PrepTest 29, Section 2, Question 5
Barnes: The two newest employees at this company have salaries that are too high for the simple tasks normally assigned to new employees and duties that are too complex for inexperienced workers. Hence, the salaries and the complexity of the duties of these two newest employees should be reduced.
Barnes: The two newest employees at this company have salaries that are too high for the simple tasks normally assigned to new employees and duties that are too complex for inexperienced workers. Hence, the salaries and the complexity of the duties of these two newest employees should be reduced.
Barnes: The two newest employees at this company have salaries that are too high for the simple tasks normally assigned to new employees and duties that are too complex for inexperienced workers. Hence, the salaries and the complexity of the duties of these two newest employees should be reduced.
Barnes: The two newest employees at this company have salaries that are too high for the simple tasks normally assigned to new employees and duties that are too complex for inexperienced workers. Hence, the salaries and the complexity of the duties of these two newest employees should be reduced.
Which one of the following is an assumption on which Barnes's argument depends?
The duties of the two newest employees are not less complex than any others in the company.
It is because of the complex duties assigned that the two newest employees are being paid more than is usually paid to newly hired employees.
The two newest employees are not experienced at their occupations.
Barnes was not hired at a higher-than-average starting salary.
The salaries of the two newest employees are no higher than the salaries that other companies pay for workers with a similar level of experience.
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