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Re: Automobile manufacturer: Recently developed defect-detection systems [#permalink]
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Automobile manufacturer: Recently developed defect-detection systems, although not yet proven to be completely accurate, should be purchased immediately for our plants. Automated inspections will help assembly-line workers detect flaws in materials.

Employee representative: Plants will not benefit from inadequately tested defect-detection systems. Failures in those systems could mislead the workers using them, allowing flaws to go undetected.

Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the employee representative's objection?

I find "D" strengthens more, the first statement mentions about assembly line workers..to detect flaws..hence if they already miss out on flaws, the new system will fail.


Manufac : DDS though not proven to be accurate at detecting flaws should be installed in plant to detect flaws.
Emp Rep : DDS will not be useful and mislead employees, some flaws will go undetected.


A)Any automated system, no matter how rigorously tested, is susceptible to malfunction.

Malfunctioning of the system is not the issue, we are looking for the results of an untested system.

B) An automated packing system was successfully introduced by the manufacturer with only minimal testing.

Out of scope

C)Even though the new system will help detect some flaws, the probable system failures will cause even more flaws to go undetected.

If some system failures go undetected then surely it strengthens the employee representatives views.

D)Many flaws are missed due to the high stress levels experienced by assembly-line workers.

Out of scope.

E) Defect-detection systems as they are currently used are more effective at detecting flaws in finished products than they are in raw materials.

Out of scope.

Hence only (C) strengthens the highlighted part of the employee representatives claim and is the answer !!
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