Multiple choice

Laptops have replaced desktop computers across the world and it has been predicted that by the year 2020, there would be no desktops left. The major laptop manufacturers have reported a sharp increase in the units they produce annually; whereas the sales of desktop computers have dropped significantly. This heralds the end of the desktop computer industry in near future.

Which of the following is a necessary assumption for the above conclusion?

  1. The laptops will not ultimately be phased out in favor of hand held electronic diaries.

  2. The risk of hardware failure is considerably lower in case of laptops than in case of desktops.

  3. The levies on laptops are not likely to increase in the coming years.

  4. Desktop computers are likely to lose their utility altogether.

  5. Laptops are more suitable even where systems are not required to be mobile, as in a local network.
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E Correct answer
Explanation

5: is the correct option. The conclusion is that desktops are doomed. That means there are virtually no situations where desktops are better. Withdrawing assumption in (e) will negate the conclusion. Option (4) takes a sweeping assumption (no utility altogether) which is not necessary for the conclusion to hold.

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