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Pundit: For many high school graduates, attending a university would be of no help in getting a corporate job. The attributes corporations value most in potential employees are initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems. Many new high school graduates have these attributes already.
The pundit's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it
(A) fails to establish that university graduates do not have initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems
(B) overlooks the possibility that corporations may require an attribute that potential employees can obtain only by attending a university
(C) provides no justification for the presumption that corporations only hire employees who have initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems
(D) takes for granted that the only reason that high school graduates go on to attend university is to improve their job prospects
(E) takes for granted that initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems are attributes that can be acquired through study
The pundit's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it
(A) fails to establish that university graduates do not have initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems
(B) overlooks the possibility that corporations may require an attribute that potential employees can obtain only by attending a university
(C) provides no justification for the presumption that corporations only hire employees who have initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems
(D) takes for granted that the only reason that high school graduates go on to attend university is to improve their job prospects
(E) takes for granted that initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems are attributes that can be acquired through study
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Premise - Many new high school graduates have these attributes ( Initiative, flexibilty..) already.
Conclusion - For many high school graduates, attending a university would be of no help in getting a corporate job.
To weaken the argument, we can come up with something additionally required for corporate jobs and acquired through attending a university, which will undermine the statement that a university adds no value.
Answer - B
Conclusion - For many high school graduates, attending a university would be of no help in getting a corporate job.
To weaken the argument, we can come up with something additionally required for corporate jobs and acquired through attending a university, which will undermine the statement that a university adds no value.
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The argument is concerned with the skills of High school graduate and requirement of corporates, so this is out of scope. Eliminate it.
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This says that there might be some skills that can be acquired only through university, so attending a university will add some value. Keep it.
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We don’t need that justification, so this is out of scope. Eliminate it.
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We are not concerned about all the reasons why students go to attend university, this argument deals with improving job prospects and attending university, so this is out of scope. Eliminate it.
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Nowhere mentioned, so this is out of scope.. Eliminate it.
Answer - B
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Pundit: For many high school graduates, attending a university would be of no help in getting a corporate job. The attributes corporations value most in potential employees are initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems. Many new high school graduates have these attributes already.
The conclusion of the argument is the following:
For many high school graduates, attending a university would be of no help in getting a corporate job.
The support for the conclusion is the following:
The attributes corporations value most in potential employees are initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems. Many new high school graduates have these attributes already.
An issue with the argument that we may notice is that it jumps from information on what corporations "value most" to concluding that attending a university "would be of no help."
After all, the fact that high school graduates already have the attributes that corporations value most doesn't mean that nothing else would help them in getting a job.
The pundit's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it
This is a Logical Flaw question, and the correct answer will accurately describe a flaw in the construction of the argument.
(A) fails to establish that university graduates do not have initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems
The argument doesn't need to establish that "university graduates do not have initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems."
After all, even if university graduates do have those attributes, attending university may not help them in getting jobs if they already have those attributes before attending university.
So, the fact that the argument does not establish what this choice mentions does not constitute a flaw in the argument.
Eliminate.
(B) overlooks the possibility that corporations may require an attribute that potential employees can obtain only by attending a university
This choice is interesting.
As noted above, the argument jumps from the fact that high school graduates already have the attributes that corporations value most to the conclusion that attending university won't help them in getting jobs.
In doing so, the argument overlooks the possibility that attending university may help people get jobs in ways other than by helping them develop attributes that corporations "value most." For instance, it may help people develop other attributes, such as "an attribute that potential employees can obtain only by attending a university."
After all, if such an other attribute exists, then, even though high school graduates already have the attributes corporations value most, attending university may help them in getting jobs.
So, in going from the evidence to the conclusion, the argument overlooks the possibility that corporations may require an attribute that potential employees can obtain only by attending a university.
Thus, this choice presents a flaw in the argument.
Keep.
(C) provides no justification for the presumption that corporations only hire employees who have initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems
The argument does not involve the idea that "corporations only hire" employees who have initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems.
Rather, the support for the conclusion is merely that those attributes are the ones corporations "value most."
So, the argument doesn't do what this choice says.
Eliminate.
(D) takes for granted that the only reason that high school graduates go on to attend university is to improve their job prospects
The argument does not assume that "the only reason that high school graduates go on to attend university is to improve their job prospects."
After all, regardless of why high school graduates attend university, it could still be the case that, since they already have the attributes most valued by corporations, attending university will not help them get jobs.
Eliminate.
(E) takes for granted that initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems are attributes that can be acquired through study
The support for the conclusion is that high school graduates have "initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems" before they study at universities.
So, if anything, the point is that those attributes are acquired without study, or at least without study at a university.
So, the argument does not assume that they can be acquired through study.
Eliminate.
Correct answer: B
The conclusion of the argument is the following:
For many high school graduates, attending a university would be of no help in getting a corporate job.
The support for the conclusion is the following:
The attributes corporations value most in potential employees are initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems. Many new high school graduates have these attributes already.
An issue with the argument that we may notice is that it jumps from information on what corporations "value most" to concluding that attending a university "would be of no help."
After all, the fact that high school graduates already have the attributes that corporations value most doesn't mean that nothing else would help them in getting a job.
The pundit's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it
This is a Logical Flaw question, and the correct answer will accurately describe a flaw in the construction of the argument.
(A) fails to establish that university graduates do not have initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems
The argument doesn't need to establish that "university graduates do not have initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems."
After all, even if university graduates do have those attributes, attending university may not help them in getting jobs if they already have those attributes before attending university.
So, the fact that the argument does not establish what this choice mentions does not constitute a flaw in the argument.
Eliminate.
(B) overlooks the possibility that corporations may require an attribute that potential employees can obtain only by attending a university
This choice is interesting.
As noted above, the argument jumps from the fact that high school graduates already have the attributes that corporations value most to the conclusion that attending university won't help them in getting jobs.
In doing so, the argument overlooks the possibility that attending university may help people get jobs in ways other than by helping them develop attributes that corporations "value most." For instance, it may help people develop other attributes, such as "an attribute that potential employees can obtain only by attending a university."
After all, if such an other attribute exists, then, even though high school graduates already have the attributes corporations value most, attending university may help them in getting jobs.
So, in going from the evidence to the conclusion, the argument overlooks the possibility that corporations may require an attribute that potential employees can obtain only by attending a university.
Thus, this choice presents a flaw in the argument.
Keep.
(C) provides no justification for the presumption that corporations only hire employees who have initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems
The argument does not involve the idea that "corporations only hire" employees who have initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems.
Rather, the support for the conclusion is merely that those attributes are the ones corporations "value most."
So, the argument doesn't do what this choice says.
Eliminate.
(D) takes for granted that the only reason that high school graduates go on to attend university is to improve their job prospects
The argument does not assume that "the only reason that high school graduates go on to attend university is to improve their job prospects."
After all, regardless of why high school graduates attend university, it could still be the case that, since they already have the attributes most valued by corporations, attending university will not help them get jobs.
Eliminate.
(E) takes for granted that initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems are attributes that can be acquired through study
The support for the conclusion is that high school graduates have "initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems" before they study at universities.
So, if anything, the point is that those attributes are acquired without study, or at least without study at a university.
So, the argument does not assume that they can be acquired through study.
Eliminate.
Correct answer: B
