Question ID:PT13 S2 Q17 Passage:Production manager: The building materials that we produce meet industry safety codes but pose some safety risk. Since we have recently developed the technology to make a safer version of our product, we should stop producing our current product and sell only the safer version in order to protect public safety. Sales manager: If we stop selling our current product, we will have no money to develop and promote the safer product. We need to continue to sell the less-safe product in order to be in a position to market the safer product successfully. Stem:The sales manager counters the production manager’s argument by Correct Answer Choice:AChoice A:pointing out that one part of the production manager’s proposal would have consequences that would prevent successful execution of another part Choice B:challenging the production manager’s authority to dictate company policy Choice C:questioning the product manager’s assumption that a product is necessarily safe just because it is safer than another product Choice D:proposing a change in the standards by which product safety is judged Choice E:presenting evidence to show that the production manager has overestimated the potential impact of the new technology