Question

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument that Fony Corp. should upgrade its technology?A) Employees fear that the new technology will render them obsolete.B) The company will be able to recover the cost of the technology within four years of implementation.C) The new technology is expected to reduce the company's overall cost of production.D) The company's main client is threatening legal action after it had to recall nearly 2 million notebooks owing to defective batteries.E) The technology which the company is considering adopting was recently developed and has not yet been successfully implemented in a real business context.

Answer 1

Answer: E - The technology which the company is considering adopting was recently developed and has not yet been successfully implemented in a real business context.

Explanation: the company would be able to recover the cost of adoption of the new technology . This strengthens the argument that the upgrade should take place.

The new technology would improve cost of production and efficiency. This strengthens the argument that the upgrade takes place.

Because the upgrade hasn't been successfully tested, it might have an unintended negative impact which would erode all the benefits of the upgrade