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Ethics board member: All actions that are permissible under the code o
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Ethics board member: All actions that are permissible under the code of ethics are also legal in all of the jurisdictions in which our company operates. Furthermore, regardless of whether it has been determined if an action is legal, it is always permissible to ask the ethics board to review the action for conformity to the code of ethics.
Statements: Without exception, an action is permissible under the code of ethics ___1___ it is legal in all of the jurisdictions in which the company operates. Furthermore, one is permitted to ask the ethics board to review an action for conformity to the code of ethics ___2___ the legality of the action has been established.
Select for 1 and for 2 the two different options that complete the statements so that they most accurately paraphrase the Ethics board member's assertions. Make only two selections, one in each column.
Statements: Without exception, an action is permissible under the code of ethics ___1___ it is legal in all of the jurisdictions in which the company operates. Furthermore, one is permitted to ask the ethics board to review an action for conformity to the code of ethics ___2___ the legality of the action has been established.
Select for 1 and for 2 the two different options that complete the statements so that they most accurately paraphrase the Ethics board member's assertions. Make only two selections, one in each column.
| 1 | 2 | |
| If | ||
| Only if | ||
| Unless | ||
| Whether or not | ||
| or |
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1: Only if
2: Whether or not
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If x is a square, then x is a rectangle,
or we can say
squares are rectangles or
All squares are rectangles
if A(x)--->B(x),
here we are witnessing conditional statements i.e,
Being a square is sufficient condition to conclude that x is a rectangle,
but if x is a rectangle we can not surely say that it is a square (This counts as a necessary condition).
Furthremore
only if is categorized as necessary condition,
so for the above statement we can say:
x is a square only if it is a rectangle.
Now coming to the questions and after analyzing the options we can say there is conditional reasoning involved.
we can see the argument stating a condition here:
All actions that are permissible under the code of ethics are also legal.
so we can write it as
Permissible Actions-->Legal
so being legal is a necessary condition here hence we can say
An action is permissible under the code of ethics ___Only if___ it is legal.
or we can say
squares are rectangles or
All squares are rectangles
if A(x)--->B(x),
here we are witnessing conditional statements i.e,
Being a square is sufficient condition to conclude that x is a rectangle,
but if x is a rectangle we can not surely say that it is a square (This counts as a necessary condition).
Furthremore
only if is categorized as necessary condition,
so for the above statement we can say:
x is a square only if it is a rectangle.
Now coming to the questions and after analyzing the options we can say there is conditional reasoning involved.
we can see the argument stating a condition here:
All actions that are permissible under the code of ethics are also legal.
so we can write it as
Permissible Actions-->Legal
so being legal is a necessary condition here hence we can say
An action is permissible under the code of ethics ___Only if___ it is legal.
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chetan2u wrote:
Ethics board member: All actions that are permissible under the code of ethics are also legal in all of the jurisdictions in which our company operates. Furthermore, regardless of whether it has been determined if an action is legal, it is always permissible to ask the ethics board to review the action for conformity to the code of ethics.
Statements: Without exception, an action is permissible under the code of ethics ___1___ it is legal in all of the jurisdictions in which the company operates. Furthermore, one is permitted to ask the ethics board to review an action for conformity to the code of ethics ___2___ the legality of the action has been established.
Select for 1 and for 2 the two different options that complete the statements so that they most accurately paraphrase the Ethics board member's assertions. Make only two selections, one in each column.
All Data Insight question: TPA [ Official Guide DI Review 2023-24]
Ethics board member: All actions that are permissible under the code of ethics are also legal in all of the jurisdictions in which our company operates. Furthermore, regardless of whether it has been determined if an action is legal, it is always permissible to ask the ethics board to review the action for conformity to the code of ethics.
Statements: Without exception, an action is permissible under the code of ethics ___1___ it is legal in all of the jurisdictions in which the company operates. Furthermore, one is permitted to ask the ethics board to review an action for conformity to the code of ethics ___2___ the legality of the action has been established.
Select for 1 and for 2 the two different options that complete the statements so that they most accurately paraphrase the Ethics board member's assertions. Make only two selections, one in each column.
All, when, whenever translate to "if".
Given: If allowed under code, it is legal.
This is same as:
Only if legal, then allowed under code.
Without exception, an action is permissible under the code of ethics ___1___ it is legal in all of the jurisdictions in which the company operates.
Hence we will put "only if" here. Only if it is legal, then permissible under code. Works.
ANSWER 1 - Only if
Given: regardless of whether it has been determined if an action is legal, it is always permissible to ask the ethics board to review the action for conformity to the code of ethics.
Furthermore, one is permitted to ask the ethics board to review an action for conformity to the code of ethics ___2___ the legality of the action has been established.
In either case, one is allowed to ask to review so here we will have "whether or not".
ANSWER 2 - whether or not
Conditionals are discussed in these videos in detail:
https://youtu.be/MmlwcTlHZz8
https://youtu.be/BW8Ijrhjjq8
https://youtu.be/yQYkL1DSslA
