SECTION 2 TIME—25 MINUTES 18 QUESTIONS DIRECTIONS
13.
The primary purpose of the passage is to
increased significantly
(A) contrast possible outcomes of a type of business
(D) was an innovation that competing banks could
investment
have imitated
(B) suggest more careful evaluation of a type of
(E) was adequate to bring the bank’s general level of
business investment
service to a level that was comparable with that
(C) illustrate various ways in which a type of
of its competitors.
business investment could fail to enhance
revenues
(D) trace the general problems of a company to a
certain type of business investment
(E) criticize the way in which managers tend to
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analyze the costs and benefits of business
investments