PT104.S1.Q25

PrepTest 104 - Section 1 - Question 25

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When interviewing job candidates, personnel managers not only evaluate a candidate's work experience and educational background but also inquire about hobbies. █████████ ████████ ███ ██ ███████ █████ █████████ ██ ██████ ████ ███ ██████████ ███████ █████ ███ █ █████ ███ ████ █████ ████ ██ ██████████ ███ █ ████ ███ ████ ██████████ ███ ████ ████████ ████ ███ █████████ ██ ████ █████████ ████ ████ ████ ████ █████ █████████ █████████ ████████ ██████ ███ ███████ █████ █ ███████████ ████████

Summarize Argument

The author concludes that personnel managers should not ask about job candidates’ hobbies because a candidate’s enthusiasm for a hobby might indicate that he cares more about play than work.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The author concludes that managers shouldn’t ask about candidates’ hobbies. However, she overlooks any possible benefits of asking candidates about their hobbies. For example, a candidate’s hobbies may indicate other skills and abilities and may provide managers with a more complete understanding of the candidate.

Also, even if a candidate’s enthusiasm does indicate that the candidate is less concerned with work than with play, the author never explains why this is negative. Perhaps it’s helpful for managers to learn this information in interviews.

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25.

The argument is flawed because ██ █████████ ████ ██ ███ █████████ █████████████ ███████

a

A candidate's involvement ██ ██████████ ███████ ███ ████████ █ ████████ ██ ████ █████████ ████████████

b

Candidates who have ██ ███████ ███ ███████ ████ ████ ████ ███ ████ █████ ██ ██ ██████████

c

Inquiries about a █████ ███ ███ ██████████ ██ █████ █████████ ████ ██████ █████████ █████ █████████ ██████████

d

Having certain kinds ██ ███████ ███ ████████ ████ █ █████████ ███ ████ ██████████████ ███████

e

Personnel managers may ████ ██████ ███████ █████ ██████████ ██ ████ ███ ███ ██████████ ████ ██████ ██████████ █████ ██ ██████████

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