is that this system is unfair to workers. First, it follows the pivot language cue "but." Second, it represents a judgment or assessment of the company's system for evaluating employees. The first two sentences outline the company's system for evaluating employees while the fourth and fifth sentences provide the evidence that supports the author's conclusion.

Answer Prephrase
This company's system for evaluating its employees is unfair.

Correct Answer
(C) is correct. This represents the best rephrase of the author's conclusion.

Incorrect Answers
(A) can be inferred from the argument, but does not represent the author's conclusion.

(B) represents one of the two statements outlining the details of the company's system for evaluating its employees.

(D) combines one of the argument's premises with the judgment reached in the conclusion, but is more narrow than the argument's overall conclusion.

(E) represents one of the argument's premises.

#officialexplanation

[missbenyamin]

Breakdown of Stimulus:

1st-2nd sentences - Background Info. (context)
3rd sentence - Conclusion; uses borrowed language in order to confuse reader
4th sentence - Premise 1
5th sentence - Premise 2

Organizational Structure: BI - C- P1 - P2

Question Stem: Identify the Conclusion

Breakdown of Answer Choices:
(A) - incorrect b/c direct reference to 1st sentence (Background Info.)
(B) - Incorrect b/c refers to 2nd sentence (Background Info.)
(C) - correct answer; refers to 3rd sentence; replaces "this" with the ranking system that "this" is referring to; unfair becomes "not a fair"; and provides some extra detail by expanding on what is unfair ("unfair way to determine penalties or rewards for workers")
(D) - Incorrect b/c refers to 4th sentence (Premise 1)
(E) - Incorrect b/c refers to 5th sentence (Premise 2)