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Comparing options in French: a C1 quiz on decision criteria

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Eight C1 questions on purchase price, total cost, essential requirements and missing evidence. Practise precise French for comparing professional options.

In short

Ask what is being compared: Le prix à l’achat ou le coût total sur trois ans ? Then separate an essential requirement from a preference: La compatibilité est indispensable ; le prix départagera les offres compatibles.

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Two colleagues compare laptops at a table.
A purchase decision needs des critères that cover more than price. Illustration: Atelier
Study first: four jobs in a comparison
JobFrench wordingWhat it establishes
Name the criterionLe coût total sur trois ans.The measure and period being compared.
Set a requirementLa compatibilité est indispensable.A condition an option must meet.
Rank acceptable optionsLe prix départagera les offres compatibles.How to choose among options meeting the requirement.
Locate missing evidenceLa maintenance n’est pas encore chiffrée.A cost remains to be established.

À l’achat limits a comparison to the purchase. Sur l’ensemble du contrat widens its scope. À conditions égales means on equal terms. In the questions, keep those limits attached to the comparison when choosing your answer.

  1. Question 1No account needed
    Which conclusion matches the information?L’offre A est moins chère à l’achat. Les frais de maintenance ne sont pas encore chiffrés.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Le prix d’achat de l’offre A est inférieur.. À l’achat limits the known advantage to the purchase price. Maintenance costs are still missing.

  2. Question 2No account needed
    Which question clarifies the comparison’s scope?Cette solution est moins coûteuse.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Parlez-vous du prix initial ou du coût sur toute la durée du contrat ?. Prix initial versus coût sur toute la durée asks exactly which costs and period the comparison covers.

  3. Question 3No account needed
    What role does compatibility have here?La compatibilité avec nos outils est indispensable. Le prix départagera ensuite les offres compatibles.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    An essential requirement before comparing prices.. Indispensable establishes a requirement. Ensuite puts price comparison after that requirement has been met.

  4. Question 4No account needed
    What does this sentence tell you about the evidence?Aucune des deux fiches ne confirme la compatibilité avec nos outils.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    La compatibilité reste à vérifier.. The specification sheets leave compatibility unresolved. The sentence reports what the documents confirm.

  5. Question 5No account needed
    Which summary preserves the speaker’s attribution?Selon l’équipe technique, l’offre B répond à notre exigence de compatibilité. L’équipe financière demande encore le détail des coûts.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    L’équipe technique confirme la compatibilité ; l’équipe financière attend le détail des coûts.. The third option keeps each statement with its source and preserves the outstanding request for costs.

  6. Question 6No account needed
    Which response compares the offers on equal terms?Le prix de l’offre A inclut la maintenance. Celui de l’offre B l’exclut.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Demandons le coût de B avec la maintenance sur la même durée.. Including maintenance for B and using the same period gives both prices the same scope.

  7. Question 7No account needed
    Choose the summary that keeps both the advantage and the reservation.B est plus rapide à déployer, mais sa compatibilité reste à démontrer.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    B présente un avantage de délai ; la compatibilité doit encore être vérifiée.. The deployment-time advantage is stated, while evidence of compatibility is still awaited.

  8. Question 8No account needed
    The team now has comparable total costs and successful compatibility tests. Which question addresses the remaining trade-off?A coûte moins cher sur trois ans. B est plus rapide à déployer. Les deux offres sont compatibles.

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Quel poids accordons-nous au délai par rapport au coût total ?. The remaining choice concerns the relative importance of deployment time and total cost: quel poids accordons-nous… ?

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