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Vclass is planning to introduce their new product Virtual Classroom in the educational market, targeted exclusively at the large schools and colleges with high budgets for expenses in innovative teaching methods. In addition to online live sessions, Virtual Classroom provides interactive learning tools supporting active learning. During free trials for the product in such large schools and colleges, teachers commented that they can, as in a traditional classroom, take advantage of relative cues to make points and to verify that the points have been understood, while students loved to use various learning tools to control their learning pace. Therefore Vclass has a promising future with its current marketing plan.
Which of the following choices is a required assumption in drawing the above conclusion appropriately?
A. The initial cost of investment in developing Virtual Classroom is not significantly high.
B. Vclass will not have problems hiring adequately skilled personnel to develop the system software.
C. On a lecture video the students cannot notice the teachers’ gestures as well as they can in a traditional classroom.
D. Private tutorials are not the only institutions who are allowed to spend on innovative teaching methods that do not require physical attendance in classrooms.
E. Other companies who developed similar products like Virtual Classroom have made profits soon after they launched the product.
Which of the following choices is a required assumption in drawing the above conclusion appropriately?
A. The initial cost of investment in developing Virtual Classroom is not significantly high.
B. Vclass will not have problems hiring adequately skilled personnel to develop the system software.
C. On a lecture video the students cannot notice the teachers’ gestures as well as they can in a traditional classroom.
D. Private tutorials are not the only institutions who are allowed to spend on innovative teaching methods that do not require physical attendance in classrooms.
E. Other companies who developed similar products like Virtual Classroom have made profits soon after they launched the product.
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Vclass is planning to introduce their new product Virtual Classroom in the educational market, targeted exclusively at the large schools and colleges with high budgets for expenses in innovative teaching methods. In addition to online live sessions, Virtual Classroom provides interactive learning tools supporting active learning. During free trials for the product in such large schools and colleges, teachers commented that they can, as in a traditional classroom, take advantage of relative cues to make points and to verify that the points have been understood, while students loved to use various learning tools to control their learning pace. Therefore Vclass has a promising future with its current marketing plan.
Which of the following choices is a required assumption in drawing the above conclusion appropriately?
A. The initial cost of investment in developing Virtual Classroom is not significantly high.
B. Vclass will not have problems hiring adequately skilled personnel to develop the system software.
C. On a lecture video the students cannot notice the teachers’ gestures as well as they can in a traditional classroom.
D. Private tutorials are not the only institutions who are allowed to spend on innovative teaching methods that do not require physical attendance in classrooms.
E. Other companies who developed similar products like Virtual Classroom have made profits soon after they launched the product.
A. This statement is not a “required” assumption. Even though the initial cost of investment is high, the company may have a promising future.
B. This statement is not a “required” assumption. The companies do not require to develop the system software themselves, but may sublet the software development to other companies.
C. This statement weakens the argument.
D. CORRECT. The argument assumes that the success of Vclass depends on the usage of its product in schools and colleges (ref. the wording “targeted exclusively at the large schools and colleges). In other words, these schools and colleges are allowed to and will spend on the product. If private tutorials are the ONLY institutions (hence NOT the schools and colleges) that can spend on this product , then Vclass will not be able to capture the market it has planned for and will not be successful with its current marketing plan, i,.e. to target exclusively large schools and colleges.
E. This statement strengthens the argument, but is not a “required” assumption: Vclass need not necessarily have the same outcome as the other companies and even if the other companies did not make profits soon after the launch of the product, subsequently they might.
Answer: D
Vclass is planning to introduce their new product Virtual Classroom in the educational market, targeted exclusively at the large schools and colleges with high budgets for expenses in innovative teaching methods. In addition to online live sessions, Virtual Classroom provides interactive learning tools supporting active learning. During free trials for the product in such large schools and colleges, teachers commented that they can, as in a traditional classroom, take advantage of relative cues to make points and to verify that the points have been understood, while students loved to use various learning tools to control their learning pace. Therefore Vclass has a promising future with its current marketing plan.
Which of the following choices is a required assumption in drawing the above conclusion appropriately?
A. The initial cost of investment in developing Virtual Classroom is not significantly high.
B. Vclass will not have problems hiring adequately skilled personnel to develop the system software.
C. On a lecture video the students cannot notice the teachers’ gestures as well as they can in a traditional classroom.
D. Private tutorials are not the only institutions who are allowed to spend on innovative teaching methods that do not require physical attendance in classrooms.
E. Other companies who developed similar products like Virtual Classroom have made profits soon after they launched the product.
A. This statement is not a “required” assumption. Even though the initial cost of investment is high, the company may have a promising future.
B. This statement is not a “required” assumption. The companies do not require to develop the system software themselves, but may sublet the software development to other companies.
C. This statement weakens the argument.
D. CORRECT. The argument assumes that the success of Vclass depends on the usage of its product in schools and colleges (ref. the wording “targeted exclusively at the large schools and colleges). In other words, these schools and colleges are allowed to and will spend on the product. If private tutorials are the ONLY institutions (hence NOT the schools and colleges) that can spend on this product , then Vclass will not be able to capture the market it has planned for and will not be successful with its current marketing plan, i,.e. to target exclusively large schools and colleges.
E. This statement strengthens the argument, but is not a “required” assumption: Vclass need not necessarily have the same outcome as the other companies and even if the other companies did not make profits soon after the launch of the product, subsequently they might.
Answer: D
