Rank the categories from highest to lowest value.

• A. A > B > C
• B. B > A > C
• C. B > C > A
• D. A > C > B

Answer: (B)

When ranking from highest to lowest, start with the category that has the highest value, then place the others in order of their values. Here, the top position must go to the category that is greater than the others. The only ordering that places the top category first and also keeps the remaining two in their proper order is to put the highest category first, then the next-highest, and finally the lowest. In this case, that means the top category goes first, followed by the category that is greater than the remaining one, and then the smallest. So you get B at the top, then A, then C. If you tried to put C above A or place B lower than the others, you’d violate the known relationships that B is highest and A is greater than C. Hence the ranking is B > A > C.