PT118.S4.Q18

PrepTest 118 - Section 4 - Question 18

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Summary

The stimulus says that decentralization allows different parts of a large institution to function autonomously. Autonomous functioning means that the same people are making decisions and implementing policies, which in turn allows more realistic planning and encourages innovation. Finally, decentralization lets the institution’s administrators focus on big-picture issues instead of daily operations.

Strongly Supported Conclusions

The stimulus supports these conclusions:

An institution whose divisions cannot function autonomously is not decentralized.

In institutions whose divisions do not function autonomously, planning is not always as realistic as possible.

If an institution’s central administrators are not able to focus on big-picture issues instead of daily operations, then the institution is not decentralized.

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18.

The statements above most strongly ███████ █████ ███ ██ ███ ██████████

a

In large institutions █████ █████████ ██ ███ ████████ █████████████ ████████ ██ ███ █████████ ██████████

b

Innovation is not ██████ ██████████ ██ █████ ███████████ █████████████

c

For large institutions ███ ██████████ ██ ████████████████ ████████ ███ ██████████████

d

The central administrations ██ █████ ████████████ ███ ███████ █████████ ███████████ ███ ████ ██ ███ ███████ ██ █████ ███████████

e

The people directly ████████ ██ ████████████ ████████ ███ ██████ ████ ██ ████ ██████████ ███ █████████ ██████ ██████████

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