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16 Sep 2014, 02:24
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It is unwise to allow individual postal employees to decide on their own when to open a package they judge "suspicious." Once such discretion is granted, idle curiosity will inevitably lead to every parcel’s being opened en route.
The argument above relies on which of the following assumptions?
A. Postal supervisors lack the authority to override employees’ decisions about which packages to inspect.
B. A parcel that is genuinely suspicious cannot be readily distinguished from one that is not.
C. Granting employees such discretion would not significantly slow the overall processing of mail.
D. Most packages enter the postal system sealed with tamper‐evident tape.
E. Most postal workers have little idle time while on duty.
The argument above relies on which of the following assumptions?
A. Postal supervisors lack the authority to override employees’ decisions about which packages to inspect.
B. A parcel that is genuinely suspicious cannot be readily distinguished from one that is not.
C. Granting employees such discretion would not significantly slow the overall processing of mail.
D. Most packages enter the postal system sealed with tamper‐evident tape.
E. Most postal workers have little idle time while on duty.
16 Sep 2014, 02:24
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It is unwise to allow individual postal employees to decide on their own when to open a package they judge "suspicious." Once such discretion is granted, idle curiosity will inevitably lead to every parcel’s being opened en route.
The argument above relies on which of the following assumptions?
A. Postal supervisors lack the authority to override employees’ decisions about which packages to inspect.
B. A parcel that is genuinely suspicious cannot be readily distinguished from one that is not.
C. Granting employees such discretion would not significantly slow the overall processing of mail.
D. Most packages enter the postal system sealed with tamper‐evident tape.
E. Most postal workers have little idle time while on duty.
A. Incorrect. The argument focuses solely on employees’ own discretion and curiosity. Whether supervisors could intervene is never mentioned, much less needed for the prediction that curious employees will (eventually) open every parcel. Even if supervisors do have override power, the conclusion could still follow if they rarely use it.
B. Incorrect. This is an opposite of a possible assumption that employees actually have time to snoop around the packages but since this is the opposite, we can eliminate it.
C. Incorrect. This is a far cry - processing speed is outside the scope. The author’s objection is about privacy (packages arriving already opened), not about efficiency. The conclusion can stand even if mail moves faster, slower, or at the same pace.
D. Incorrect. Tamper‐evident tape might reveal openings, but the argument’s logic does not depend on how obvious an opening is and is only concerned whether employees will open parcels. We may think it is required for the package owners to claim that all have been opened but the argument does not claim all is in 100% but rather in a general way. In any case, this is trap answer to see if anyone picks it. If you disagree, please share your comments in the discussion.
E. CORRECT ANSWER. The reasoning assumes that virtually any parcel can qualify as “suspicious.” If ordinary packages were easily distinguishable from truly suspicious ones, curious employees could not justify opening every parcel, and the prediction that “all packages will arrive opened” would be unfounded.
Answer: E
It is unwise to allow individual postal employees to decide on their own when to open a package they judge "suspicious." Once such discretion is granted, idle curiosity will inevitably lead to every parcel’s being opened en route.
The argument above relies on which of the following assumptions?
A. Postal supervisors lack the authority to override employees’ decisions about which packages to inspect.
B. A parcel that is genuinely suspicious cannot be readily distinguished from one that is not.
C. Granting employees such discretion would not significantly slow the overall processing of mail.
D. Most packages enter the postal system sealed with tamper‐evident tape.
E. Most postal workers have little idle time while on duty.
A. Incorrect. The argument focuses solely on employees’ own discretion and curiosity. Whether supervisors could intervene is never mentioned, much less needed for the prediction that curious employees will (eventually) open every parcel. Even if supervisors do have override power, the conclusion could still follow if they rarely use it.
B. Incorrect. This is an opposite of a possible assumption that employees actually have time to snoop around the packages but since this is the opposite, we can eliminate it.
C. Incorrect. This is a far cry - processing speed is outside the scope. The author’s objection is about privacy (packages arriving already opened), not about efficiency. The conclusion can stand even if mail moves faster, slower, or at the same pace.
D. Incorrect. Tamper‐evident tape might reveal openings, but the argument’s logic does not depend on how obvious an opening is and is only concerned whether employees will open parcels. We may think it is required for the package owners to claim that all have been opened but the argument does not claim all is in 100% but rather in a general way. In any case, this is trap answer to see if anyone picks it. If you disagree, please share your comments in the discussion.
E. CORRECT ANSWER. The reasoning assumes that virtually any parcel can qualify as “suspicious.” If ordinary packages were easily distinguishable from truly suspicious ones, curious employees could not justify opening every parcel, and the prediction that “all packages will arrive opened” would be unfounded.
Answer: E
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Official Solution:
It is a mistake to give post office employees individual discretion as to when to inspect or open suspicious packages. If individual employees are allowed to open “suspicious” packages without first following a strict protocol, it is only a matter of time before all packages will arrive having already been opened due to some postal employee’s idle curiosity.
The conclusion above is based on which of the following assumptions?
A. Postal service managers are the only people with the authority to open suspicious packages.
B. Suspicious packages are indistinguishable from all other kinds of package.
C. The efficiency of the postal service will be greatly reduced if more packages are inspected.
D. There is currently no protocol in place for the inspection of suspicious packages.
E. Postal employees desire to open packages out of curiosity.
Situation: The author of the passage argues that if individual post office employees are allowed individual discretion as to when to open suspicious packages, they will soon open all packages out of curiosity.
Reasoning: Which of the following is an assumption made in the passage? The author of the passage would like to see postal service employees prevented from making their own decisions about when to open packages. The author would prefer that a strict protocol for opening suspicious packages be put in place in order to prevent all packages from arriving already open. The author assumes that postal employees will open packages out of curiosity and wants to prevent this.
Answer: E
It is a mistake to give post office employees individual discretion as to when to inspect or open suspicious packages. If individual employees are allowed to open “suspicious” packages without first following a strict protocol, it is only a matter of time before all packages will arrive having already been opened due to some postal employee’s idle curiosity.
The conclusion above is based on which of the following assumptions?
A. Postal service managers are the only people with the authority to open suspicious packages.
B. Suspicious packages are indistinguishable from all other kinds of package.
C. The efficiency of the postal service will be greatly reduced if more packages are inspected.
D. There is currently no protocol in place for the inspection of suspicious packages.
E. Postal employees desire to open packages out of curiosity.
Situation: The author of the passage argues that if individual post office employees are allowed individual discretion as to when to open suspicious packages, they will soon open all packages out of curiosity.
Reasoning: Which of the following is an assumption made in the passage? The author of the passage would like to see postal service employees prevented from making their own decisions about when to open packages. The author would prefer that a strict protocol for opening suspicious packages be put in place in order to prevent all packages from arriving already open. The author assumes that postal employees will open packages out of curiosity and wants to prevent this.
- This claim is not made in the passage.
- What exactly makes a package suspicious is not discussed in the passage, and so it is impossible to tell whether it is indistinguishable from all other kinds of package.
- Postal service efficiency is not the author’s concern here.
- The passage does not support this claim.
- The author of the passage’s fear is that, if postal employees are allowed to decide when to open packages, they will open them all out of idle curiosity.
Answer: E
Why option B is not correct
it says : Suspicious packages are indistinguishable from all other kinds of package.
If suspicious packages are distinguishable from others than the conclusion seems to be shattered as only the suspicious packages will now be opened.
also don't you think that option [E] is kind of restated as "it is only a matter of time before all packages will arrive having already been opened due to some postal employee’s idle curiosity."
and we know that assumption are missing premise not the restated premise.
Please shed some light on this let me know where i am going wrong
Thanks in advance!!
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