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by madhujeya » Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:33 am
Company President: Last year, Broad Street Restaurant Suppliers switched from pen-and-paper order forms to an online process. Unexpectedly, this resulted in a decrease in orders placed by restaurants. Thus, it is likely that many restaurateurs lack the computer skills required by the online process and were more comfortable with the old forms.
Vice-President of Marketing: Not so. Statistics show a widespread decline in sales across the restaurant supply industry for last year.

Which of the following, if true, most undermines the Vice President of Marketing's response?
(A) The decline in sales across the restaurant supply industry affected the segment of the market that represents the largest part of Broad Street's business.
(B) The online process offered by Broad Street allows restaurateurs to better customize their purchases and specify more precise delivery schedules.
(C) Broad Street is known throughout the restaurant supply industry as a leader in customer service.
(D) Declines in sales across the restaurant supply industry usually stem from smaller average orders placed by each restaurant, but one-quarter of Broad Street's previous customers placed no order at all last year.
(E) Many restaurant supply companies have switched from pen-and-paper order forms to an online process.




OA is D, but i am not sure whether it is correct. I marked E as correct answer.[/spoiler]
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by nileshdalvi » Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:53 am
D is correct. As for E, even if other restaurants say the same thing, VP can still say "Not so,..it was due to widespread decline" With E we are nowhere relating widespread decline to pen and paper to convincingly undermine VPs argument.

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by [email protected] » Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:16 am
Yes D is the correct answer. though D individually would not sound good but out of the five options given, D is the most favourable answer...


Option A: Strengthens the vice-president's argument

Option B: somewhere strengthens the vice - president's argument as the out of the two causes possible, one is negated and the one left strengthens vice-president's argument...

Option C: strengthens the vice-president's argument

Option E: strengthens the vice-president's argument.....
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by rajatvmittal » Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:33 am
Yes, I would go with D.