AbdurRakib
Political theorist: Even with the best spies, area experts, and satellite surveillance, foreign policy assessments can still lack important information. In such circumstances intuitive judgment is vital. A national leader with such judgment can make good decisions about foreign policy even when current information is incomplete, since __________.
Which of the following, if true, most logically completes the argument?
(A) the central reason for failure in foreign policy decision making is the absence of critical information
(B) those leaders whose foreign policy decisions have been highly ranked have also been found to have good intuitive judgment
(C) both intuitive judgment and good information are required for sound decision making
(D) good foreign policy decisions often lead to improved methods of gathering information
(E) intuitive judgment can produce good decisions based on past experience, even when there are important gaps in current information
Question Type : Complete the passage, hence we need to find a possible conclusion from the premises in the passage.
Premise 1: Lack of information still persists even after using the best of the information available for decision making in the case of foreign policy assessments.
Premise 2: Intuitive Judgement is vital for decision making, due to lack of complete information.
Conclusion: A national leader with such judgment can make good decisions about foreign policy even when current information is incomplete, since __________
Analysis: The National leader can make good decisions, even though information is incomplete, if the national leader has experience of handling such situations in his past or has a track record of making good decisions based on his intuitions. Maybe National leaders are mentored by leaders who made good decisions using their intuition.
The correct answer has to talk about the National leaders ability to use intuitions for good decision making either through training in his past or by experience.
(A) the central reason for failure in foreign policy decision making is the absence of critical information -
Totally tangent to the passage. Incorrect(B) those leaders whose foreign policy decisions have been highly ranked have also been found to have good intuitive judgment -
Very close however the good decisions made by the leaders are made using their intuition?, even though the leader have good intuitive judgement. Quite Ambiguous - Good enough to be Incorrect.(C) both intuitive judgment and good information are required for sound decision making -
Sounds like a premise rather than a conclusive statement. Incorrect.(D) good foreign policy decisions often lead to improved methods of gathering information -
Similar to C. Incorrect(E) intuitive judgment can produce good decisions based on past experience, even when there are important gaps in current information -
Exactly as per our analysis. Correct.