Instructions

Read the statement or passage and then choose the best answer to the question. Answer the question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the statement or passage.

Passage

Too many companies pay scant attention to how their corporate symbol is perceived in the marketplace. They worry even less about the critical matter of graphic design, which encompasses layout, product packaging, and the color scheme of letterheads, brochures, and business cards. Instead, they relegate corporate design to the same category as interior decorating$-$an unnecessary expenditure until profits are so substantial that there is money to lavish on the cultivation of good appearances. Too few executives seriously connect graphic design with marketing and increase in profits.

Question

It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes that

graphic design can bear directly on a company's profits

worrying about the color scheme of brochures and letterheads is a waste of time and money

companies should place more emphasis on interior d$$cor

it is time that companies stop cultivating merely good appearances