Nationwide, nearly two percent of all business school graduates will eventually be convicted of violations of the

Nationwide, nearly two percent of all business school graduates will eventually be convicted of violations of the Securities and Exchange Act. Over the last five years, fully eight percent of all employees with MBAs at Schicksal, Barnham & Lampert, a top brokerage firm have been convicted of such violations. This dubious distinction clearly indicates that employees with MBAs at Schicksal, Barnham & Lampert are four times as corrupt as employees with MBAs at other brokerage firms.

Which one of the following statements, if true, most weakens the argument above?

A) The Securities and Exchange Commission is far more likely to investigate brokerage firms than other businesses.

B) Most of the employees of Schicksal, Barnham & Lampert are scrupulously honest and would not intentionally act in such a way as to violate a regulation such as the Securities and Exchange Act.

C) A greater number of the Schicksal, Barnham & Lampert employees with MBAs investigated for possible violations of the Securities and Exchange Act were cleared of all wrong-doing than were their counterparts at other brokerage firms.

D) The level of corruption of individuals on a staff is not directly related to the proportion of these individuals who have been convicted of corrupt behavior.

E) Schicksal, Barnham & Lampert regularly hires from the top eight percent of all business school graduates, who must have competed vigorously to have enjoyed such success.



OA D

Source: Princeton Review