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Premises:
[size=100]In the city of Velburn, a steep increase in the number of homes with Wi-Fi-enabled security systems over the past five years has coincided with a rise in residential burglaries.
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Paradox:
[size=100]Surprisingly, the neighborhoods with the highest concentration of these security systems have seen the greatest increase in burglary rates, even though the systems are designed to promptly alert homeowners and law enforcement to suspicious activity.
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To resolve this paradox, we should choose an option, that explains how both can co-exist together, despite seeming, unrelated or contradicting each other.
A. Some homeowners in Velburn disable motion or sound sensors to avoid false alarms, unintentionally leaving parts of their homes less secure.
While this might be true, this doesn't explain why the concentration of burglary is more in the all the wifi-enabled security system houses. Eliminate.
B. Police response times have increased in Velburn due to a surge in non-critical emergency calls.
Police responses have nothing to do with increasing burglaries despite security systems. Eliminate.
C. Several regions in Velburn frequently face intermittent internet connectivity issues that disrupt real-time data transmission.
Again, even if this is true, we have no reason to suspect that the burglary is increasing because of this as the connectivity issue may not occur at a consistent time of the day. Eliminate
D. Burglars often operate during daytime hours, when security systems are more likely to be left unarmed by homeowners.
If this is true, this clearly explains the paradox, burglars do their thing during the time when security is disabled, and having security systems might hint burglars there's something valuable to steal. Keep, Looks pretty good.
[size=100]E. A large portion of security systems in Velburn rely on cloud-based services that automatically update during nighttime hours.
[/size]Even if this is true, we have no reason to believe that burglars rob during night, so we this cannot explain the paradox, we could have considered this if option D wasn't so convinving.
Correct Answer: D
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19 Dec 2025, 00:13
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In such questions, I like to answer the question for myself before reading the options. This helps me prevent biases.
There are neighborhoods that have installed these Wi-Fi security systems in droves, and it is these very homes that have seen the greatest increase in burglary rates. Why could that be? A few reasons I can think of:
- Maybe these alarms, which replace manual / offline systems, did not work as intended or in fact compromised overall security.
- Maybe these burglars worked around the security these alarms present, leveraging a hacking software or interfering with the WiFi.
- Maybe there's another reason for an increase in burglaries, like specific gangs operating in areas where such systems are, coincidentally, installed in the highest concentration.
With these possibilities - some obvious, some a stetch - thought out, we can proceed to the options:
A: This proves why the alarm systems may not be as working as intended, but in fact, by optimizing the alarms to minimize false alerts, the system could be made more efficient despite certain parts of the house being less secure. Eliminate.
B: This applies to the whole of Velburn, while the contradiction only concerns for certain neighborhoods of Velburn - the ones with the highest concentration of Wi-Fi security.
C: The key here is "real-time data transmission"; a delay in the alarm relaying the presence of a burglar / burglary taking place will most certainly impact the burglary rates, rendering the alarm compromised, like how I have stated in the first "reason" presented above. We can freeze this and check out subsequent options to see if any of them work better.
D: This would apply to all kinds of security systems, and not just the Wi-Fi systems we are referencing in the stem. Hence, please eliminate.
E: While this may suggest that the security systems could be partially inactive during nighttime hours, it doesn't prove that - plus, this talks about "security systems in Velburn" and not just the Wifi-neighborhoods. Also, we don't know anything about the duration of these updates. Maybe they need 15-seconds. Plus, an update may even improve the system altogether. Eliminate.
We go back to C - the only one that works to explain this contradiction.
There are neighborhoods that have installed these Wi-Fi security systems in droves, and it is these very homes that have seen the greatest increase in burglary rates. Why could that be? A few reasons I can think of:
- Maybe these alarms, which replace manual / offline systems, did not work as intended or in fact compromised overall security.
- Maybe these burglars worked around the security these alarms present, leveraging a hacking software or interfering with the WiFi.
- Maybe there's another reason for an increase in burglaries, like specific gangs operating in areas where such systems are, coincidentally, installed in the highest concentration.
With these possibilities - some obvious, some a stetch - thought out, we can proceed to the options:
A: This proves why the alarm systems may not be as working as intended, but in fact, by optimizing the alarms to minimize false alerts, the system could be made more efficient despite certain parts of the house being less secure. Eliminate.
B: This applies to the whole of Velburn, while the contradiction only concerns for certain neighborhoods of Velburn - the ones with the highest concentration of Wi-Fi security.
C: The key here is "real-time data transmission"; a delay in the alarm relaying the presence of a burglar / burglary taking place will most certainly impact the burglary rates, rendering the alarm compromised, like how I have stated in the first "reason" presented above. We can freeze this and check out subsequent options to see if any of them work better.
D: This would apply to all kinds of security systems, and not just the Wi-Fi systems we are referencing in the stem. Hence, please eliminate.
E: While this may suggest that the security systems could be partially inactive during nighttime hours, it doesn't prove that - plus, this talks about "security systems in Velburn" and not just the Wifi-neighborhoods. Also, we don't know anything about the duration of these updates. Maybe they need 15-seconds. Plus, an update may even improve the system altogether. Eliminate.
We go back to C - the only one that works to explain this contradiction.
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In Velburn, in spite of steep increase in the number of homes with Wi-Fi enables security systems over past 5 years, residential burglaries have risen.
Contradiction: Surprisingly, the neighborhoods with the highest concentration of these security systems have seen the greatest increase in burglary rates, even though the systems are designed to promptly alert homeowners and law enforcement to suspicious activity.
Objective: Help to explain contradiction
Pre-thinking: We need to find reasons to explain the contradiction. There is a possibility that residents with advanced security systems have become more slack towards home security because of these advance security systems and/or burglars find it more attractive to perform theft.
Options:
A. Some homeowners in Velburn disable motion or sound sensors to avoid false alarms increasing insecurity but it should not lead to increase in burglaries. Incorrect
B. Is there any direct correlation between high police response time and high burglary rates? Are more burglaries happening since police can not act promptly because of increased burden? Keep it.
C. Intermittent internet connectivity issue may disable some security functionalities temporarily and because of this unreliability burglars may find it easy to perform burglaries giving rise to such incidences. Better than B. Correct
D. It seems to be a plausible explanation since burglaries are happening during daytime when homeowners leave security systems unarmed. Still it does not explain rise in burglaries. Incorrect
E. Security system update hours have no impact on burglary cases. Incorrect
IMO C
Contradiction: Surprisingly, the neighborhoods with the highest concentration of these security systems have seen the greatest increase in burglary rates, even though the systems are designed to promptly alert homeowners and law enforcement to suspicious activity.
Objective: Help to explain contradiction
Pre-thinking: We need to find reasons to explain the contradiction. There is a possibility that residents with advanced security systems have become more slack towards home security because of these advance security systems and/or burglars find it more attractive to perform theft.
Options:
A. Some homeowners in Velburn disable motion or sound sensors to avoid false alarms increasing insecurity but it should not lead to increase in burglaries. Incorrect
B. Is there any direct correlation between high police response time and high burglary rates? Are more burglaries happening since police can not act promptly because of increased burden? Keep it.
C. Intermittent internet connectivity issue may disable some security functionalities temporarily and because of this unreliability burglars may find it easy to perform burglaries giving rise to such incidences. Better than B. Correct
D. It seems to be a plausible explanation since burglaries are happening during daytime when homeowners leave security systems unarmed. Still it does not explain rise in burglaries. Incorrect
E. Security system update hours have no impact on burglary cases. Incorrect
IMO C
