PrepTest 146, Section 2, Question 3
Reviewer: Almost all books that offer management advice(34 more words not shown)
The conclusion of the reviewer's(13 more words not shown)
- AAdvice books rarely(7 more words not shown)
- BMost people who(8 more words not shown)
- CAlmost all CEOs(6 more words not shown)
- DAdvice is of(12 more words not shown)
- EMost managers prefer(14 more words not shown)
Reading the argument
Running an entire company isn't the same as managing one team. But why would that make advice from the CEO's perspective of limited use to a team manager? The duties can differ while some lessons still transfer. Advice needn't come from someone in exactly your position to teach you something valuable.
What we’re looking for
The reviewer gives us the difference in perspective, then jumps to limited usefulness. For the sufficient-assumption question, supply a rule that makes that jump work: advice from a different perspective is of limited use to the person receiving it. Under that rule, the perspective mismatch would establish the conclusion instead of merely raising a question about how well the advice applies.
Working the answers
- A
This says the mismatch between advice and its intended audience is common. It still doesn't tell us what the mismatch does to the advice's usefulness. Even if advice books rarely adopt their readers' perspective, the readers might learn a great deal from them. We need the connection to limited use.
- B
Wanting to become a CEO doesn't establish that CEO-oriented advice is of limited use now. The aspiration might even give someone an additional reason to read it. The conclusion concerns usefulness to most managers, not what jobs the readers hope to have someday.
- C
Having worked as lower-level managers might give CEOs relevant experience to draw on. But the passage concerns the perspective from which the books offer advice, not merely their authors' work histories. C supplies no rule showing why a difference in perspective limits usefulness, so it cannot establish the conclusion.
- DCorrect
Unless the advice is offered from the recipient's perspective, its use is limited. Apply that rule to the evidence: almost all management books use the CEO's perspective, while most managers don't share that perspective. The mismatch now has the consequence the reviewer claims.
- E
Preferring books that seem useful doesn't establish which books really are useful. Managers might choose wisely, or they might be disappointed by what they read. Either way, their preference doesn't connect a book's perspective with the limit on its usefulness.
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