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Vitacorp, a manufacturer, wishes to make its information booth at an industry convention more productive in terms of boosting sales. The booth offers information introducing the company’s new products and services. To achieve the desired result, Vitacorp’s marketing department will attempt to attract more people to the both. The marketing director’s first measure was to instruct each salesperson to call his or her five best customers and personally invite them to visit the booth. Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the prediction that the marketing director’s first measure will contribute to meeting the goals of boosting sales? (A) Vitacorp’s salespeople routinely inform each important customer about new products and services as soon as the decision to launch them has been made. (B) Many of Vitacorp’s competitors have made plans for making their won information booths more productive in increasing sales. (C) An information booth that is well attended tends to attract visitors who would not otherwise have attended the booth. (D) Most of Vitacorp’s best customers also have business dealings with Vitacorp’s competitors. (E) Vitacorp has fewer new products and services available this year than it had in previous years.
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Close call between A and C. If we negate C, it actually crashes the conclusion of wanting more people to attend.So, basically a assumption answer choice. In A,if they inform about the products then new customers might not attend the sales Booth. Hence C.
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garimavyas wrote: Vitacorp, a manufacturer, wishes to make its information booth at an industry convention more productive in
terms of boosting sales. The booth offers information introducing the company’s new products and services. To
achieve the desired result, Vitacorp’s marketing department will attempt to attract more people to the both. The
marketing director’s first measure was to instruct each salesperson to call his or her five best customers and
personally invite them to visit the booth.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the prediction that the marketing director’s first measure
will contribute to meeting the goals of boosting sales?
(A) Vitacorp’s salespeople routinely inform each important customer about new products and services as soon
as the decision to launch them has been made.
(B) Many of Vitacorp’s competitors have made plans for making their won information booths more productive in
increasing sales.
(C) An information booth that is well attended tends to attract visitors who would not otherwise have attended
the booth.
(D) Most of Vitacorp’s best customers also have business dealings with Vitacorp’s competitors.
(E) Vitacorp has fewer new products and services available this year than it had in previous years. The close contest is between A and C. You can negate A because it tell you that salesperson inform the important customers....but it doen't tell you anything about the aftereffects of this proces. Whereas in C he clearly mentions that "well attended tends to attract visitors who would not otherwise have attended
the booth", which is in favour of Marketing Director's planTherefore the answer is CWhat is the source of this question?
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+1 for C, more customers will come at booth on seeing that a few are already there - something like a snowball effect. Choice A actually weakens it, because if people know about the products, they will not prefer to come to the booth.
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garimavyas wrote: Vitacorp, a manufacturer, wishes to make its information booth at an industry convention more productive in
terms of boosting sales. The booth offers information introducing the company’s new products and services. To
achieve the desired result, Vitacorp’s marketing department will attempt to attract more people to the both. The
marketing director’s first measure was to instruct each salesperson to call his or her five best customers and
personally invite them to visit the booth.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the prediction that the marketing director’s first measure
will contribute to meeting the goals of boosting sales?
(A) Vitacorp’s salespeople routinely inform each important customer about new products and services as soon
as the decision to launch them has been made.
(B) Many of Vitacorp’s competitors have made plans for making their won information booths more productive in
increasing sales.
(C) An information booth that is well attended tends to attract visitors who would not otherwise have attended
the booth.
(D) Most of Vitacorp’s best customers also have business dealings with Vitacorp’s competitors.
(E) Vitacorp has fewer new products and services available this year than it had in previous years. could you plz share the source of this question
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+1 C, A - weakens B - irrelevant C - supports, it shows how first measure will help achieve Vitacorp's main aim D - irrelevant E - irrelevant, we are talking about first measure, bringing best customers to the booth, not about fewer or more products.
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+1 for C. It was an easy one.
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ravi67741 wrote: garimavyas wrote: Vitacorp, a manufacturer, wishes to make its information booth at an industry convention more productive in
terms of boosting sales. The booth offers information introducing the company’s new products and services. To
achieve the desired result, Vitacorp’s marketing department will attempt to attract more people to the both. The
marketing director’s first measure was to instruct each salesperson to call his or her five best customers and
personally invite them to visit the booth.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the prediction that the marketing director’s first measure
will contribute to meeting the goals of boosting sales?
(A) Vitacorp’s salespeople routinely inform each important customer about new products and services as soon
as the decision to launch them has been made.
(B) Many of Vitacorp’s competitors have made plans for making their won information booths more productive in
increasing sales.
(C) An information booth that is well attended tends to attract visitors who would not otherwise have attended
the booth.
(D) Most of Vitacorp’s best customers also have business dealings with Vitacorp’s competitors.
(E) Vitacorp has fewer new products and services available this year than it had in previous years. The close contest is between A and C. You can negate A because it tell you that salesperson inform the important customers....but it doen't tell you anything about the aftereffects of this proces. Whereas in C he clearly mentions that "well attended tends to attract visitors who would not otherwise have attended
the booth", which is in favour of Marketing Director's planTherefore the answer is CWhat is the source of this question?the question is tagged to GMAC paper tests, so that should be the source.
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garimavyas wrote: Vitacorp, a manufacturer, wishes to make its information booth at an industry convention more productive in
terms of boosting sales. The booth offers information introducing the company’s new products and services. To
achieve the desired result, Vitacorp’s marketing department will attempt to attract more people to the both. The
marketing director’s first measure was to instruct each salesperson to call his or her five best customers and
personally invite them to visit the booth.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the prediction that the marketing director’s first measure
will contribute to meeting the goals of boosting sales?
(A) Vitacorp’s salespeople routinely inform each important customer about new products and services as soon
as the decision to launch them has been made.
(B) Many of Vitacorp’s competitors have made plans for making their won information booths more productive in
increasing sales.
(C) An information booth that is well attended tends to attract visitors who would not otherwise have attended
the booth.
(D) Most of Vitacorp’s best customers also have business dealings with Vitacorp’s competitors.
(E) Vitacorp has fewer new products and services available this year than it had in previous years. If increased attendance guarantees prospective customers, why not plant our own people as visitors, director?  All about ethics, I guess. C is the best among the given options.
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