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International experience is a key factor for most of the prominent business schools in choosing candidates during their MBA selection process. Students who have worked in countries apart from their own bring to the classroom a whole bunch of qualities - they bring cultural and social insights, understanding of business opportunities and challenges from across the globe, and a firm perspective on global issues. Such exposure certainly helps in having rich classroom discussion.

Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the argument?

A. With all other factors remaining the same, candidates with little or no international experience cannot contribute to business schools as much as candidates with international experience can.

B. Business schools prefer discussions on global business issues to discussions on domestic business issues.

C. Candidates with little or no international experience benefit a lot from business school discussions on international issues.

D. Candidates with international experience generally also bring to class leadership skills, wich are anoter important criterion in business school admissions.

E. Prominent business leaders as well as academicians acknowledge the importance of rich classroom discussions at business schools.

JS1290 · Answer

Could anyone please explain why option D is correct and A is incorrect?

imyuva · Answer

I too selected A. After seeing D as answer, I understood what argument tells.

International exposure is key factor in MBA selection process. how? Students with international exposure will have bunch of qualities such as X, Y,.... So rich classroom discussion.

A(International exposure) causes B(selected into MBA school).

Option A - tells about students with no international experience. we cannot guarantee this statement from the argument. Argument is talking about students with international experience. Also we cannot say that,  Not A or Little A -- Not B

Option D - tells that international students also have qualities Z, which is again an added advantage for selection process.  This strengthens that International exposure is a key factor.

Harsh raw · Answer

all of those who'll attempt will be confused between A and D
So we shall use negation technique
Negating A will leave us with no difference
But negation D will weaken the conclusion
HENCE D IS CORRECT.

Hope this helps.

ShankSouljaBoi · Answer

How do we get rid of E on this one  VeritasKarishma  ???? It directly strengthens that major groups such as X and Y also think that rich classrooms are needed.

KarishmaB · Answer

Premises:

International experience students bring cultural and social insights, understanding of business opportunities and challenges from across the globe, and a firm perspective on global issues.

Such exposure certainly helps in having rich classroom discussion.

Conclusion:

International experience is a key factor for selection in MBA.

We need to strengthen the conclusion. So we need to find the option which if true, will help the conclusion.

a) With all other factors remaining the same, candidates with little or no international experience cannot contribute to business schools as much as candidates with international experience can.

This tells us that international experience is a relevant factor and that all other things same, it adds value. Does it become a key factor during admissions? Can't say. Let's hold on and see.

b) Business schools prefer discussions on global business issues to discussions on domestic business issues.

Doesn't help. If business schools prefer discussions on global issues, we know international experience students will make it rich. But we are already given that intl exposure makes for rich classroom discussion.

c) Candidates with little or no international experience benefit a lot from business school discussions on international issues.

Whose benefit is the school looking for in its admission process? We don't know.

d) Candidates with international experience generally also bring to class leadership skills, wich are anoter important criterion in business school admissions.

Candidates with international experience bring leadership too. Leadership is an important criterion in admissions. That makes international experience's position as a key factor stronger in admissions. 
Correct.

e) Prominent business leaders as well as academicians acknowledge the importance of rich classroom discussions at business schools.

This talks about opinion of people. A better supporter would have been that rich discussion is important at business schools.

Takeaway from the question - Focus on the conclusion. That is exactly what you need to strengthen.
No need to invest too much time on the question. The logic is a bit hazy to make it harder.

MPRS22 · Answer

How can we say

International experience is a key factor for most of the prominent business schools in choosing candidates during their MBA selection process

is the conclusion

and not Such exposure certainly helps in having rich classroom discussion

VeritasKarishma

KarishmaB · Answer

The conclusion is the one thing the author wants to tell you. The premises are what support that one thing.

Now look at this argument:

International experience is a key factor for most of the prominent business schools in choosing candidates during their MBA selection process.

Students who have worked in countries apart from their own bring to the classroom a whole bunch of qualities - they bring cultural and social insights, understanding of business opportunities and challenges from across the globe, and a firm perspective on global issues.

Such exposure certainly helps in having rich classroom discussion.

The second and third statements are explaining you why Intl exp is a key factor in selection process. So they are the premises are first stmnt is the conclusion.

Can you say that first stmnt is explaining "why" third statement holds? Can you say that because intl exp is a key factor is selection, that is why such exposure helps in having rich classroom discussion?
No.

So first statement is the conclusion.

rjg_25 · Answer

But it is an "if true" question. It can be said or not is not the point. if considered true, then what will happen is the point.

The conclusion is MBA consider international experience as Key factor for students selection. Premise is internaltion experienced students makes the class richer in terms of discussion. it's A -> B, a statement that says not A -> not B does not affect the validity of A -> B.

Bunuel · Answer

Experts' Global Video Explanation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M3Z3xkbKd4

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