Question ID:PT30 S4 Q16 Passage:Sales manager: The highest priority should be given to the needs of the sales department, because without successful sales the company as a whole would fail.Shipping manager: There are several departments other than sales that also must function successfully for the company to succeed. It is impossible to give the highest priority to all of them. Stem:The shipping manager criticizes the sales manager's argument by pointing out Correct Answer Choice:DChoice A:that the sales department taken by itself is not critical to the company's success as a whole Choice B:the ambiguity of the term "highest priority" Choice C:that departments other than sales are more vital to the company's success Choice D:an absurd consequence of its apparent assumption that a department's necessity earns it the highest priority Choice E:that the sales manager makes a generalization from an atypical case