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Manager: When Sullivan was passed over for promotion, people Updated on: 24 Feb 2011, 10:14
Originally posted by gtr022001 on 23 Feb 2011, 22:19.
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9. Manager: When Sullivan was passed over for
promotion, people said that the deciding factor
was his being much older than the competition.
But this is clearly not the case. Several recent
promotions have been given to people older than
Sullivan.
The manager’s argument is most vulnerable to criticism
because it fails to consider the possibility that
(A) Sullivan was well qualified for the promotion
(B) age is only one of a number of factors that kept
Sullivan from being promoted
(C) people often associate age with experience and
good judgment
(D) the people older than Sullivan who were
promoted had no younger competitors
(E) Sullivan’s employer tries to keep deliberations
involving promotion decisions confidential

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Manager: When Sullivan was passed over for promotion, people 24 Feb 2011, 00:04
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D looks obvious. Can you confirm?
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Manager: When Sullivan was passed over for promotion, people 24 Feb 2011, 03:44
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IMO D. Others are irrelevant and does not address the point in question.
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Manager: When Sullivan was passed over for promotion, people 24 Feb 2011, 04:29
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I feel D. B could also be considered, but is weak. So D wins in my opinion.
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Manager: When Sullivan was passed over for promotion, people 24 Feb 2011, 07:18
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I don't know what the point in question is but by POE "D" looks better among the choices...
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sorry i was watching this. Well the idea is lone horse in the race will win. Similarly, if there was no younger employee to be promoted then obviously older people will get promoted.

The manager asserts that Sullivan was passed over for a reason and that reason does not hold true. To criticize the arg you have to say the "same" reason exist. i.e. if there are younger employees they will get promoted in the org for the org to remain competitive. :wink: what a discrimination LOL
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added OA above

nice explanation gmat1220
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D for me as well. The reasoning is that the competition needs to be seen when evaluating whether a person was unfairly passed over or not. The clue was manager's example that could not be construed as a general case because of insufficient info on competition for the older guy who got promoted.
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D in 53 secs , i wish the entire GMAT is made of such questions , but then the percentile scores will change.
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straight D



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