ACME Midwest Sales Manager: I am unhappy to report that the

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by BTGmoderatorDC » Mon Feb 18, 2019 9:58 pm

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ACME Midwest Sales Manager: I am unhappy to report that the Midwest sales office has had a difficult quarter, and our office will not lead the company in sales this quarter as we usually do.

ACME Executive: Fortunately, the South sales office has had a strong performance this quarter. They usually account for around 10% of company sales, but that figure has improved to 25% for this quarter.

One flaw in the ACME Executive's response is that it:

(A) does not address the reasons why the ACME Midwest Sales Office had a bad quarter.

(B) neglects the possibility that overall sales have increased dramatically.

(C) assumes an increase in sales percentage resulted from increased performance.

(D) uses percentage data when he should be using absolute number data.

(E) neglects to consider other sales offices.

OA C

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by deloitte247 » Sun Feb 24, 2019 12:22 pm

Option A :- INCORRECT
Not addressing the reason why the ACME Midwest Sales Office had a bad quarter doesn't seem to be a flaw on the ACME Executive's part, the Midwest Sales Manager can do that.

Option B :- INCORRECT
We do not know id there has been an increase in overall sales, so the neglecting of the fact cannot serve as a flaw in the ACME Executives' response.

Option C :- CORRECT
The ACME Executives' flaw rests on the assumption that its increase in sales percentages is as a result from increased performance whereas it might have been as a result of the Midwest's sales office not leading as they usually do.

Option D :- INCORRECT
Either percentage or number can represent the statistics to be used to qualify concept, so this doesn't serve as a flaw in the ACME Executive's response.

Option E :- INCORRECT
The argument doesn't present or acknowledge the presence of other sales offices, so if ACME Executives' response doesn't consider other sales offices then it shouldn't be considered a flaw.

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