Critical Reasoning

Federal regulations require that corporations use separate accounting firms for audit and non-audit services. This presents difficulties for many multi-national companies because there are only four large international accounting firms based in the United States. An outspoken group of CEOs has suggested breaking up the "Big Four" firms into smaller operations, so that corporations will have more options for their accounting needs.

Which of the following is most like the CEOs' plan in logical structure?

The owners of a prosperous, family-run bakery with several food preparation facilities decide to sell various buildings to local restaurants and coffee shops so that they can retire.
A federal court rules that a communications conglomerate is in violation of anti-trust laws and must break into smaller companies to enable competition from local businesses.
A school district superintendent writes a letter to the publisher or his district's textbooks complaining about lack of variety and suggesting that the publisher add new divisions with different emphases to their corporate structure.
A subsidiary of a large textile manufacturer is bought out in a hostile takeover, and its operations are changed.
The board of a hospital decides to retain only a small number of staff physicians and to rent out remaining space to specialists in private practice.