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Company president: Most of our best sales representatives came to the job with a degree in engineering but little or no sales experience. Thus, when we hire sales representatives, we should favor applicants who have engineering degrees but little or no sales experience over applicants with extensive sales experience but no engineering
degrees.
Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the company president's argument?
(A) Some of the company's sales representatives completed a degree in engineering while working for the company.
(B) Most of the people hired by the company as sales representatives have had a degree in engineering but no sales experience.
(C) Most of the customers that the company's sales representatives work with have a degree in engineering.
(D) Most of the people who apply for a sales representative position with the company do not have a degree in engineering.
(E) Some of the people who the company has hired as sales representatives and who were subsequently not very good at the job did not have extensive previous sales experience.
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degrees.
Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the company president's argument?
(A) Some of the company's sales representatives completed a degree in engineering while working for the company.
(B) Most of the people hired by the company as sales representatives have had a degree in engineering but no sales experience.
(C) Most of the customers that the company's sales representatives work with have a degree in engineering.
(D) Most of the people who apply for a sales representative position with the company do not have a degree in engineering.
(E) Some of the people who the company has hired as sales representatives and who were subsequently not very good at the job did not have extensive previous sales experience.
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07 Mar 2018, 02:13
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Company president: Most of our best sales representatives came to the job with a degree in engineering but little or no sales experience. Thus, when we hire sales representatives, we should favor applicants who have engineering degrees but little or no sales experience over applicants with extensive sales experience but no engineering
degrees.
Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the company president's argument?
(A) Some of the company's sales representatives completed a degree in engineering while working for the company. --Some people will always be there. They have no impact on the argument.
(B) Most of the people hired by the company as sales representatives have had a degree in engineering but no sales experience. --Let's consider an analogy. Suppose out of 100 people 90 are MBAs. Out of 10 Top performers 9 are MBAs. So it doesn't mean that MBAs are better than non-MBAs. Since 10% of both groups is amongst the top performers. This option is stating this only.
(C) Most of the customers that the company's sales representatives work with have a degree in engmeenng. --Customer's degree is out of scope
(D) Most of the people who apply for a sales representative position with the company do not have a degree in engineering. --This has no impact on the argument. We need to talk about the employees and not about the applicants
(E) Some of the people who the company has hired as sales representatives and who were subsequently not very good at the job did not have extensive previous sales experience. --Some people will always be there. These do not have any impact on the argument.
degrees.
Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the company president's argument?
(A) Some of the company's sales representatives completed a degree in engineering while working for the company. --Some people will always be there. They have no impact on the argument.
(B) Most of the people hired by the company as sales representatives have had a degree in engineering but no sales experience. --Let's consider an analogy. Suppose out of 100 people 90 are MBAs. Out of 10 Top performers 9 are MBAs. So it doesn't mean that MBAs are better than non-MBAs. Since 10% of both groups is amongst the top performers. This option is stating this only.
(C) Most of the customers that the company's sales representatives work with have a degree in engmeenng. --Customer's degree is out of scope
(D) Most of the people who apply for a sales representative position with the company do not have a degree in engineering. --This has no impact on the argument. We need to talk about the employees and not about the applicants
(E) Some of the people who the company has hired as sales representatives and who were subsequently not very good at the job did not have extensive previous sales experience. --Some people will always be there. These do not have any impact on the argument.
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04 Mar 2018, 17:52
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EPLANATION PLEASE. Option B is repeat of questions. how it can be the weakening argument.
