Critical Reasoning

Premises: The new employees are paid higher than the normal and their jobs are complex than the jobs normally assigned to new employees.

Conclusion:Hence the salaries and the complexity of the duties of these two newest employees should be reduced.

The conclusion can be drawn only when we assume that the new employees are inexperienced for the given job otherwise the conclusion won't be logical.

A) The duties of the two newest employees are not less complex than any others in the company. May be true but doesn't help to reach the conclusion.

(B) It is because of the complex duties assigned that the two newest employees are being paid more than is usually paid to newly hired employees. Reasoning supports the premises but doesn't help to reach the conclusion.

(C) The two newest employees are not experienced at their occupations. This assumption is correct, directs to the logical conclusion.

(D) Barnes was not hired at a higher than average starting salary. Irrelevant

(E) The salaries of the two newest employees are no higher than the salaries that other companies pay for workers with similar level of experience. Doesn't help to arrive at the conclusion

Uri wrote:Barnes: The two new employees at this company have salaries that are too high for the simple tasks normally assigned to new employees and duties that are too complex for inexperienced workers. Hence the salaries and the complexity of the duties of these two newest employees should be reduced.

Which of the following is an assumption on which Barnes's argument depends?

(A) The duties of the two newest employees are not less complex than any others in the company.

(B) It is because of the complex duties assigned that the two newest employees are being paid more than is usually paid to newly hired employees.

(C) The two newest employees are not experienced at their occupations.

(D) Barnes was not hired at a higher than average starting salary.

(E) The salaries of the two newest employees are no higher than the salaries that other companies pay for workers with similar level of experience.

OA: [spoiler](C)[/spoiler]

Please explain your reasoning.

Thanks.

I would use the denial rule. If I deny C) so newest employees are experienced, so the conclusion has no sense (why should their salaries/duties be reduced)

I would go for C as well. It seems the best and safest among the rest