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Why answer is E and not D. Isn't E too generic?
­What's the benefit of informing only ? For better performance according to changing scenario, they need some training to work efficiently.
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Why answer is E and not D. Isn't E too generic?
­I see what you're saying. Is it just so simple as offering training? But the problem to be solved is a fairly simple one--people skills become outdated and they need new skills. Training seems like a pretty direct way to address that. It's just not that deep a problem, that's all.

As for D, we have no reason to believe that telling people about a problem does anything to prevent the problem from happening.
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In the shipping industry, the amount of time it takes for most of a worker's occupational knowledge and skills to become obsolete has been declining because of the introduction of wearable computing devices, such as smart watches and smart glasses. Given the rate at which wearable computing devices are currently being introduced into shipping, the average worker's old skills become obsolete and new skills are required within as little as two years.

Which of the following plans, if feasible, would allow a company to prepare most effectively for the rapid obsolescence of skills described above?

A. The company will develop a program to offer selected employees the opportunity to receive training for three years after they were originally hired.

B. The company will increase its investment in wearable computing devices every year for a period of at least two years.

C. The company will periodically survey its employees to determine how the introduction of wearable computing devices has affected them.

D. Before the introduction of wearable computing devices, the company will institute a training program to inform its employees of the probable consequences of the introduction of wearable computing devices.

E. The company will ensure that it can offer its employees any training necessary to meet the requirements of their particular jobs.
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Reading the question: This may be a question in which you find it natural to skip back and forth between the prompt and the stem. Regardless, we'll take our time and read everything before moving on. There is going to be an "obsolescence of skills." How can the company prepare for it? That's going to depend on how exactly it's going to happen. There are two critical details: wearable devices and two years. The answer will be related to or at least accommodate those points. If you identify one or more details that are critical to the argument or question at hand, you can immediately make those details your filter to evaluate the answer choices.

Applying our filter to the answer choices, we see that (A) and (B) both have time frames, and hence are at least vaguely connected to "two years." In (A), the training comes too late, so that's wrong. Choice (B) mentions two years, which sounds nice, but the actual measure taken just adds fuel to the fire by getting more wearable devices; there's no remedy offered for the obsolescence of skills. So (B) is out. In (C), a survey might determine the extent of the problem, but it doesn't provide a solution to the problem. Choice (D) sounds fancier but amounts to the same problem as (C). Finally, (E) gives a rather broad promise: any training necessary. Rather unrealistic. But the stem says, "If feasible." If (E) were feasible, it would be able to solve this problem and all kinds of problems.

The correct answer is (E).
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