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MCQ - 167-8119

Question:

The breakup of the phone company in 1984 and the deregulation of long-distance rates have produced nothing but benefits. The American phone companies are no longer falling behind the rest of the world in technology. Long-distance rates have declined since deregulation. Telephone costs to businesses have remained the same or even declined slightly. And a legion of smaller telephone companies are showing high profits.

Which of the following if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?

The price of stock in the companies spun off from American Telephone has risen sharply since 1984.
The monthly charge for telephone service in the home has risen each year since 1985.
Sixty percent of the telephone service in African countries is dependent upon American technology.
The monthly charge for telephone service in the home has risen each year since 1985.
Eighty percent of he consumers polled report better telephone services in 1990 than in 1980.

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

The passage claims nothing but benefits from the changes, but the benefits have been to businesses, not to the individual consumer, whose rates have risen. Some of the other options neither support nor refute the argument of the passage.

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