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In recent years, many advertisements have won awards for their artistic quality. But since advertising must serve as a marketing tool, advertising executives must exercise their craft with an eye to the effectiveness of their advertisement. For this reason, advertising is not art.

The argument above depends on which of the following assumptions?

(A) Some advertisements are made to be displayed solely as art.

(B) Some advertising executives are more concerned than others with the effectiveness of their product.

(C) Advertising executives ought to be more concerned than they currently are with the artistic dimension of advertising.

(D) Something is not “art” if its creator must be concerned with its practical effect.

(E) Artists are not concerned with the monetary value of their work.


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Because the conclusion says advertising is not an art and supporting reason is advertising should act as marketing tool so the effectivenss of advertising should be exercised rather than artistic quality so the assumption is something is not an art if its creator must be concerned with its practical effects. Option D.
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The answers should be d because author is assuming that artish does not care about monetary value (advertisement)
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Premise: Advertising executives to exercise art with the eye of effectiveness of their advertisement
Conclusion: Advertising is not an art

A) Some advertisements are made to be displayed solely as art.
Incorrect: This is not a necessary statement for the conclusion to be true. It is trying to say that advertisement in general is not an art.



(B) Some advertising executives are more concerned than others with the effectiveness of their product.
Irrelevant

(C) Advertising executives ought to be more concerned than they currently are with the artistic dimension of advertising.
Incorrect: This is against the conclusion of the argument that advertising is not an art. The statement says advertising executives should be more concerned about artistic dimension

(D) Something is not “art” if its creator must be concerned with its practical effect.
Correct: Must be true for the conclusion to be true. If the creator has to care about effectivenes which is the practical effect, then the same is not an Art.

(E) Artists are not concerned with the monetary value of their work.
Irrelevant: The argument is not talking anything about money
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In recent years, many advertisements have won awards for their artistic quality. But since advertising must serve as a marketing tool, advertising executives must exercise their craft with an eye to the effectiveness of their advertisement. For this reason, advertising is not art.

The argument above depends on which of the following assumptions?

(A) Some advertisements are made to be displayed solely as art.

(B) Some advertising executives are more concerned than others with the effectiveness of their product.

(C) Advertising executives ought to be more concerned than they currently are with the artistic dimension of advertising.

(D) Something is not “art” if its creator must be concerned with its practical effect.

(E) Artists are not concerned with the monetary value of their work.


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The argument concludes that "advertising is not art" based on the premise that advertising must be effective as a marketing tool.
This is the breakdown of the argument's structure:

  • Premise 1: Advertisements have won awards for artistic quality.
  • Premise 2: Advertising must serve as a marketing tool, and executives must be concerned with its effectiveness.
  • Conclusion: Therefore, advertising is not art.
The unstated link, or the assumption, that connects the premises to the conclusion is the idea that if a creator must be concerned with the practical effect of their work, then that work cannot be considered art.
Let's evaluate the options to find the one that matches this assumption:
[*](D) Something is not “art” if its creator must be concerned with its practical effect. This statement directly links the premise (concern with practical effect) to the conclusion (not art). If this is true, the argument holds. If it's false, the argument falls apart. Therefore, this is the necessary assumption.
[*]Answer is D
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Let's understand:

Something is not “art” if its creator must be concerned with its practical effect.

Explanation
The main claim of the argument is that because advertising must focus on its effectiveness as a marketing tool, it cannot be considered art.
For this reasoning to be valid, it must assume that an object or activity loses its status as “art” if the creator is focused on its usefulness or practical impact.
Option (D) clearly reflects this assumption.
Why Other Options Do Not Work

(A) is not assumed. It discusses making ads only as art, which the argument does not address.

(B) talks about differences among executives, which is not relevant to the argument's logic.

(C) offers a value judgment about artistic concern instead of an assumption that underlies the argument.

(E) relates to artists and money, which does not connect to the argument’s definition of art and the requirements of advertising.

The correct answer is (D)

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In recent years, many advertisements have won awards for their artistic quality. But since advertising must serve as a marketing tool, advertising executives must exercise their craft with an eye to the effectiveness of their advertisement. For this reason, advertising is not art.

The argument above depends on which of the following assumptions?

(A) Some advertisements are made to be displayed solely as art.

(B) Some advertising executives are more concerned than others with the effectiveness of their product.

(C) Advertising executives ought to be more concerned than they currently are with the artistic dimension of advertising.

(D) Something is not “art” if its creator must be concerned with its practical effect.

(E) Artists are not concerned with the monetary value of their work.


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In recent years, many advertisements have won awards for their artistic quality. But since advertising must serve as a marketing tool, advertising executives must exercise their craft with an eye to the effectiveness of their advertisement. For this reason, advertising is not art.

The argument above depends on which of the following assumptions?

(A) Some advertisements are made to be displayed solely as art.

(B) Some advertising executives are more concerned than others with the effectiveness of their product.

(C) Advertising executives ought to be more concerned than they currently are with the artistic dimension of advertising.

(D) Something is not “art” if its creator must be concerned with its practical effect.

(E) Artists are not concerned with the monetary value of their work.
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