The proposal to install French-manufactured public toilet

Question

The proposal to install French-manufactured public toilet kiosks on Boston streets has run into several bureaucratic roadblocks. The director of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, for instance, has insisted that under city law, each and every unit must be big enough for a wheelchair. But if all the kiosks are that large, the City Arts Commission is unlikely to approve their placement on the streets because they would be too cumbersome and unattractive. Also, the Paris-based company that has operated the patented, self-cleaning, coin-operated toilet kiosks in Paris for years has said that it is unwilling to do the job in Boston if all the toilets have to be made accessible to the handicapped.

If all of the above statements are true, which one of the following must also be true?

A. No public toilet kiosks will be installed on Boston streets.

B. If public toilet kiosks are installed on Boston streets, it will be over the protests of the director of the City Arts Commission.

C. Wheelchair accessibility is the issue most likely to doom the plan to install public toilet kiosks.

D. A compromise must be worked out between the City Arts Commission and the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities.

E. The Paris-based company is unlikely to install the kiosks if the position of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities remains unchanged.

fmik7894 · Accepted Answer

Option C says: "Wheelchair accessibility is the issue most likely to doom the plan to install public toilet kiosks"

The first red flag is that the option includes an extreme language with the use of "most". While it is true that the whole argument talks about wheelchair accessibility, one cannot be sure that this particular problem will lead to failure of plan. Do you know about any other problems the plan might face ? No. Do you know whether any solution can solve the whole issue ? Not sure.

Hence, eliminate answer choice C

fmik7894 · Answer

Hello. Please explain the reason to eliminate answer choice D. I am not convinced with the OE

kunalsinghNS · Answer

What is the OA for the above mentioned question ?

According to my analysis the answer is E

rocko911 · Answer

D can be eliminated becoz we are not sure if the compromise will work out or not

C is my take

PranayBudime · Answer

IMO the answer should be E because,

The director at the Mayor's office for the people with disabilities suggests that "each and every unit must be big enough for handicapped" and the Paris based company declines the job if " all the toilets are to be made accessible for handicapped people". Even though the company is ready to make some toilets accessible the directors requires all of them to be accessible to handicapped. Therefore, unless the director changes his/her mind, its unlikely the toilets are built.

rocko911 · Answer

Reason behind rejecting C?

I think E wont b correct becoz its written That , That company wont install toilet until the Director change the mind, But in E its written UNLIKELY , which means maybe....So i prefer C but let me know why to reject C

sobby · Answer

E it is : 
-->stand of The director of the Mayor’s Office:  each unit  must have enough space for handicapped 
-->Paris-based company stand-: it is unwilling to do the job in Boston if  all the toilets have to be made accessible to the handicapped.
 
E is stating same .......

akshata19 · Answer

D. A compromise must be worked out between the City Arts Commission and the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities.

OK it is a suggestion choice, even if the compromise is worked out and there is some ratio agreed (normal toilet : wheelchair assisted) 
Not necessary that agreed ratio is acceptable to Paris based company... Compromise between first two entities might not work

So E is a better choice than D  and can be inferred to be true by para

Additionally
C is a tempting choice, in hurry one is likely to pick this. But we have to consider there can be other factors which may have higher probability to doom the plan

rocko911 · Answer

What factors can be there ?

The argument talks only about wheelchair problem , But we do not need to think about other problems right?

we can not assume new info by ourselves

prachi18oct · Answer

a. No public toilet kiosks will be installed on Boston streets. 
Too extreme . We cannot say the no public toilets kiosks will be installed as per premise.
OUT

b. If public toilet kiosks are installed on Boston streets, it will be over the protests of the director of the City Arts Commission.
No such information provided
OUT

c. Wheelchair accessibility is the issue most likely to doom the plan to install public toilet kiosks.
The two issues are with City Arts Commission and Paris based company and both are related to wheelchair accessibility.
For City Arts Commission, the kiosk will be too large if all of them are wheelchair accessible.
For Paris based company, if all the kiosks to be installed are wheelchair accessible, it will most likely not take the work.
 But we do not know if this is the only company that will be asked to install the kiosks.
Also, there might be other issues as well which we are not told in premise. We cannot say that the wheelchair accessibility issue will most likely affect installation

STILL KEEP

d. A compromise must be worked out between the City Arts Commission and the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities.
No support provided.
OUT

e. The Paris-based company is unlikely to install the kiosks if the position of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities remains unchanged.
This might be true as per premise.
KEEP

Between C & E, I feel E can be inferred.
Please explain.

abhimahna · Answer

Hi  rocko911  ,

I agree with your point. We cannot assume anything from ourselves.

But telling that wheelchair problem is most likely to doom the plan IS incorrect.

May be it is the decision of the director and the Paris company that is most likely to doom the plan.

So, making one thing the biggest culprit is not the right decision. Hence, C cannot be the answer.

We are already told that Director is saying I need every unit very big and the Paris company is saying if we have all units big, we are not going to help you guys.

So, we can very well infer that if I sticks to his/her plan, the other is going to create a problem.

Does that make sense?

tejabharath · Answer

Hi 
Kindly clarify the difference between operate and install. In the question it is mentioned that Paris based company has operated but in choices it is talking about installing. How can we assume that operating means the company has installed??

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abhimahna · Answer

Hi  tejabharath  ,

The statement is saying Paris Based company has been operating in many countries. But when asked to start doing so in Boston, they said No Man, we won't unless you satisfy what we need.

And this is obvious that before operating something in a country, they need to install it. Hence, donot get confused with such words.

tejabharath · Answer

Hi abhimahna,

Don't you think the wording could have been much clear, because their can be a case like government install the toilets but outsource it's operations.

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IanStewart · Answer

E is only true if the City is likely to follow the recommendations of its Disabilities Office Director, but the question doesn't tell us anything about how important the Director's insistences are. If the City is likely to ignore those insistences, E is not true. So E is only a good answer if you make an assumption. But you're never allowed to make assumptions in a "must be true" question, because if you were allowed to do that, you could justify almost any answer.

E would be a perfectly fine answer if the stem said that, by City law, the kiosks need to be wheelchair accessible, and that the City is likely to follow its laws. But the stem doesn't state any facts about the city's laws; it only tells us what the Director insists is true.

E would be a perfectly fine answer if the stem said that, by City law, the kiosks need to be wheelchair accessible, and that the City is likely to follow its laws. But the stem doesn't state any facts about the city's laws; it only tells us what the Director insists is true.

nitesh181989 · Answer

A point to consider here is that it is not just the position of the Mayor's office, but the 'CITY LAW', which makes it compulsory of all the toilets to be accessible by the handicap people. So even if Mayor's office does changes its position, the 'CITY LAW' still forbids this construction.

Therefore, as per the 'CITY LAW', if the toilets do get created, they have to be big enough to accommodate the wheelchair, implying that if toilets are built in the city, they would be built over the protests of the director of the City Arts Commission. So the answer should be B.

abhimahna · Answer

lol tejabharath , See you are adding your own assumptions here. Just remember this is how GMAC plays with our emotions and we have to accept what it is.

harsh8686 · Answer

The question stem state that if all of the above statements are true, which one must also be true.

As per the passage: 
a) The director of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, for instance, has insisted that under city law,   each and every unit must be big enough   for a wheelchair.
b) if   all the kiosks are that large  , the City Arts Commission is   unlikely to approve their placement   on the streets because they would be too cumbersome and unattractive
c) Paris-based company for years has said that it is   unwilling to do the job   in Boston   if all the toilets have to be made accessible to the handicapped

Hence, if all the above statements are true then there is no possibility for the creation of a public toilet.

Answer choice E states - The Paris-based company is   unlikely   to install 
The unlikely word brings assumption into play, rather the answer choice should be clear and should be inferred from the passage.

Please comment, if my reasoning is flawed.

salloonaT · Answer

If I understand correctly, the answer is C.
 C. Wheelchair accessibility is the issue most likely to doom the plan to install public toilet kiosks.

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