CR Inferences

<p>Need some help on how to support a certain answer on these kinds of questions. I'll type up the short passage and the question.</p>

<pre><code> The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been investigating the treatment of women in a major financial services of women in a major financial services firm since a former executive alleged that she had been underpaid, excluded from outings with clients, and denied promotion because of her gender. If the commission sues the firm, it would be a rare case of the federal government's taking up the cause of a highly compensated professional in a workplace dispute.
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<p>It can be inferred that the commission views the alleged treatment of the former executive as</p>

<p>(A) possibly representative of a general pattern
(B) clearly showing the need for legal reform
(C) indicative of a declining business ethics
(D) posing a sensitive political dilemma
(E) likely to prove difficult to verify</p>

<p>If someone could explain their reasoning and stuff for the answer they choose and why its right that would be helpful.</p>

<p>thanks</p>

<p>Im not too good with CR either but if i were to take a shot, I would, with confidence, say the answer is A. The passage says that “The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been investigating the treatment of women… since a former executive alleged that she had been underpaid, excluded from outings with clients…”
If the Commission started to investigate after the alleged treatment, then you can infer that it thought that such treatment continuously happens, or was representative of a pattern.</p>