PrepTest 149, Section 3, Question 20
Michele: In my professional experience, it’s usually not(64 more words not shown)
Michele and Alvaro disagree with(8 more words not shown)
- Awhy companies should(4 more words not shown)
- Bwhether the problems(9 more words not shown)
- Cwhich kinds of(11 more words not shown)
- Dwhat a company(7 more words not shown)
- Ewhen professional experience(7 more words not shown)
Reading the argument
Michele wants the company to pause. Alvaro wants it to focus on doing the work properly.
Michele's experience tells her that overhauls usually aren't worth the problems, so her advice is to think twice before proceeding. She isn't saying no company should ever do one. Alvaro thinks the problems come from improper recoding, so his response is to avoid those mistakes and do the job right.
What we’re looking for
For their disagreement, I'd look for what advice to give a company considering an overhaul. Michele emphasizes reconsidering the project; Alvaro emphasizes carrying it out correctly.
Working the answers
- A
Neither speaker identifies the reasons companies should consider an overhaul in the first place. Those reasons might involve speed, security, or something else, but we aren't told. They differ over the advice to give once a company is considering the project.
- B
Michele plainly thinks the problems can outweigh the rewards. Alvaro doesn't deny that they ever do; he says the problems arise when the recoding is done improperly. He could agree that a badly executed overhaul isn't worth its problems. We don't have opposing positions on whether that ever happens.
- C
Alvaro distinguishes proper from improper recoding, but Michele doesn't offer an opposing classification of which kinds of overhauls have unjustified problems. Her statement is a general assessment of the usual balance. We can't turn that into a specific disagreement over categories neither speaker compares with the other.
- DCorrect
This captures their competing recommendations. When a company considers an overhaul, Michele says to think twice because the rewards rarely outweigh the problems. Alvaro responds that the best advice is to recode properly. Their disagreement concerns what the company should do in that situation.
- E
Michele cites her professional experience as the basis for her advice. That isn't a claim that a particular amount or kind of experience is required to recode correctly, and Alvaro doesn't state such a requirement either. E changes the topic from their advice to a qualification for performing the work.
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