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Thanks to rapid advancements in digital technology, businesses now communicate more efficiently than they ever have before. Wireless phone, Internet, and email technology presently allow quicker correspondence between team members, managers, and vendors than was possible even just a few years ago.
The above conclusion depends upon which of the following assumptions?
(A) Managers and workers know how to use all of the features supported by the latest communications technology.
(B) Most businesses plan to upgrade their communications technology in the next six months.
(C) The new technology has not contributed to a surplus of unnecessary yet time-consuming correspondence.
(D) Team members without access to the latest digital technology are at a significant disadvantage to those who have such access.
(E) Wireless Internet coverage has seen sporadic improvement over the past several years.
The above conclusion depends upon which of the following assumptions?
(A) Managers and workers know how to use all of the features supported by the latest communications technology.
(B) Most businesses plan to upgrade their communications technology in the next six months.
(C) The new technology has not contributed to a surplus of unnecessary yet time-consuming correspondence.
(D) Team members without access to the latest digital technology are at a significant disadvantage to those who have such access.
(E) Wireless Internet coverage has seen sporadic improvement over the past several years.
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To help pick the right option on assumption questions, try negating the answer choices.
(A) Managers and workers know how to use all of the features supported by the latest communications technology.
Negation: Managers and workers don't know how to use all of the features supported by the latest communications technology. Here the phrase 'all of the features' is extreme. May be they know how to use some features but are still better off than previously. Incorrect.
(B) Most businesses plan to upgrade their communications technology in the next six months.
Negation: Most businesses do not plan to upgrade their communications technology in the next six months.
Negating seems not to weaken or void the argument. It may strengthen the argument but definitely is not an assumption on which the argument depends. Incorrect.
(C) The new technology has not contributed to a surplus of unnecessary yet time-consuming correspondence.
Negation: The new technology has contributed to a surplus of unnecessary yet time-consuming correspondence. Okay. If so, then then the whole argument falls apart as instead of making the correspondence quicker, the new technology may very well lead to a major delay in the processes. Correct.
(D) Team members without access to the latest digital technology are at a significant disadvantage to those who have such access.
Negation: Team members without access to the latest digital technology are at not at a significant disadvantage to those who have such access.
The argument talks about communication and correspondence only. The scope is thus limited and narrow. Point D broadens the scope by using the term 'disadvantages' which may include correspondence along with several other similar factors. Out of scope. Incorrect.
(E) Wireless Internet coverage has seen sporadic improvement over the past several years.
Negation: Wireless Internet coverage has not seen sporadic improvement over the past several years. Sporadic= intermittent. In essence, negating leaves us with a statement that says that we have had consistent/continuous improvement in internet over the past several years. This strengthens the argument and definitely doesn't weaken it as negating an assumption would do. Incorrect.
To help pick the right option on assumption questions, try negating the answer choices.
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Thanks to rapid advancements in digital technology, businesses now communicate more efficiently than they ever have before. Wireless phone, Internet, and email technology presently allow quicker correspondence between team members, managers, and vendors than was possible even just a few years ago.
The above conclusion depends upon which of the following assumptions?
The above conclusion depends upon which of the following assumptions?
(A) Managers and workers know how to use all of the features supported by the latest communications technology.
Negation: Managers and workers don't know how to use all of the features supported by the latest communications technology. Here the phrase 'all of the features' is extreme. May be they know how to use some features but are still better off than previously. Incorrect.
(B) Most businesses plan to upgrade their communications technology in the next six months.
Negation: Most businesses do not plan to upgrade their communications technology in the next six months.
Negating seems not to weaken or void the argument. It may strengthen the argument but definitely is not an assumption on which the argument depends. Incorrect.
(C) The new technology has not contributed to a surplus of unnecessary yet time-consuming correspondence.
Negation: The new technology has contributed to a surplus of unnecessary yet time-consuming correspondence. Okay. If so, then then the whole argument falls apart as instead of making the correspondence quicker, the new technology may very well lead to a major delay in the processes. Correct.
(D) Team members without access to the latest digital technology are at a significant disadvantage to those who have such access.
Negation: Team members without access to the latest digital technology are at not at a significant disadvantage to those who have such access.
The argument talks about communication and correspondence only. The scope is thus limited and narrow. Point D broadens the scope by using the term 'disadvantages' which may include correspondence along with several other similar factors. Out of scope. Incorrect.
(E) Wireless Internet coverage has seen sporadic improvement over the past several years.
Negation: Wireless Internet coverage has not seen sporadic improvement over the past several years. Sporadic= intermittent. In essence, negating leaves us with a statement that says that we have had consistent/continuous improvement in internet over the past several years. This strengthens the argument and definitely doesn't weaken it as negating an assumption would do. Incorrect.
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Thanks to rapid advancements in digital technology, businesses now communicate more efficiently than they ever have before. Wireless phone, Internet, and email technology presently allow quicker correspondence between team members, managers, and vendors than was possible even just a few years ago.
The above conclusion depends upon which of the following assumptions?
(A) Managers and workers know how to use all of the features supported by the latest communications technology.
(B) Most businesses plan to upgrade their communications technology in the next six months.
(C) The new technology has not contributed to a surplus of unnecessary yet time-consuming correspondence.
(D) Team members without access to the latest digital technology are at a significant disadvantage to those who have such access.
(E) Wireless Internet coverage has seen sporadic improvement over the past several years.
The above conclusion depends upon which of the following assumptions?
(A) Managers and workers know how to use all of the features supported by the latest communications technology.
(B) Most businesses plan to upgrade their communications technology in the next six months.
(C) The new technology has not contributed to a surplus of unnecessary yet time-consuming correspondence.
(D) Team members without access to the latest digital technology are at a significant disadvantage to those who have such access.
(E) Wireless Internet coverage has seen sporadic improvement over the past several years.
Conclusion: Thanks to rapid advancements in digital technology, businesses now communicate more efficiently than they ever have before.
Premise supporting conclusion: Wireless phone, Internet, and email technology presently allow quicker correspondence between team members, managers, and vendors than was possible even just a few years ago.
(C) The new technology has not contributed to a surplus of unnecessary yet time-consuming correspondence.
If this assumption is NOT TRUE then conclusion FALLS APART.
IMO C
