Any organization must consider changing its basic

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Any organization must consider changing its basic structure if there is a dramatic change in its size. Doubling or tripling in size can lead to inefficiency and mismanagement, which restructuring often alleviates. Experience further shows that the more dramatic the change in size, the more fundamental the restructuring needs to be. Therefore, any organization must consider changing its basic structure once it is 20 years old.
The argument’s conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?

(A) No organization that has remained the same size for 20 years is efficient.

(B) Any organization that has been restructured is prepared to double or triple in size.

(C) No organization that has not changed in size needs restructuring.

(D) Any organization that has existed for 20 years has undergone a dramatic change in size.

(E) No organization that has not been restructured is as efficient as any organization that has been restructured.

ynk · Answer

Conclusion--Therefore, any organisation must consider changing its basic structure once it is 20 years old.
Premise--Any organisation must consider changing its basic structure if there is a dramatic change in its size

If we look into the above sentences, we will know that we an assumption which connects these two sentences i.e Basic structure change should be considered only when there is a change in its size,and that happens once it is 20 years old.

These two sentences are enough to get to the right answer.

(A)No organisation that has remained the same size for 20 years is efficient.--No Help

(B) Any organisation that has been restructured is prepared to double or triple in size.--No Help

(D) Any organisation that has existed for 20 years has undergone a dramatic change in size.--This needs to be true for the conclusion to be true.

(E) No organisation that has not been restructured is as efficient as any organisation that has been restructured.--No Help.

adiagr · Answer

The argument on one hand says that:  Any organization must consider changing its basic structure if there is a dramatic change in its size 
It then says: any organization must consider changing its basic structure once it is 20 years old

Obviously there is an assumption between any "dramatic change" and "20 years". Let us review options.

(A) enticing. Hold.
(B) reverses argument. Out. 
(C) Repeats Premise. Out. 
(D) This is exactly the linkage that we were looking for.  This is better than (A) and provides the exact linkage.   
(E) If anything this weakens the argument. Cant be assumption.

(D) is the answer.

daboo343 · Answer

Clearly D is the answer
Negate D once negated it will shatter the conlclusion

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