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A large retailer operates a limited fleet of same-day-delivery trucks. For years, each neighborhood delivery hub has been assigned the same number of trucks, regardless of the daily order volume in that neighborhood. To shorten overall delivery times, senior management now plans to let neighborhood hubs trade truck assignments freely. Management argues that trading will move more trucks to the neighborhoods that rely on them most intensively, thereby reducing average delivery time across the company.

To evaluate whether the company’s plan is likely to achieve its intended result, it would be most helpful to know which of the following?

(A) Whether neighborhood hubs facing tighter shipping deadlines currently use their trucks more frequently than other neighborhoods

(B) Whether neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively could achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks

(C) Whether using the company’s own trucks reduces delivery time more effectively than outsourcing to third-party carriers

(D) Whether certain neighborhood hubs currently have idle trucks at any point during the day

(E) Whether neighborhood hubs will be required to record truck-trading activity in a central scheduling system


 


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A large retailer operates a limited fleet of same-day-delivery trucks. For years, each neighborhood delivery hub has been assigned the same number of trucks, regardless of the daily order volume in that neighborhood. To shorten overall delivery times, senior management now plans to let neighborhood hubs trade truck assignments freely. Management argues that trading will move more trucks to the neighborhoods that rely on them most intensively, thereby reducing average delivery time across the company.

To evaluate whether the company’s plan is likely to achieve its intended result, it would be most helpful to know which of the following?

(A) Whether neighborhood hubs facing tighter shipping deadlines currently use their trucks more frequently than other neighborhoods

(B) Whether neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks

(C) Whether using the company’s own trucks reduces delivery time more effectively than outsourcing to third-party carriers

(D) Whether certain neighborhood hubs currently have idle trucks at any point during the day

(E) Whether neighborhood hubs will be required to record truck-trading activity in a central scheduling system
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(A) Irrelevant. Knowing tighter deadlines lead to frequent truck use does not demonstrate that adding more trucks shortens average delivery times.

(B) Correct. This option assesses if the assumed causal link, more trucks leading to shorter delivery times, is actually going to hold true, and thus evaluating the plan’s assumption.

(C) Irrelevant. This introduces a comparison with third-party carriers, which is unrelated to the proposed internal redistribution plan.

(D) Trap Answer. Presence of idle trucks indicates redistribution feasibility, but without establishing that shifting trucks actually reduces delivery times, this fact alone is insufficient to prove that the plan will work. Thus, this fact can help us to possibly predict if the plan will fail (in case the number of available trucks is zero), but at the same time, this information won't help us confirm that the plan is likely to succeed (in case the number of available trucks is more than zero), thus giving us only a partial answer.

(E) Irrelevant. Procedural record-keeping doesn't address whether truck redistribution affects delivery speed.
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(A) Whether neighborhood hubs facing tighter shipping deadlines currently use their trucks more frequently than other neighborhoods
Incorrect

(B) Whether neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks
Correct — shows if more trucks at high-use hubs lead to faster deliveries, directly testing the plan’s logic.

(C) Whether using the company’s own trucks reduces delivery time more effectively than outsourcing to third-party carriers
Incorrect

(D) Whether certain neighborhood hubs currently have idle trucks at any point during the day
Incorrect

(E) Whether neighborhood hubs will be required to record truck-trading activity in a central scheduling system
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Answer is B.
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The argument here is that more trucks to the neighborhoods that rely on them most intensively will thereby reduce average delivery time across the company.
The B answer is the best fit because this option tells us whether the neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively actually achieve shorter delivery times.

What if even though having more trucks, the delivery times are still the same or maybe even longer?

So its helpful to know whether having more trucks leads to shorter delivery times.

So the answer is B.
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A large retailer operates a limited fleet of same-day-delivery trucks. For years, each neighborhood delivery hub has been assigned the same number of trucks, regardless of the daily order volume in that neighborhood. To shorten overall delivery times, senior management now plans to let neighborhood hubs trade truck assignments freely. Management argues that trading will move more trucks to the neighborhoods that rely on them most intensively, thereby reducing average delivery time across the company.

To evaluate whether the company’s plan is likely to achieve its intended result, it would be most helpful to know which of the following?

(A) Whether neighborhood hubs facing tighter shipping deadlines currently use their trucks more frequently than other neighborhoods

(B) Whether neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks

(C) Whether using the company’s own trucks reduces delivery time more effectively than outsourcing to third-party carriers

(D) Whether certain neighborhood hubs currently have idle trucks at any point during the day

(E) Whether neighborhood hubs will be required to record truck-trading activity in a central scheduling system


 


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To evaluate whether the company's plan of allowing neighborhood hubs to trade truck assignments freely is likely to achieve its intended result of reducing average delivery time across the company, it would be most helpful to know:

(D) Whether certain neighborhood hubs currently have idle trucks at any point during the day

Here's why:

Relevance to the plan's goal: The core idea behind trading trucks is to move them from areas where they are underutilized (idle) to areas where they are more needed. If there are no idle trucks anywhere, then there's no capacity to be reallocated, and the plan won't achieve its goal of moving "more trucks to the neighborhoods that rely on them most intensively."

Direct impact on truck availability: If some hubs have idle trucks, it means those trucks are currently not contributing to deliveries. Reassigning them to busier hubs directly increases the truck capacity where it's needed, potentially reducing delivery times there.

Enabling condition for the plan: The existence of idle trucks in some locations is a necessary condition for the proposed trading system to have any effect. If all trucks are constantly in use everywhere, then trading won't free up any additional resources.

Let's look at why the other options are less helpful:

(A) Whether neighborhood hubs facing tighter shipping deadlines currently use their trucks more frequently than other neighborhoods: While interesting, this doesn't directly tell us if there's excess capacity to be reallocated. A hub could be using its trucks frequently but still be struggling due to insufficient trucks.

(B) Whether neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks: This describes a correlation, but it doesn't confirm the cause or if there's an opportunity for improvement through reallocation. It might be that "more trucks" are needed, but it doesn't indicate if those trucks are currently idle elsewhere.

(C) Whether using the company’s own trucks reduces delivery time more effectively than outsourcing to third-party carriers: This is about the general efficiency of in-house operations versus outsourcing, not about the specific effectiveness of reallocating the existing in-house fleet.

(E) Whether neighborhood hubs will be required to record truck-trading activity in a central scheduling system: This is about the logistics and monitoring of the plan, not about whether the plan itself will achieve its stated goal of reducing delivery times. It's important for implementation, but not for evaluating the core premise.

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A large retailer operates a limited fleet of same-day-delivery trucks. For years, each neighborhood delivery hub has been assigned the same number of trucks, regardless of the daily order volume in that neighborhood. To shorten overall delivery times, senior management now plans to let neighborhood hubs trade truck assignments freely. Management argues that trading will move more trucks to the neighborhoods that rely on them most intensively, thereby reducing average delivery time across the company.

To evaluate whether the company’s plan is likely to achieve its intended result, it would be most helpful to know which of the following?

(A) Whether neighborhood hubs facing tighter shipping deadlines currently use their trucks more frequently than other neighborhoods

(B) Whether neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks

(C) Whether using the company’s own trucks reduces delivery time more effectively than outsourcing to third-party carriers

(D) Whether certain neighborhood hubs currently have idle trucks at any point during the day

(E) Whether neighborhood hubs will be required to record truck-trading activity in a central scheduling system


 


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It's s option B because we desire to shorten delivery time hence increase trucks assignments
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Background: A retailer assigns the same number of trucks to each neighborhood hub regardless of order volume.
Plan: Allow neighborhood hubs to trade truck assignments freely.
Reasoning: Trading will move more trucks to neighborhoods that rely on them most intensively.
Conclusion: This will reduce average delivery time across the company.
To evaluate this plan, we need information that would help us determine whether the plan will achieve its intended result (reducing average delivery times).
(A) Incorrect. Whether hubs with tighter deadlines use trucks more frequently doesn't tell us if redistributing trucks would improve overall delivery times. The argument is about matching trucks to intensity of need, not deadline pressure.
(B) Correct. This directly tests the core assumption of the plan. If hubs that use trucks more intensively achieve shorter delivery times when they have more trucks, then the plan would likely work as intended. If having more trucks doesn't actually lead to shorter delivery times for these high-intensity hubs, then the plan's logic falls apart.
(C) Incorrect. The plan is about redistributing existing trucks, not comparing company trucks to third-party carriers. This information doesn't help evaluate whether the proposed redistribution would work.
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(D) Incorrect. While knowing if some hubs have idle trucks might suggest inefficiency, it doesn't directly tell us whether redistributing trucks would improve delivery times. Idle trucks
(E) Incorrect. This is about implementation logistics, not whether the plan would achieve its goal. Record-keeping doesn't affect whether redistributing trucks would actually reduce delivery times.
The correct answer is (B).
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A) incorrect, related but doesn't say anything about trading trucks leading to lower delivery times across the company
B) correct, if more truck use means reduced delivery times, then trading trucks won't lead to the intended goal of reducing delivery times across the company.
C) incorrect, introduces an alternative plan.
D) incorrect, tempting trap but does the amount of idle trucks say anything about whether trading trucks will lead to lower delivery times? No, because non-idle trucks won't be traded
E) incorrect, introduces malicious variable which has no affect on the argument
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A large retailer operates a limited fleet of same-day-delivery trucks. For years, each neighborhood delivery hub has been assigned the same number of trucks, regardless of the daily order volume in that neighborhood

IC : To shorten overall delivery times, senior management now plans to let neighborhood hubs trade truck assignments freely ;
Conclusion : Management argues that trading will move more trucks to the neighborhoods that rely on them most intensively, thereby reducing average delivery time across the company.

Evaluate type CR
use variance test against conclusion


(A) Whether neighborhood hubs facing tighter shipping deadlines currently use their trucks more frequently than other neighborhoods

yes , neighborhood hubs facing tighter shipping deadlines currently use their trucks more frequently than other neighborhoods
no, neighborhood hubs facing tighter shipping deadlines currently do not use their trucks more frequently than other neighborhoods

this does not strengthen or weaken the conclusion


(B) Whether neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks

yes neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks ; strengthens the conclusion
no neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively do not achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks ; weakens the conclusion


(C) Whether using the company’s own trucks reduces delivery time more effectively than outsourcing to third-party carriers
irrelevant to argument in discussion

(D) Whether certain neighborhood hubs currently have idle trucks at any point during the day
does not help in the variance test for the conclusion , as idle trucks may be helpful for delivery but conclusion is to determine reduce avg delivery time



(E) Whether neighborhood hubs will be required to record truck-trading activity in a central scheduling system
irrelevant option for the argument

IMO OPTION B is correct

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A large retailer operates a limited fleet of same-day-delivery trucks. For years, each neighborhood delivery hub has been assigned the same number of trucks, regardless of the daily order volume in that neighborhood. To shorten overall delivery times, senior management now plans to let neighborhood hubs trade truck assignments freely. Management argues that trading will move more trucks to the neighborhoods that rely on them most intensively, thereby reducing average delivery time across the company.

To evaluate whether the company’s plan is likely to achieve its intended result, it would be most helpful to know which of the following?

(A) Whether neighborhood hubs facing tighter shipping deadlines currently use their trucks more frequently than other neighborhoods

(B) Whether neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks

(C) Whether using the company’s own trucks reduces delivery time more effectively than outsourcing to third-party carriers

(D) Whether certain neighborhood hubs currently have idle trucks at any point during the day

(E) Whether neighborhood hubs will be required to record truck-trading activity in a central scheduling system


 


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Option B is the one that tells you whether giving a hub more trucks actually makes its deliveries faster, exactly the causal link you need to know before you start shifting vehicles around. The others fall short. A only shows which hubs use their trucks most, not whether extra trucks speed them up, C compares in‐house trucks to outsourcing, which has nothing to do with trading among hubs, D points out idle trucks but doesn’t prove that adding trucks to busy hubs will improve their performance. and E concerns how trades are recorded, not whether the trades will reduce delivery times.

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A large retailer operates a limited fleet of same-day-delivery trucks. For years, each neighborhood delivery hub has been assigned the same number of trucks, regardless of the daily order volume in that neighborhood. To shorten overall delivery times, senior management now plans to let neighborhood hubs trade truck assignments freely. Management argues that trading will move more trucks to the neighborhoods that rely on them most intensively, thereby reducing average delivery time across the company.

To evaluate whether the company’s plan is likely to achieve its intended result, it would be most helpful to know which of the following?

(A) Whether neighborhood hubs facing tighter shipping deadlines currently use their trucks more frequently than other neighborhoods

(B) Whether neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks

(C) Whether using the company’s own trucks reduces delivery time more effectively than outsourcing to third-party carriers

(D) Whether certain neighborhood hubs currently have idle trucks at any point during the day

(E) Whether neighborhood hubs will be required to record truck-trading activity in a central scheduling system


 


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Management's Plan: to let neighborhood hubs trade truck assignments freely, which will move more trucks to the neighborhoods that rely on them most intensively, thereby reducing average delivery time across the company.

To analyse evaluate options, we take them to two extremes, one should strengthen and the other should weaken the conclusion.

(A) Whether neighborhood hubs facing tighter shipping deadlines currently use their trucks more frequently than other neighborhoods: Even if they use the trucks more frequently doesn't specify whether having additional trucks will benefit them or not. It might be the case they don't need additional trucks or there are no spare trucks, it's not sure if the plan will succeed or not

(B) Whether neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks: Quite similar to the above case, even if they achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks, we aren't sure if they will be able to get spare trucks or not and hence it's not sure if the plan will succeed or not

(C) Whether using the company’s own trucks reduces delivery time more effectively than outsourcing to third-party carriers: Irrelevant whether the trucks are of company's or they are from a third party

(D) Whether certain neighborhood hubs currently have idle trucks at any point during the day. CORRECT. Taking it to two extremes, If the ans is yes, then the plan may succeed, it strengthens the conclusion but if the ans is no and there are no idle trucks at any point of time, the plan will fail, even after trading is allowed as there wont be any spare trucks with any neighborhood hubs and this weakens the conclusion.

(E) Whether neighborhood hubs will be required to record truck-trading activity in a central scheduling system
Irrelevant, whether they use a central scheduling system or they trade within themselves or use any other method is not relevant here.

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A large retailer operates a limited fleet of same-day-delivery trucks. For years, each neighborhood delivery hub has been assigned the same number of trucks, regardless of the daily order volume in that neighborhood. To shorten overall delivery times, senior management now plans to let neighborhood hubs trade truck assignments freely. Management argues that trading will move more trucks to the neighborhoods that rely on them most intensively, thereby reducing average delivery time across the company.

To evaluate whether the company’s plan is likely to achieve its intended result, it would be most helpful to know which of the following?

(A) Whether neighborhood hubs facing tighter shipping deadlines currently use their trucks more frequently than other neighborhoods Irrelevant

(B) Whether neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks This makes sense. If more trucks can actually help achieve shorter delivery times, then it would help achieve the intended result

(C) Whether using the company’s own trucks reduces delivery time more effectively than outsourcing to third-party carriers Irrelevant

(D) Whether certain neighborhood hubs currently have idle trucks at any point during the day Irrelevant

(E) Whether neighborhood hubs will be required to record truck-trading activity in a central scheduling system Irrelevant
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A large retailer operates a limited fleet of same-day-delivery trucks. For years, each neighborhood delivery hub has been assigned the same number of trucks, regardless of the daily order volume in that neighborhood. To shorten overall delivery times, senior management now plans to let neighborhood hubs trade truck assignments freely. Management argues that trading will move more trucks to the neighborhoods that rely on them most intensively, thereby reducing average delivery time across the company.

To evaluate whether the company’s plan is likely to achieve its intended result, it would be most helpful to know which of the following?

(A) Whether neighborhood hubs facing tighter shipping deadlines currently use their trucks more frequently than other neighborhoods

(B) Whether neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks

(C) Whether using the company’s own trucks reduces delivery time more effectively than outsourcing to third-party carriers

(D) Whether certain neighborhood hubs currently have idle trucks at any point during the day

(E) Whether neighborhood hubs will be required to record truck-trading activity in a central scheduling system


 


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A large retailer operates a limited fleet of same-day-delivery trucks. For years, each neighborhood delivery hub has been assigned the same number of trucks, regardless of the daily order volume in that neighborhood. To shorten overall delivery times, senior management now plans to let neighborhood hubs trade truck assignments freely. Management argues that trading will move more trucks to the neighborhoods that rely on them most intensively, thereby reducing average delivery time across the company.

To evaluate whether the company’s plan is likely to achieve its intended result, it would be most helpful to know which of the following?

(A) Whether neighborhood hubs facing tighter shipping deadlines currently use their trucks more frequently than other neighborhoods

(B) Whether neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks

(C) Whether using the company’s own trucks reduces delivery time more effectively than outsourcing to third-party carriers

(D) Whether certain neighborhood hubs currently have idle trucks at any point during the day

(E) Whether neighborhood hubs will be required to record truck-trading activity in a central scheduling system


 


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Conclusion: more number of trucks reduce average time delivery

A. KEEP as it mentions about the tighter deadlines and more truck frequently than their neighbours. A positive outcome for the proposed plan and if it is negated the it will be a negative outcome.

B. KEEP, mentions about the time reduction if more intensively trucks are used. Thereby, showing that more number of trucks can we reduce frequency of each truck but keep shorter delivery times.

C. Irrelevant, as 3rd party carriers are not discussed.

D.Out of scope, Idle trucks is not the part of conclusion. If they are there or not actually does not affect conclusion.

E.Out of scope, this does not affect delivery times/ conclusion of the plan in any way.

So out of A and B option it is better to go with A since it strongly affects the argument. Hence Option A.
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We will use the Extreme Test to evaluate answer choices. Let's go:

(A) Whether neighborhood hubs facing tighter shipping deadlines currently use their trucks more frequently than other neighborhoods
  • Notice the argument is about how the company wants to reduce the overall delivery time; not the delivery time for hubs that are running on tighter deadlines. Eliminate

(B) Whether neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks
  • If the answer to this is Yes, then this directly tells us that hubs that use trucks more intensively (maybe due to higher volumes that they need to achieve) will achieve shorter delivery times if they have more trucks, thus it strengthens the argument
  • If the answer to this is No, then we know that these hubs, which are the prime reason that trading of assignments is being put in place, will not achieve shorter delivery time despite the higher number of trucks, weakens the argument
  • Since one extreme weakens and the other one strengthens, we can keep this choice.

(C) Whether using the company’s own trucks reduces delivery time more effectively than outsourcing to third-party carriers
  • This is irrelevant; we are interested in seeing if using the said companies' trucks actually reduces timelines, given that trading assignments are implemented. Eliminate

(D) Whether certain neighborhood hubs currently have idle trucks at any point during the day
  • If the answer to this question is No, this weakens the argument, telling us that since there are no idle trucks, trading assignments would not be possible
  • However, if the answer to this question is Yes, this doesn't tell us if having more trucks will reduce delivery times.
  • Since one weakens, and the other does not affect the conclusion. Eliminate

(E) Whether neighborhood hubs will be required to record truck-trading activity in a central scheduling system
  • This is irrelevant to the scope. Eliminate

B seems to be the best choice.
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The retailer’s plan is to reduce average delivery times by allowing neighborhood hubs to trade truck assignments. The management’s argument is that this will move trucks from less busy hubs to those that need them most. The success of this plan is entirely dependent on the core assumption that there is currently a misallocation of resources; specifically, that some hubs have surplus truck capacity that can be traded to other hubs that have a deficit.

To evaluate the plan, it is most important to test this fundamental assumption. The plan can only work if there are underutilized trucks available to be moved from one hub to another. If every truck in the fleet is already operating at full capacity, then no hub has any resources to trade, and the plan would be ineffective. The company would have a fleet size problem, not an allocation problem.

Therefore, knowing whether certain neighborhood hubs currently have idle trucks at any point during the day is the most critical piece of information. Answering this question determines whether the prerequisite for the plan’s success, the existence of a tradable surplus, is met. The correct answer is (D).
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A large retailer operates a limited fleet of same-day-delivery trucks. For years, each neighborhood delivery hub has been assigned the same number of trucks, regardless of the daily order volume in that neighborhood. To shorten overall delivery times, senior management now plans to let neighborhood hubs trade truck assignments freely. Management argues that trading will move more trucks to the neighborhoods that rely on them most intensively, thereby reducing average delivery time across the company.

To evaluate whether the company’s plan is likely to achieve its intended result, it would be most helpful to know which of the following?
=> So plan is to allow the neighborhood hubs to trade trucks assignment freely. and goal is to achieve delivery times so anything which can give us info on bridging this gap that how assignment can achieve reduced delivery time can be our ans

(A) Whether neighborhood hubs facing tighter shipping deadlines currently use their trucks more frequently than other neighborhoods => Okay finding the frequency of truck is not important or will not give us if plan will be success or not as our main goal is to find if we will have reduced time so this is not the ans

(B) Whether neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks => Ok this is in the lines of what we need to find. if this say yes that hubs who are using trucks intensively are able to achieve shorter time then this can stregthen our plan but if this says no then it will weaken our plan. so this can help us evaluate argument. lets keep this

(C) Whether using the company’s own trucks reduces delivery time more effectively than outsourcing to third-party carriers => okay here we will get info on company's truck and third party truck but this info is not relevant to evaluate our plan. as our plan is on usage of Company's own truck traded between hubs. so not the ans

(D) Whether certain neighborhood hubs currently have idle trucks at any point during the day => Ok getting info on whether they have idle truck or not will not give us any info whether trading trucks will reduce time so this is not helping in evaluating so not the ans

(E) Whether neighborhood hubs will be required to record truck-trading activity in a central scheduling system => this will ans what we will have to do achieve the truck trading but we are more concered about whether we will have intended impact if we start truck trading. so this is also not the ans

Hence Ans B
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A large retailer operates a limited fleet of same-day-delivery trucks. For years, each neighborhood delivery hub has been assigned the same number of trucks, regardless of the daily order volume in that neighborhood. To shorten overall delivery times, senior management now plans to let neighborhood hubs trade truck assignments freely. Management argues that trading will move more trucks to the neighborhoods that rely on them most intensively, thereby reducing average delivery time across the company.

To evaluate whether the company’s plan is likely to achieve its intended result, it would be most helpful to know which of the following?

(A) Whether neighborhood hubs facing tighter shipping deadlines currently use their trucks more frequently than other neighborhoods........... this doesn’t directly address if trading trucks will lead to shorter average delivery time........No

(B) Whether neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks........it tests the core assumption of argument........keep it

(C) Whether using the company’s own trucks reduces delivery time more effectively than outsourcing to third-party carriers.........Irrelevant

(D) Whether certain neighborhood hubs currently have idle trucks at any point during the day.........this doesn’t confirm whether reallocating trucks will lead to faster delivery........No

(E) Whether neighborhood hubs will be required to record truck-trading activity in a central scheduling system........ This is about tracking logistic and not the effectiveness of truck trading on delivery time.....No

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To evaluate management’s plan, we need to understand if shifting trucks to neighborhoods that use them most intensively will actually reduce overall delivery times. Option (A) asks whether neighborhoods with tighter shipping deadlines already use their trucks more frequently, which directly tests if truck intensity aligns with urgency—key to knowing if trading trucks will help. Option (B) wonders if neighborhoods that use trucks more intensively get shorter delivery times because they have more trucks, but this doesn’t tell us if trading trucks will improve times overall. Option (C) compares company trucks versus third-party carriers, which is unrelated to truck trading among hubs. Option (D) considers whether some hubs have idle trucks, which might suggest potential for trading, but doesn’t address if trading improves delivery times. Option (E) deals with whether truck trades will be tracked, which affects management but not the plan’s effectiveness. Therefore, only option (A) directly helps evaluate if moving trucks based on intensity will reduce delivery times as intended.
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(A) Whether neighborhood hubs facing tighter shipping deadlines currently use their trucks more frequently than other neighborhoods
Doesn't help us in knowing if the plan will be successful. Incorrect.

(B) Whether neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks
Even if they achieve shorter timelines, there are no free trucks for usage. Incorrect.

(C) Whether using the company’s own trucks reduces delivery time more effectively than outsourcing to third-party carriers
Irrelevant to the question. Incorrect.

(D) Whether certain neighborhood hubs currently have idle trucks at any point during the day
Only this statement helps us to know if those trucks can be utilised by other hubs for reducing time. Correct.

(E) Whether neighborhood hubs will be required to record truck-trading activity in a central scheduling system
Knowing this fact won't help in reducing time. Incorrect.

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A large retailer operates a limited fleet of same-day-delivery trucks. For years, each neighborhood delivery hub has been assigned the same number of trucks, regardless of the daily order volume in that neighborhood. To shorten overall delivery times, senior management now plans to let neighborhood hubs trade truck assignments freely. Management argues that trading will move more trucks to the neighborhoods that rely on them most intensively, thereby reducing average delivery time across the company.

To evaluate whether the company’s plan is likely to achieve its intended result, it would be most helpful to know which of the following?

(A) Whether neighborhood hubs facing tighter shipping deadlines currently use their trucks more frequently than other neighborhoods

(B) Whether neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks

(C) Whether using the company’s own trucks reduces delivery time more effectively than outsourcing to third-party carriers

(D) Whether certain neighborhood hubs currently have idle trucks at any point during the day

(E) Whether neighborhood hubs will be required to record truck-trading activity in a central scheduling system


 


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(A) Whether neighborhood hubs facing tighter shipping deadlines currently use their trucks more frequently than other neighborhoods Even if they don't use, having more trucks will reduce the time.

(B) Whether neighborhood hubs currently using trucks more intensively achieve shorter delivery times due to having more trucks Correct. Thus, even if more trucks are used, time won't decrease.

(C) Whether using the company’s own trucks reduces delivery time more effectively than outsourcing to third-party carriers Irrelevant

(D) Whether certain neighborhood hubs currently have idle trucks at any point during the day hubs with low loads may intensively use the trucks, trading some

(E) Whether neighborhood hubs will be required to record truck-trading activity in a central scheduling system Irrelevant
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