Multiple choice

Directions: For this question, select the best of the answer choices given.

Many companies now have employee assistance programs that enable employees, free of charge, to improve their physical fitness, reduce stress, and learn ways to stop smoking. These programs increase worker productivity, reduce absenteeism, and lessen insurance costs for employee health care. Therefore, these programs benefit the company as well as the employee. Which of the following, if true, most significantly strengthens the conclusion above?

  1. Physical fitness programs are often the most popular services offered to employees.

  2. Studies have shown that training in stress management is not effective for many people.

  3. Regular exercise reduces people's risk of heart disease and provides them with increased energy.

  4. Physical injuries sometimes result from entering a strenuous physical fitness program too quickly.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The argument concludes that wellness programs benefit both companies and employees because they increase productivity and reduce costs. Option C strengthens this by providing evidence of direct health benefits (reduced heart disease risk and increased energy) that logically lead to the claimed productivity improvements and cost reductions. This connects the individual health outcomes directly to the organizational benefits mentioned.

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