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Whenever GrayCo needs to increase production temporarily, it relies on workers who volunteer for extra shifts. Company surveys show that of those who volunteer, well over half are regular participants in company-sponsored recreational activities, whereas of GrayCo employees overall, far less than half are regular participants. Based on this information, managers are attempting to significantly expand the pool of volunteers by improving the quality of company-sponsored recreational activities and by increasing publicity for them.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly indicates that the managers’ efforts are unlikely to produce the desired result?
A. GrayCo’s managers foresee a growing need for volunteers for extra shifts over the next few years.
B. Company surveys showed that many employees were unaware of most of the recreational activities sponsored by GrayCo.
C. Many employees who are not currently regular participants in company-sponsored recreational activities would participate if those activities were improved.
D. Those employees who regularly participate in company-sponsored recreational activities, unlike those who do not do so, generally have few responsibilities outside of work.
E. GrayCo has been unable to meet the need to increase production temporarily in certain areas by temporarily curtailing production in other areas.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly indicates that the managers’ efforts are unlikely to produce the desired result?
A. GrayCo’s managers foresee a growing need for volunteers for extra shifts over the next few years.
B. Company surveys showed that many employees were unaware of most of the recreational activities sponsored by GrayCo.
C. Many employees who are not currently regular participants in company-sponsored recreational activities would participate if those activities were improved.
D. Those employees who regularly participate in company-sponsored recreational activities, unlike those who do not do so, generally have few responsibilities outside of work.
E. GrayCo has been unable to meet the need to increase production temporarily in certain areas by temporarily curtailing production in other areas.
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D should be the answer.
The employees who participate in the recreational activities
are the ones who hardly have any responsibilities outside the work.That is not the case with employees who don't participate and hence they won't participate in the recreational activities even after all those initiatives taken by the GrayCo s managers. These employees have responsibilities outside the work , which will preclude them from participating in the recreational activities .
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The employees who participate in the recreational activities
are the ones who hardly have any responsibilities outside the work.That is not the case with employees who don't participate and hence they won't participate in the recreational activities even after all those initiatives taken by the GrayCo s managers. These employees have responsibilities outside the work , which will preclude them from participating in the recreational activities .
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Whenever GrayCo needs to increase production temporarily, it relies on workers who volunteer for extra shifts. Company surveys show that of those who volunteer, well over half are regular participants in company-sponsored recreational activities, whereas of GrayCo employees overall, far less than half are regular participants. Based on this information, managers are attempting to significantly expand the pool of volunteers by improving the quality of company-sponsored recreational activities and by increasing publicity for them.
The managers have a plan:
to expand the pool of volunteers by improving the quality of company-sponsored recreational activities and by increasing publicity for them.
The managers' implied conclusion about the plan is the following:
Improving the quality of company-sponsored recreational activities and increasing publicity for them will cause the pool of volunteers for extra shifts to expand.
The support for the managers' conclusion is the following:
Company surveys show that of those who volunteer, well over half are regular participants in company-sponsored recreational activities, whereas of GrayCo employees overall, far less than half are regular participants.
We see that the managers have reasoned that, since a disproportionate percentage of volunteers are regular participants in company-sponsored recreational activities, by getting more employees to participate in the activities, they'll get more volunteers.
In other words, the managers have seen a correlation between participation in the actiivities and volunteering and decided that the first causes the second.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly indicates that the managers’ efforts are unlikely to produce the desired result?
This is a Weaken Plan question, and the correct answer will indicate that, even though there's a correlation between participation in the activities and volunteering, the plan is unlikely to work.
A. GrayCo’s managers foresee a growing need for volunteers for extra shifts over the next few years.
The degree of need for volunteers has no bearing on whether the plan will result in an increase in volunteers. After all, participating in activities may or may not cause employees to volunteer regardless of how many volunteers are needed.
So, the managers' foreseeing a growing need for volunteers is no reason to believe that the plan will not work.
Eliminate.
B. Company surveys showed that many employees were unaware of most of the recreational activities sponsored by GrayCo.
If anything, this choice strengthens, rather than weakens, the case for believing that the plan will work.
After all, if many employees were unaware of the activities, then increasing publicity for the activities, as the managers plan to do, will likely cause more employees to be aware of and participate in the activities, in which case the plan may succeed in causing more employees to volunteer.
Eliminate.
C. Many employees who are not currently regular participants in company-sponsored recreational activities would participate if those activities were improved.
If anything, this choice strengthens, rather than weakens, the case for believing that the plan will work.
After all, if this choice is true, then improving the quality of the activities, as the managers plan to do, will likely cause more employees to participate in the activities, in which case the plan may succeed in causing more employees to volunteer.
Eliminate.
D. Those employees who regularly participate in company-sponsored recreational activities, unlike those who do not do so, generally have few responsibilities outside of work.
This choice is interesting because it presents a key difference between employees who regularly participate in the activities and employees who do not.
To see why that difference matters, we have to make a common-sense connection between this choice and the facts presented by the passage.
The managers believe that their plan will work because employees who participate in the activities tend to also volunteer for extra shifts. So, they've basically decided, or assumed, that participating in the activities causes employees to volunteer for extra shifts.
So, what we need to see about this choice is that it indicates that there may be a different reason why employees who participate in the activities tend to volunteer for extra shifts. It may be that the employees who participate in the activities and volunteer for extra shifts do so because they have few responsibilities outside of work, so they have time for both recreational activities and extra shifts.
Of course, in that case, it's doubtful that getting more employees to attend the activities will cause an increase in the number of volunteers since it's unlikely that attending the activities causes employees to volunteer. In that case, it's likely that all that's going on is that employees with time on their hands already participate and volunteer, in which case getting employees with less time on their hands to participate in the activities won't cause those employees to volunteer since they don't have time for extra shifts.
So, this choice provides a reason to believe that the plan is unlikely to work.
Keep.
E. GrayCo has been unable to meet the need to increase production temporarily in certain areas by temporarily curtailing production in other areas.
This choice indicates that another plan, curtailing production, has not addressed the issues associated with the need to increase production temporarily.
The fact that that plan hasn't worked doesn't mean that the managers' plan for increasing the number of volunteers won't work.
Eliminate.
Correct answer: D
The managers have a plan:
to expand the pool of volunteers by improving the quality of company-sponsored recreational activities and by increasing publicity for them.
The managers' implied conclusion about the plan is the following:
Improving the quality of company-sponsored recreational activities and increasing publicity for them will cause the pool of volunteers for extra shifts to expand.
The support for the managers' conclusion is the following:
Company surveys show that of those who volunteer, well over half are regular participants in company-sponsored recreational activities, whereas of GrayCo employees overall, far less than half are regular participants.
We see that the managers have reasoned that, since a disproportionate percentage of volunteers are regular participants in company-sponsored recreational activities, by getting more employees to participate in the activities, they'll get more volunteers.
In other words, the managers have seen a correlation between participation in the actiivities and volunteering and decided that the first causes the second.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly indicates that the managers’ efforts are unlikely to produce the desired result?
This is a Weaken Plan question, and the correct answer will indicate that, even though there's a correlation between participation in the activities and volunteering, the plan is unlikely to work.
A. GrayCo’s managers foresee a growing need for volunteers for extra shifts over the next few years.
The degree of need for volunteers has no bearing on whether the plan will result in an increase in volunteers. After all, participating in activities may or may not cause employees to volunteer regardless of how many volunteers are needed.
So, the managers' foreseeing a growing need for volunteers is no reason to believe that the plan will not work.
Eliminate.
B. Company surveys showed that many employees were unaware of most of the recreational activities sponsored by GrayCo.
If anything, this choice strengthens, rather than weakens, the case for believing that the plan will work.
After all, if many employees were unaware of the activities, then increasing publicity for the activities, as the managers plan to do, will likely cause more employees to be aware of and participate in the activities, in which case the plan may succeed in causing more employees to volunteer.
Eliminate.
C. Many employees who are not currently regular participants in company-sponsored recreational activities would participate if those activities were improved.
If anything, this choice strengthens, rather than weakens, the case for believing that the plan will work.
After all, if this choice is true, then improving the quality of the activities, as the managers plan to do, will likely cause more employees to participate in the activities, in which case the plan may succeed in causing more employees to volunteer.
Eliminate.
D. Those employees who regularly participate in company-sponsored recreational activities, unlike those who do not do so, generally have few responsibilities outside of work.
This choice is interesting because it presents a key difference between employees who regularly participate in the activities and employees who do not.
To see why that difference matters, we have to make a common-sense connection between this choice and the facts presented by the passage.
The managers believe that their plan will work because employees who participate in the activities tend to also volunteer for extra shifts. So, they've basically decided, or assumed, that participating in the activities causes employees to volunteer for extra shifts.
So, what we need to see about this choice is that it indicates that there may be a different reason why employees who participate in the activities tend to volunteer for extra shifts. It may be that the employees who participate in the activities and volunteer for extra shifts do so because they have few responsibilities outside of work, so they have time for both recreational activities and extra shifts.
Of course, in that case, it's doubtful that getting more employees to attend the activities will cause an increase in the number of volunteers since it's unlikely that attending the activities causes employees to volunteer. In that case, it's likely that all that's going on is that employees with time on their hands already participate and volunteer, in which case getting employees with less time on their hands to participate in the activities won't cause those employees to volunteer since they don't have time for extra shifts.
So, this choice provides a reason to believe that the plan is unlikely to work.
Keep.
E. GrayCo has been unable to meet the need to increase production temporarily in certain areas by temporarily curtailing production in other areas.
This choice indicates that another plan, curtailing production, has not addressed the issues associated with the need to increase production temporarily.
The fact that that plan hasn't worked doesn't mean that the managers' plan for increasing the number of volunteers won't work.
Eliminate.
Correct answer: D
