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Our work proves to be very successful. In the past three years, each of our five clients has experienced the fastest growth of sales in their history. Therefore, if your company wants to increase sales, do not hesitate to call Sigma & Max, since we are the solution.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously jeopardizes the validity of the argument by the speaker above?
A. Most of the consultants at Sigma & Max hold MBA degrees.
B. Even without the help of Sigma & Max, the five clients of Sigma & Max will achieve the same growth rate in sale.
C. Sigma & Max is one of the five leading management consulting companies.
D. Sigma & Max uses an updated accounting approach to help companies to cut cost.
E. All of the five clients of Sigma & Max are doing business in financial industry.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously jeopardizes the validity of the argument by the speaker above?
A. Most of the consultants at Sigma & Max hold MBA degrees.
B. Even without the help of Sigma & Max, the five clients of Sigma & Max will achieve the same growth rate in sale.
C. Sigma & Max is one of the five leading management consulting companies.
D. Sigma & Max uses an updated accounting approach to help companies to cut cost.
E. All of the five clients of Sigma & Max are doing business in financial industry.
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Premise: if your company wants to increase sales,
Conclusion: do not hesitate to call Sigma & Max..
The option that most seriously jeopardizes the validity of the argument by the speaker above is the one which affect the conclusion or justifies that one doesn't need to sigma and max to increase sales.
A. Most of the consultants at Sigma & Max hold MBA degrees. (So? That's good right!, people should call sigma and max for good services. But we want opposite, so this is incorrect)
B. Even without the help of Sigma & Max, the five clients of Sigma & Max will achieve the same growth rate in sale.(So, we don't sigma and max to increase sales! why should we call them then?)(Correct option)
C. Sigma & Max is one of the five leading management consulting companies.(Again, Since Sigma and max is one of the leading consulting companies, people should call sigma and max for good services. But we want opposite, so this is incorrect)
D. Sigma & Max uses an updated accounting approach to help companies to cut cost. (This is strengthening argument stating that people should call sigma and max for good services.)(incorrect)
E. All of the five clients of Sigma & Max are doing business in financial industry.(We have nothing to do with the client companies but how can we stop the clients from contacting sigma and max)(Incorrect)
Answer is B
Conclusion: do not hesitate to call Sigma & Max..
The option that most seriously jeopardizes the validity of the argument by the speaker above is the one which affect the conclusion or justifies that one doesn't need to sigma and max to increase sales.
A. Most of the consultants at Sigma & Max hold MBA degrees. (So? That's good right!, people should call sigma and max for good services. But we want opposite, so this is incorrect)
B. Even without the help of Sigma & Max, the five clients of Sigma & Max will achieve the same growth rate in sale.(So, we don't sigma and max to increase sales! why should we call them then?)(Correct option)
C. Sigma & Max is one of the five leading management consulting companies.(Again, Since Sigma and max is one of the leading consulting companies, people should call sigma and max for good services. But we want opposite, so this is incorrect)
D. Sigma & Max uses an updated accounting approach to help companies to cut cost. (This is strengthening argument stating that people should call sigma and max for good services.)(incorrect)
E. All of the five clients of Sigma & Max are doing business in financial industry.(We have nothing to do with the client companies but how can we stop the clients from contacting sigma and max)(Incorrect)
Answer is B
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The author claims that this S&M company will provide solutions to increase sales. To support this claim, the author provides the details about its success with all five clients it served. So, basically the solutions S&M provide are sufficient condition here, and the increase in sales is the necessary result.
To weaken the validity of the argument, we may prove that the solutions are not sufficient to cause the increase in sales, or solutions do not necessary result in increased sales. Let's look at the options.
A - This information is not relevant. Whether the MBA education helps in finding solutions to increase sales is not mentioned.
B - Alright so this informs us that even without cause (applying solutions), the results exist. This information has to do something with causal relation. Let's hold on.
C - The information is almost like that in option A.
D - Cost cutting does not helps to increase sales. Not relevant at all.
E - The conclusion claims to increase sales for any company, not just finance company. So, this analogy is not valid here.
Hence, option B remains unchallenged by our analysis. Indeed, if the result exist even in the absence of the mentioned cause, then causal relation between them does not necessarily exists. Remember, to bring a result there may be multiple causes but the mentioned cause always have to be present to produce the mentioned result. Therefore, option B successfully weakens the argument.
To weaken the validity of the argument, we may prove that the solutions are not sufficient to cause the increase in sales, or solutions do not necessary result in increased sales. Let's look at the options.
A - This information is not relevant. Whether the MBA education helps in finding solutions to increase sales is not mentioned.
B - Alright so this informs us that even without cause (applying solutions), the results exist. This information has to do something with causal relation. Let's hold on.
C - The information is almost like that in option A.
D - Cost cutting does not helps to increase sales. Not relevant at all.
E - The conclusion claims to increase sales for any company, not just finance company. So, this analogy is not valid here.
Hence, option B remains unchallenged by our analysis. Indeed, if the result exist even in the absence of the mentioned cause, then causal relation between them does not necessarily exists. Remember, to bring a result there may be multiple causes but the mentioned cause always have to be present to produce the mentioned result. Therefore, option B successfully weakens the argument.
