Critical Reasoning

Shortly after the popular chat app "WhatsUp" was acquired by media conglomerate MediaCorp, several advertisers have withdrawn their advertisements from the mobile app, claiming that it was due to the fact that the parent company took the chat app in a new direction and made changes that did not protect users' privacy, making users' current location too readily available to other app users. Surely this indicates that the decision-makers in advertising companies do still have a sense of moral propriety that occasionally drives their actions.

Which of the following, if true, would strengthen this conclusion?

(A)The advertisers review the placement of their advertisements on a daily basis.

(B)It is a quite unusual for several advertisers to withdraw all their advertisements simultaneously from a mobile app.

(C)The advertisers, when questioned, admitted that their clients would lose significant revenue as a result of the advertisements being withdrawn.

(D)The advertisers all placed new advertisements in other mobile apps that had no such concerns regarding user privacy.

(E)A review of the mobile app suggested that the majority of the users believe that the standard of the mobile app's contents had failed since being acquired.


C

Experts, please give the detailed explanation.

(A)The advertisers review the placement of their advertisements on a daily basis.

This does not indicate anything about reasons for withdrawing advertisements.

(B)It is a quite unusual for several advertisers to withdraw all their advertisements simultaneously from a mobile app.

This answer is tempting, but look at it carefully. It may support the idea that the advertisers all had the same reason for withdrawing, but it does not indicate what that reason is.

(C)The advertisers, when questioned, admitted that their clients would lose significant revenue as a result of the advertisements being withdrawn.

This answer choice is the only one that in any way supports the argument. If the advertisers would lose revenue as a result of withdrawing the advertisements there must be some non financial reason for their having withdrawn the advertisements. While this answer choice does not clearly point to one reason, it does eliminate a reason. So in a sense it supports the conclusion, at least more than any of the other answer choices do.

(D)The advertisers all placed new advertisements in other mobile apps that had no such concerns regarding user privacy.

If anything this weakens the conclusion in that it conflicts with the idea that advertisers are concerned with user privacy.

(E)A review of the mobile app suggested that the majority of the users believe that the standard of the mobile app's contents had failed since being acquired.

This weakens the conclusion in that it provides a different reason that could be why the advertisers withdrew the advertisements. Maybe the advertisers withdrew because the quality of the app had declined rather than because of the privacy issues.

The best answer is C.

eitijan wrote:Shortly after the popular chat app "WhatsUp" was acquired by media conglomerate MediaCorp, several advertisers have withdrawn their advertisements from the mobile app, claiming that it was due to the fact that the parent company took the chat app in a new direction and made changes that did not protect users' privacy, making users' current location too readily available to other app users. Surely this indicates that the decision-makers in advertising companies do still have a sense of moral propriety that occasionally drives their actions.

Which of the following, if true, would strengthen this conclusion?

(A)The advertisers review the placement of their advertisements on a daily basis.

(B)It is a quite unusual for several advertisers to withdraw all their advertisements simultaneously from a mobile app.

(C)The advertisers, when questioned, admitted that their clients would lose significant revenue as a result of the advertisements being withdrawn.

(D)The advertisers all placed new advertisements in other mobile apps that had no such concerns regarding user privacy.

(E)A review of the mobile app suggested that the majority of the users believe that the standard of the mobile app's contents had failed since being acquired.


C

Experts, please give the detailed explanation.

Premise: the chat app has been acquired by some other company that is not paying heed to user's privacy. Post this many advertisers have removed their ads from the chat app.
Conclusion: The decision-makers in advertising companies do still have a sense of moral propriety that occasionally drives their actions

We need to strengthen this conclusion.
We can say this by pointing out that there is some other reason for the move or by saying that the advertisers are not motivated by the money.

Option C says just the same. It tells us that the clients of the advertisers are facing losses, still they are not advertising on the chat app. This tells us that they are not motivated by the money and there is some other reason apart from financial constraints. And this reason can be moral propriety.

Does this help?

i hate this app alot
It privately sent my phone No to Facebook. Uninstall immediately right after i discovered that
I wish i have more than 1 Play Store account to rate 1 star for it.