Question

The question in this section are based on the reasoning contained in brief statements or passages For some question ,more than one of the choices could conceivably answer ; that is , the response that most accurately and completely that are by common sense standards implausible superfluous or incompatible with the passage.
A professor of business placed a case - study assignment for her class on her university's computer network .She later found out that instead of reading the assignment on the computer screen,50 out of the 70 students printed it our on paper. Thus, it is not the case that books delivered via computer will make printed books obsolete.
Which one of the following, if true , most strengthens the argument?

• A. Several colleagues of the professor have found that, in their non-business course, several of their student behave similarly in relation to assignment placed on the computer network.
• B. Studies consistently show that most computer users will print reading materials that is more than a few pages in length rather than read it on the computer screen.
• C. Some people get impaired vision from long periods of reading printed matter on computer screen, even if they use high quality computer screens.
• D. Scanning technology is very poor, causing books delivered via computer to be full of errors unless editors carefully read the scanned versions.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Several colleagues of the professor have found that, in their non-business course, several of their student behave similarly in relation to assignment placed on the computer network.

This argument is strengthened by option (a) because it echoes the same sentiments as of the professor. It has been found by several colleagues of the same professor that their student also behave similarly. Th rest of the options give different reasons for the conclusion which limits the scope of the argument.