Due to recent budget constraints, Mercy Hospital is being forced to el

Due to recent budget constraints, Mercy Hospital is being forced to eliminate 10 percent of its x-ray technicians, the employees responsible for ensuring proper x-rays, adjusting and fixing equipments, and processing clerical reports. The administrators have decided that to preserve the hospital’s standards of expert care, the technicians who take the longest time, on average, to fulfill their duties will be the ones let go.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously calls into question the administrators’ criterion for choosing which workers to release?

A. If the technicians at Mercy Hospitals are let go, they will be able to find jobs at other local hospitals.
B. The most complicated and time-consuming x-ray procedures are assigned to the most experienced and qualified x-ray technicians.
C. Surgeons cannot proceed with surgery until the results of the x-rays are processed.
D. The cost of an x-ray at Mercy Hospital is no higher than the cost of x rays at other local hospitals.
E. X-ray technicians make up a smaller proportion of the hospital staff than do nurses.

Source: McGraw Hill GMAT