On its own, neither high grades nor employment experience can entirely

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On its own, neither high grades nor employment experience can entirely establish a student's ability to compete in the working world. Both are required concurrently since high marks indicate a student that may only focus on school, and employment experience demonstrates that a student may have the practical, but not the educational experience to do a job.

If the facts stated above are true, a solid test of a student's competitiveness in the working world is the ability to:

A Achieve high marks and gain relevant employment experience.
B Gain relevant employment experience, while letting grades fall.
C Not gain relevant employment experience, while grades rise.
D Not have high grades, while employment hours accrue.
E Maintain the same grades, while not increasing relevant employment experience.

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chandy123 · Answer

Premise:
 1. High grades alone indicate a student may focus only on academics.
 2. Employment experience alone shows practical experience but not necessarily academic capability.
 3. Therefore, both high grades and employment experience are required concurrently to establish a student’s competitiveness in the working world.

Conclusion:

A student’s ability to balance both high academic performance and relevant work experience is the best test of competitiveness.

Evaluating answer choices:
 • A. Achieve high marks and gain relevant employment experience.
This directly matches the conclusion that both high grades and work experience are necessary for competitiveness. This is the correct answer.
 • B. Gain relevant employment experience, while letting grades fall.
This implies sacrificing grades, which contradicts the need for both high grades and experience.
 • C. Not gain relevant employment experience, while grades rise.
This implies focusing solely on grades, which also contradicts the requirement for both grades and experience.
 • D. Not have high grades, while employment hours accrue.
This focuses on work experience alone, ignoring the importance of high grades.
 • E. Maintain the same grades, while not increasing relevant employment experience.
This implies neglecting work experience, contradicting the passage’s conclusion.

Correct answer:

A. Achieve high marks and gain relevant employment experience.

Whoisdmx15 · Answer

Read through the stem twice to check if this was as straightforward as it seemed, (Couldn't believe it)

student's ability to compete in the working world needs: 
high grades (indicate a student that may only focus on school) + employment experience (may have the practical, but not the educational experience)
Therefore need both

A Achieve high marks and gain relevant employment experience.  Bulls Eye 
B Gain relevant employment experience, while letting grades fall.  HG(-), EE(+) 
C Not gain relevant employment experience, while grades rise.  HG(+), EE(-) 
D Not have high grades, while employment hours accrue.  HG(-), EE(+) 
E Maintain the same grades, while not increasing relevant employment experience.  HG(0), EE(0)

Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

This is a supply the conclusion question.

Identify the premises of the argument. First, neither high grades nor employment experience themselves, establishes a student's ability to compete in the working world. Second, both are required since high marks indicate a student that may only focus on school, and employment experience demonstrates that a student may have the practical, but not the educational experience to do a job.

Assuming all the premises are true, is there an obvious conclusion that could be drawn from the premises? In this example, we would look for a conclusion that involves both high marks, and employment experience, as factors that would make a student competitive in the working world.

Eliminate answer choices that do not support both premises. Choices B and C only acknowledge the importance of employment experience or high grades, but not both, as is required by the second premise. Choices D and E also do not fit with the premises of needing high grades and employment experience in order for a student to be successful in the working world.  Choice A  is the only answer that leads both premises to a logical conclusion.

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