Bunuel wrote:
The country of Gesundstadt is self-sufficient in terms of its requirement of vaccine production and import of vaccines is prohibited by law. All vaccines that are used by the residents of the country are manufactured by a local company named DTI Biologika, which can not only supply vaccines for normal situations, but also has enough free capacity for scaling up production for pandemic situations. However for scaled up manufacturing, additional personnel are required for all technical and non-technical disciplines, including specialized administrative personnel. Therefore when a pandemic sets in, and the economy staggers due to lock down in the city, specialized administrative personnel will not be adversely affected as they can get jobs in DTI Biolgika.
All of the following options may be important to be determined to evaluate the above argument except which one?
A. Whether a vaccine for the pandemic disease has been discovered when the lock down is implemented.
B. Whether DTI has the required technology to manufacture the new vaccine against the pandemic.
C. Whether the number of qualified applications for the positions of specialized administrative jobs at DTI significantly increases during the time of lock down.
D. Whether the law for vaccine import is relaxed because the time taken for scaling up by DTI is too long and it is essential to vaccinate all the residents immediately.
E. What proportion of the citizens in Gesundstadt are already working at DTI as specialized administrative personnel.
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The country of Gesundstadt is self-sufficient in terms of its requirement for vaccine production, and the import of vaccines is prohibited by law. All vaccines used by the residents of the country are manufactured by a local company named DTI Biologika, which can not only supply vaccines for normal situations but also has enough free capacity for scaling up production for pandemic situations. However, for scaled-up manufacturing, additional personnel are required for all technical and non-technical disciplines, including specialized administrative personnel. Therefore, when a pandemic sets in and the economy staggers due to a lockdown in the city, specialized administrative personnel will not be adversely affected, as they can get jobs at DTI Biolgika.
All of the following options may be important to evaluate the above argument except which one?
A. Whether a vaccine for the pandemic disease has been discovered when the lockdown is implemented.
B. Whether DTI has the required technology to manufacture the new vaccine against the pandemic.
C. Whether the number of qualified applicants for the positions of specialized administrative jobs at DTI significantly increases during the time of lockdown.
D. Whether the law for vaccine import is relaxed because the time taken for scaling up by DTI is too long, and it is essential to vaccinate all the residents immediately.
E. What proportion of the citizens in Gesundstadt are already working at DTI as specialized administrative personnel.
A. Whether a vaccine for the pandemic disease has been discovered when the lockdown is implemented.
• This is important because if there is no vaccine discovered yet, then DTI Biologika won't be able to scale up production and hire specialized administrative personnel.
B. Whether DTI has the required technology to manufacture the new vaccine against the pandemic.
• This is important because if DTI doesn't have the required technology, it won't be able to produce the vaccine and thus won't need to hire specialized administrative personnel.
C. Whether the number of qualified applicants for the positions of specialized administrative jobs at DTI significantly increases during the time of lockdown.
• This option is important for evaluating the argument because the argument assumes that specialized administrative personnel will be able to find jobs at DTI Biologika when it scales up production. If there is a substantial increase in qualified applicants during the lockdown, it could challenge this assumption in two ways: firstly, it might be more difficult for DTI to fill the required positions if there are not enough qualified applicants; and secondly, if there are too many qualified applicants, the competition for getting a job as a specialized administrative worker at DTI Biologika would increase, making it more difficult for the residents to secure a job there. Therefore, option C directly impacts the ability of specialized administrative personnel to find jobs at DTI during a pandemic and lockdown, making it important for evaluating the argument.
D. Whether the law for vaccine import is relaxed because the time taken for scaling up by DTI is too long, and it is essential to vaccinate all the residents immediately.
• This is important because if the law is relaxed and vaccine imports are allowed, DTI may not need to scale up production, and thus won't need to hire specialized administrative personnel.
E. What proportion of the citizens in Gesundstadt are already working at DTI as specialized administrative personnel.
• This option is NOT important for evaluating the argument. The proportion of citizens already working at DTI is irrelevant to whether more specialized administrative personnel can get jobs during a pandemic. The argument focuses on job availability during a pandemic and lockdown, not on the current proportion of citizens working there. Therefore, option E is not relevant for evaluating the argument.
Answer: E
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22 May 2022, 01:30
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