PrepTest 57, Section 3, Question 5

Difficulty:

Hernandez: I recommend that staff cars be replaced every four years instead of every three years. Three-year-old cars are still in good condition and this would result in big savings.

Green: I disagree. Some of our salespeople with big territories wear out their cars in three years.

Hernandez: I meant three-year-old cars subjected to normal use.

Hernandez: I recommend that staff cars be replaced every four years instead of every three years. Three-year-old cars are still in good condition and this would result in big savings.

Green: I disagree. Some of our salespeople with big territories wear out their cars in three years.

Hernandez: I meant three-year-old cars subjected to normal use.

Hernandez: I recommend that staff cars be replaced every four years instead of every three years. Three-year-old cars are still in good condition and this would result in big savings.

Question

In the conversation, Hernandez responds to Green's objection in which one of the following ways?

by explicitly qualifying a premise used earlier

by criticizing salespeople who wear out their cars in three years

by disputing the accuracy of Green's evidence

by changing the subject to the size of sales territories

by indicating that Green used a phrase ambiguously

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