LSAT－17－4－23

23.   Mr. Blatt: Expert consultants are sought after by management because they help executives make better decisions. That is why they are worth the substantial fees they charge.

Ms. Fring: Nonsense. Expert consultants are hired in order to enable executives to avoid responsibility. The more the experts cost, the more they can be blamed when things go wrong.

Which one of the following, if it occurred, would be the strongest evidence favoring Ms. Fring’s position over Mr. Blatt’s position?

(A) A company that is trying to decide whether to move its manufacturing plant hires an expensive expert to conduct a cost/benefit analysis.

(B) Two competing companies faced with very similar problems adopt different solutions.

(C) A successful firm of expert consultants seeks to increase its volume of business by reducing its fees, but its volume of business drops.

(D) An expert consultant builds up a successful business by charging clients a substantial percentage of the amount an independent assessor judges that the consultant saved the company.（C）

(E) A company follows a consultant’s advice to open two new stores, but both stores are only marginally profitable at first.

这个C 跟stimulus 有什么关系啊，看了好几遍都不明白

Expert consultants are hired in order to enable executives to avoid responsibility. The more the experts cost, the more they can be blamed when things go wrong.

我的理解：咨询专家被聘，为了使经理们摆脱责任。给咨询专家的薪酬越高，出了事的话他们就越要承担责任。（经理们就不被谴责了）

但是C中的its fee 好像是指的firm 吧，是说一个咨询专家想增加公司的营业额，通过降低公司的费用，但营业额却降了下来。

这里是说的给咨询专家的费用吗？

(C) A successful firm of expert consultants seeks to increase its volume of business by reducing its fees, but its volume of business drops.

yes, it refers to consultants. no mention of the patron in C

its volume: the consulting firm's business volume

its fees: the consulting firm's fees

Ms.Fring: the more expert consultants charge, the more willing the excecutives are to hire them, because the higher the fees are, the more responsibility the consultants share, and thus the less responsibility the executives take

answer C: when a successful consulting firm charges less, less executives are willing to hire the firm, (thus the firm's volume of business drops), because the firm serves less well for the executives to avoid their responsibilities.

understand ,thanks very much