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24 Oct 2020, 05:54
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In response to advertisements for systems engineers, the IT firms in Gorgia received 3% higher number of applications in 2014 than in 2006. Nearly the same thing was witnessed in 2015 when the percentage of applications received was 3.5% higher than in 2006. It was surprising that Gorgia IT firms did not face any surplus of systems engineers around 2018, given the fact that the number of projects in Gorgia IT firms had been steadily decreasing and so had the number of systems engineers’ resignations.
Which of the following, if true, would contribute most to an explanation of the apparent discrepancy above?
A. The number of clients served by the IT firms in Gorgia has decreased rapidly since 2007 when many IT firms set up business in the adjacent county
B. The number of vacancies for the post of systems engineer in 2006 in Gorgia’s IT firms was 35% more than the applications received against advertisements.
C. The engineering colleges in Gorgia produced 4% more IT graduates than Computer Science graduates in 2014 and 2015.
D. The city council of Gorgia has planned to set up more engineering colleges by 2018 to cater to the growing demand for engineers in the IT firms.
E. The IT firms did not decrease the number of systems engineers assigned to each project.
Which of the following, if true, would contribute most to an explanation of the apparent discrepancy above?
A. The number of clients served by the IT firms in Gorgia has decreased rapidly since 2007 when many IT firms set up business in the adjacent county
B. The number of vacancies for the post of systems engineer in 2006 in Gorgia’s IT firms was 35% more than the applications received against advertisements.
C. The engineering colleges in Gorgia produced 4% more IT graduates than Computer Science graduates in 2014 and 2015.
D. The city council of Gorgia has planned to set up more engineering colleges by 2018 to cater to the growing demand for engineers in the IT firms.
E. The IT firms did not decrease the number of systems engineers assigned to each project.
28 Oct 2020, 02:13
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Hi,
In this question, we are required to find a choice that explains why the IT company is NOT in surplus of engineers even though the number of works/projects has been decreasing and the company has recruited more staff throughout the period (has had more applicants and less resigned staff).
So we can now prethink for some circumstances that the company still needs staff for work: i) it was previously in huge shortage of staff or ii) the number of staff per project increases.
Now we can look at choices and POE
A - the number of clients is not relevant to the argument-> eliminate A
B - this is exactly what is are looking for -> keep B
C - the number of graduated engineers during the period does not help the argument about not in abundance (it only points out the supply of staff) -> eliminate C
D - more engineering college is not relevant to the argument -> eliminate D
E - this choice is tempting because it is close to what we expect. However, not decrease is not enough since we need an increase that can offsets loss in number of projects. -> eliminate D
So B is the answer.
In this question, we are required to find a choice that explains why the IT company is NOT in surplus of engineers even though the number of works/projects has been decreasing and the company has recruited more staff throughout the period (has had more applicants and less resigned staff).
So we can now prethink for some circumstances that the company still needs staff for work: i) it was previously in huge shortage of staff or ii) the number of staff per project increases.
Now we can look at choices and POE
A - the number of clients is not relevant to the argument-> eliminate A
B - this is exactly what is are looking for -> keep B
C - the number of graduated engineers during the period does not help the argument about not in abundance (it only points out the supply of staff) -> eliminate C
D - more engineering college is not relevant to the argument -> eliminate D
E - this choice is tempting because it is close to what we expect. However, not decrease is not enough since we need an increase that can offsets loss in number of projects. -> eliminate D
So B is the answer.
