Question

Read the following short passages and choose the best answers to the questions that follow each passage.
Although measuring the productivity of outsourced workers is a complex endeavor. Company X, which relies heavily on outsourced workers, must find ways to assess the performance of these workers. The risks to a company that does not review the productivity of its human resources are simply too great. Last year, Company Y was forced into receivership after its productivity declined for three consecutive quarters.
The clauses in the italics in the above paragraph, play which of the following roles in the argument above ?

• A. The first clause in italics express a position, and the second warns against the adoption of that position.
• B. The first clause in italics represents the author's conclusion, and the second supports the conclusion with an analogy.
• C. The first clause in italics states the author's premises, and the second states the author's conclusion.
• D. The first clause in italics provides background information, and the second offers evidence to contradict that information.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

The correct option is (B):The first clause in italics represents the author's conclusion, and the second supports the conclusion with an analogy..