New employees of Zace Industries are complaining

Question

New employees of Zace Industries are complaining about discomfort caused by excessive noise inside Zace’s factory. Experienced Zace factory employees, however, do not suffer any such discomfort. Although Zace accepts responsibility for the health of its employees, it has decided not to issue earplugs to new employees. Zace reasoned that the new employees would also become accustomed to the noise without using earplugs.

Which of the following, if true, indicates a flaw in Zace’s decision not to issue earplugs to new employees

A．Because the noise in Zace’s factory is absorbed by soundproof walls, it cannot be heard by Zace executives in their offices.
B．Many of the new employees interviewed said they would not wear earplugs on the job.
C．Issuing earplugs to all new employees would be a less effective method of reducing employees’ exposure to noise than altering the machinery to be less noisy would be.
D．The experienced employees’ lack of discomfort is attributable to hearing loss caused by the factory noise.
E．The machines in Zace’s factory have not become any noisier since the experienced workers were originally hired.

rahulswimmer · Answer

I will go with B. If employees said that they wouldn't wear the earplugs then they shouldnt have complained about the noise. And yet in the passage, they complain.

Please elucidate if my answer is flawed.

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Turkish · Answer

This is the reason I went with D

A．Because the noise in Zace’s factory is absorbed by soundproof walls, it cannot be heard by Zace executives in their offices. No relevance.
B．Many of the new employees interviewed said they would not wear earplugs on the job.  Maybe new employees didn't know that there would be so much noise. The passage doesn't say that interview happened inside Azce’s factory.
 C．Issuing earplugs to all new employees would be a less effective method of reducing employees’ exposure to noise than altering the machinery to be less noisy would be.
D．The experienced employees’ lack of discomfort is attributable to hearing loss caused by the factory noise.  This clearly shows why experienced employees are not complaining g. 
E．The machines in Zace’s factory have not become any noisier since the experienced workers were originally hired.

okHedwig · Answer

Hi, IMO D because:

A.Because the noise in Zace’s factory is absorbed by soundproof walls, it cannot be heard by Zace executives in their offices. -  its talking about executives who live in their offices, nothing about experienced employees who could be working in the same noisy environment 
B.Many of the new employees interviewed said they would not wear earplugs on the job. - even if they said, this would actually support Zace decision, wouldnt be a flaw 
C.Issuing earplugs to all new employees would be a less effective method of reducing employees’ exposure to noise than altering the machinery to be less noisy would be. - out of scope, nothing about comparing if earplugs will reduce noise or altering machinery 
D.The experienced employees’ lack of discomfort is attributable to hearing loss caused by the factory noise. - right. because, if exp employees have hearing loss, then this could be a major flaw in the Zace decision to not give their new employees with earplugs 
E.The machines in Zace’s factory have not become any noisier since the experienced workers were originally hired. -  doesn't matter

Hope this helps!
Thanks.

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