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An apartment complex is installing alarm systems in every apartment due to an increase in crime in the area. The manager reasons that he does not need to install an alarm system in apartment 3B because the tenant is a police officer and can protect himself.
Which one of the following decisions is based on a flawed reasoning that is most similar to the apartment manager’s reasoning?
(A) A deliveryman has limited time to deliver all his packages before returning to his office. The deliveryman reasons that they should be delivered in order of largest to smallest because there might not be enough time to deliver all of them.
(B) A candidate for mayor must prioritize the areas of the city where she must focus campaigning efforts. The candidate reasons that she spend all her resources in these areas where voters are less likely to vote for her because the other voters do not need to be convinced to vote for her.
(C) Members of a jury are given four hours to reach their verdict or the judge will dismiss them and declare a mistrial. The jury reasons they should have the foreman review the evidence and determine a verdict because the foreman is a lawyer.
(D) The captain of a yacht requires that all his passengers go through a safety training session. He reasons that one passenger did not have to attend because he was a former US naval officer.
(E) A manager discovers an employee has stolen food from the break room. He reasons that he should force all his employees to go through ethics training to make sure the guilty party never steals food again.
Which one of the following decisions is based on a flawed reasoning that is most similar to the apartment manager’s reasoning?
(A) A deliveryman has limited time to deliver all his packages before returning to his office. The deliveryman reasons that they should be delivered in order of largest to smallest because there might not be enough time to deliver all of them.
(B) A candidate for mayor must prioritize the areas of the city where she must focus campaigning efforts. The candidate reasons that she spend all her resources in these areas where voters are less likely to vote for her because the other voters do not need to be convinced to vote for her.
(C) Members of a jury are given four hours to reach their verdict or the judge will dismiss them and declare a mistrial. The jury reasons they should have the foreman review the evidence and determine a verdict because the foreman is a lawyer.
(D) The captain of a yacht requires that all his passengers go through a safety training session. He reasons that one passenger did not have to attend because he was a former US naval officer.
(E) A manager discovers an employee has stolen food from the break room. He reasons that he should force all his employees to go through ethics training to make sure the guilty party never steals food again.
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Answer: D
STEP 1: Read the question and identify your task.
This is a Parallel question. The question asks that you match the reasoning in the answer to the one in the statement, so you are looking for a similar pattern of thinking between the two.
STEP 2: Read the argument with your task in mind.
The argument tells of a maintenance man who makes an exception based on a judgment that a police officer, due to his special skills, can protect himself.
STEP 3: Know what you’re looking for.
The correct answer will include a judgment and an exception to that judgment that matches the kind made in the argument.
STEP 4: Read every word of every answer choice.
In answer A the deliveryman makes a judgment to organize his deliveries, but he makes no exceptions, so this does not resemble your pattern of thinking and is not the correct answer. Answers B and C both fail your test because both the candidate and jury make a judgment regarding certain areas or one person to the exclusion of all others, not the other way around as your maintenance man does. In answer D the captain of the yacht judges that the US naval officer has special skills that enable him or her to handle an emergency situation, so the captain excludes the officer from the training. This resembles your required pattern of thinking and is most likely the correct answer, but you must complete your review of the answers. Answer E says the manager makes no exceptions at all, forcing everyone to participate, and this does not fit your pattern, so the correct choice is answer D.
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So, this CR Question can be worked really quick and easily.
Let's understand the Question Stem (Which we need to mimic)
Crime Increasing and Hence a Security Measure advised. A person doesn't put that as he is a police officer.
Our job is to find the one that mirrors this argument:
(A) Really out of scope. Delivery Man is deciding a order, but we need someone who doesn't require something because he is some sort of master in that specific thing.
(B) It is a close one as it also portrays something need not be done as it is already completed. Hold on to this
(C) Shows a similar relationship but it is not something that foreman does for himself. It is essentially out of scope for that very reason
(D) Pretty Clear in this. A person was a naval officer and hence doesn't need water training. Near Perfect. Hold this
(E) Almost opposite. If one person does XYZ all others must be trained not to do XYZ. Not what we are looking for.
We are down to B and D.
So, B can be a good choice but it applies to an action, for one point. D on the other hand completely mimics the Idea of Question Stem. Apart from this reason, B also has an inherent difference from the question stem as it just tells something that need not be done, rather than explaining how that very action will become Moot.
So the answer (D)
Let's understand the Question Stem (Which we need to mimic)
Crime Increasing and Hence a Security Measure advised. A person doesn't put that as he is a police officer.
Our job is to find the one that mirrors this argument:
(A) Really out of scope. Delivery Man is deciding a order, but we need someone who doesn't require something because he is some sort of master in that specific thing.
(B) It is a close one as it also portrays something need not be done as it is already completed. Hold on to this
(C) Shows a similar relationship but it is not something that foreman does for himself. It is essentially out of scope for that very reason
(D) Pretty Clear in this. A person was a naval officer and hence doesn't need water training. Near Perfect. Hold this
(E) Almost opposite. If one person does XYZ all others must be trained not to do XYZ. Not what we are looking for.
We are down to B and D.
So, B can be a good choice but it applies to an action, for one point. D on the other hand completely mimics the Idea of Question Stem. Apart from this reason, B also has an inherent difference from the question stem as it just tells something that need not be done, rather than explaining how that very action will become Moot.
So the answer (D)
