Bunuel wrote:
The year-end sales report from a veterinary vaccine company states the following:
A regulation significantly curbing the use of mink furs to manufacture garments was passed during the middle of this year. However, compared to last year, there was no change in the revenues from the sales of the vaccine Minkvac that is mandatory to be administered to all the minks that are used to manufacture garments.
Because of the above report, the managers of the vaccine company did not reduce the projected revenues from Minkvac for the next year, a value that was estimated last year.
Which of the following options, if true, indicates most strongly that the projection made by the managers for the next year mentioned in the passage would most likely not be met?
A. A new vaccine, Catvac, developed by the company would bring in significant revenues next year.
B. Development of the company’s another vaccine called Racoonvac was hindered because of safety concerns and will not be marketed next year as previously planned.
C. The latest clinical trial results for Minkvac have proven that the effectiveness of the vaccine is only 80% as compared to 90% previously thought to be.
D. Minkvac is a vaccine against a seasonal disease that spreads in the second quarter of the year and hence almost all the vaccines are sold in the first quarter.
E. Even though some high-performing sales managers responsible for Minkvac sales left the company last year, the revenues from Minkvac this year are not affected.
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sayantanc2k for the question!!!
Regulation to ban using mink fir for garment manufacture was passed middle of this year but still revenues of this year were the same as last year. Based on this, people manufacturing Minkvac have not changed their projection for the next year, a value that was estimated last year.
We need to determine what would most weaken the stance and result in their revenue projections not being met the next year.
Let us examine the answer options:
A. A new vaccine, Catvac, developed by the company would bring in significant revenues next year.
Irrelevant, we are only concerned with Minkvac. ELIMINATEB. Development of the company’s another vaccine called Racoonvac was hindered because of safety concerns and will not be marketed next year as previously planned.
Irrelevant again, concerned with MinkvacC. The latest clinical trial results for Minkvac have proven that the effectiveness of the vaccine is only 80% as compared to 90% previously thought to be.
Close but not enough. ELIMINATED. Minkvac is a vaccine against a seasonal disease that spreads in the second quarter of the year and hence almost all the vaccines are sold in the first quarter.
Yes! Minkvac is necessary for minks used for garment manufacture. Bill was passed middle of the year and all the vaccinees for this year were already sold at the beginning of this year before the bill came but next year it will not sell before of the ban. ANSWERE. Even though some high-performing sales managers responsible for Minkvac sales left the company last year, the revenues from Minkvac this year are not affected.
If them leaving did not affect this year, it will not affect next also. ELIMINATEAnswer - D