PrepTest 109

Incorrect. The stimulus leaves open the possibility that most work done by most workers is evaluated, just not all. And since it doesn't discuss the level of scrutiny faced by work submitted by each category of worker, this answer choice is unsupported.

Correct. Argument or Facts:
Argument

Valid or Flawed:
Flawed

Question Type:
Must Be True

Stimulus Summary:
Most workers — Not all work they do is evaluated
Freelance workers — All work they do is evaluated
Conclusion — For the latter, the constant evaluation causes their work to be high—quality

Answer Anticipation:
This Must Be True question presents an argument, which is less common than a Must Be True question that just presents facts. What changes when this is the case? Not much. We still treat all statements—including the conclusion—as true, and we look for an answer supported by those statements. However, there is one additional type of answer we can anticipate—any necessary assumptions must be true.

Here, the stimulus compares most workers to freelance workers—specifically, the latter have all of their work evaluated, whereas the former don't. The conclusion of the argument here concludes that this evaluation causes the freelancers to produce such high—quality work. That causality isn't established in the premises, however—it's assumed by the argument. So while other answers are possible, it's likely that the correct answer will state that constant evaluation causes at least some workers to "up their game" and produce higher—quality work.

Answer Explanation:
This answer matches our anticipation lining up with the necessary assumption of the argument. In stating that the constant evaluation "is why" freelance writers produce high—quality work the Consultant must believe that such evaluation causes those workers (freelancers would count as "some" workers) to produce high—quality work as this answer states.

Key Takeaway:
When a Must Be True question features an argument the correct answer can be a necessary assumption of that argument.

Incorrect. First, there's no comparative language used in the stimulus when discussing quality, so this answer is unsupported. Additionally, it's too strong—even if we accept that freelancers produce higher—quality work than most workers who don't see each piece of work evaluated, there might be another subset of workers who do face even higher scrutiny and thus produce even better work.

Incorrect. While most workers don't and all freelancers do, there may be another subset of workers within that minority of workers who also have each piece of work evaluated.

Incorrect. The stimulus doesn't discuss the quality of the work submitted by "[m]ost" workers who don't face constant scrutiny so this answer is unsupported.