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New employees of Ace Industries are complaining about discomfort caused by excessive noise inside Ace's factory. Experienced Ace factory employees, however, do not suffer any such discomfort. Although Ace accepts responsibility for the health of its employees, it has decided not to issue earplugs to new employees. Ace 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 Ace's decision not to issue earplugs to new employees?
(A) Because the noise in Ace's factory is absorbed by soundproof walls, it cannot be heard by Ace 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 Ace's factory have not become any noisier since the experienced workers were originally hired.
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Which of the following, if true, indicates a flaw in Ace's decision not to issue earplugs to new employees?
(A) Because the noise in Ace's factory is absorbed by soundproof walls, it cannot be heard by Ace 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 Ace's factory have not become any noisier since the experienced workers were originally hired.
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New employees of Ace Industries are complaining about discomfort caused by excessive noise inside Ace's factory. Experienced Ace factory employees, however, do not suffer any such discomfort. Although Ace accepts responsibility for the health of its employees, it has decided not to issue earplugs to new employees. Ace 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 Ace's decision not to issue earplugs to new employees?
Conclusion: Ace decided that it won't give earplugs to new employees because they would get used to of the factory noise just as experienced ones have been. So something unpleasant with experienced employees or anything that directly attacks Ace's decision would surely suggest a flaw in Ace's reasoning.
(A) Because the noise in Ace's factory is absorbed by soundproof walls, it cannot be heard by Ace executives in their offices. - WRONG. Argument is about Ace's employees not executives. It also doesn't touch the core of the issue.
(B) Many of the new employees interviewed said they would not wear earplugs on the job. - WRONG. Employees own decision is not concerned about.
(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. - WRONG. The option might look to be supporting the decision taken by Ace but it doesn't deal with the actual reasoning of the argument.
(D) The experienced employees' lack of discomfort is attributable to hearing loss caused by the factory noise. - CORRECT. A hearing loss is surely not acceptable when Ace is responsible for its employees' health. The option is attacking the core reasoning of the Ace's decision.
(E) The machines in Ace's factory have not become any noisier since the experienced workers were originally hired. - WRONG. But machines still are problematic so the option is rather supporting to some extent.
IMO Answer D.
Which of the following, if true, indicates a flaw in Ace's decision not to issue earplugs to new employees?
Conclusion: Ace decided that it won't give earplugs to new employees because they would get used to of the factory noise just as experienced ones have been. So something unpleasant with experienced employees or anything that directly attacks Ace's decision would surely suggest a flaw in Ace's reasoning.
(A) Because the noise in Ace's factory is absorbed by soundproof walls, it cannot be heard by Ace executives in their offices. - WRONG. Argument is about Ace's employees not executives. It also doesn't touch the core of the issue.
(B) Many of the new employees interviewed said they would not wear earplugs on the job. - WRONG. Employees own decision is not concerned about.
(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. - WRONG. The option might look to be supporting the decision taken by Ace but it doesn't deal with the actual reasoning of the argument.
(D) The experienced employees' lack of discomfort is attributable to hearing loss caused by the factory noise. - CORRECT. A hearing loss is surely not acceptable when Ace is responsible for its employees' health. The option is attacking the core reasoning of the Ace's decision.
(E) The machines in Ace's factory have not become any noisier since the experienced workers were originally hired. - WRONG. But machines still are problematic so the option is rather supporting to some extent.
IMO Answer D.
18 Mar 2020, 14:01
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This took me 1:03.
There may be a number of ways to solve this but the best way might simply be to predict the answer. A flickering view of the question stem indicates that a FLAW is being looked for. Keeping that in mind, you read about a noisy factory, two sets of people (new workers and old) and an issue regarding ear plugs. I daresay it is common knowledge that loud noise can cause hearing loss and frankly that is what I was looking for in the answer choices.
Let's go through them one by one in any event to see if we could knock them out anyway.
(A) Because the noise in Ace's factory is absorbed by soundproof walls, it cannot be heard by Ace executives in their offices.
Well, this isn't a flaw in the decision about ear plugs. It is irrelevant.
(B) Many of the new employees interviewed said they would not wear earplugs on the job
The decision was not to have them wear earplugs in the first place, so how does this affect the issue either way? Out.
(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.
Ok, so there is a better way of solving the problem. A better way doesn't mean another way has a flaw. Out.
(D) The experienced employees' lack of discomfort is attributable to hearing loss caused by the factory noise.
Bingo.
(E) The machines in Ace's factory have not become any noisier since the experienced workers were originally hired.
But they are still just as noisy, right? So...we still have a problem, right? Regardless, how is this a flaw?
There may be a number of ways to solve this but the best way might simply be to predict the answer. A flickering view of the question stem indicates that a FLAW is being looked for. Keeping that in mind, you read about a noisy factory, two sets of people (new workers and old) and an issue regarding ear plugs. I daresay it is common knowledge that loud noise can cause hearing loss and frankly that is what I was looking for in the answer choices.
Let's go through them one by one in any event to see if we could knock them out anyway.
(A) Because the noise in Ace's factory is absorbed by soundproof walls, it cannot be heard by Ace executives in their offices.
Well, this isn't a flaw in the decision about ear plugs. It is irrelevant.
(B) Many of the new employees interviewed said they would not wear earplugs on the job
The decision was not to have them wear earplugs in the first place, so how does this affect the issue either way? Out.
(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.
Ok, so there is a better way of solving the problem. A better way doesn't mean another way has a flaw. Out.
(D) The experienced employees' lack of discomfort is attributable to hearing loss caused by the factory noise.
Bingo.
(E) The machines in Ace's factory have not become any noisier since the experienced workers were originally hired.
But they are still just as noisy, right? So...we still have a problem, right? Regardless, how is this a flaw?
