All the performers in the show got their parts by doing auditions.

Question

All the performers in the show got their parts by doing auditions. To audition for the show, a performer had to submit a resume and photographs to the company. Resumes and photographs could be submitted in only two ways, uploading them on the company’s website or sending them to the director by email.

Which of the following can be properly concluded from the above statements?

(A) Only performers who submitted resumes and photographs by both uploading them on the company website and sending them to the director by email auditioned for the show.

(B) Any performer who submitted a resume and photographs to the company did an audition.

(C) Each performer who got a part in the show who did not upload photographs sent an email to the director.

(D) Every performer who did not get a part in the show did not do an audition.

(E) Any performer who did not apply to audition for the show did not submit a resume and photographs to the company.

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Wazzzaa · Answer

I think there is a typo in option (C). I comma missing. Can you please confirm.

MartyMurray · Answer

Actually, (C) is correctly written without any commas.

MartyMurray · Answer

All the performers in the show got their parts by doing auditions. To audition for the show, a performer had to submit a resume and photographs to the company. Resumes and photographs could be submitted in only two ways, uploading them on the company’s website or sending them to the director by email.

The passage is composed of three statements that present three necessary conditions:

- Doing auditions was necessary for getting parts in the show.

- Submitting a resume and photographs was necessary for auditioning.

- Uploading or sending by email to the director was necessary for submitting a resume and photographs.

Which of the following can be properly concluded from the above statements?

This is an Inference question, and the correct answer will be the one that must be true if the statements in the passage are true.

(A) Only performers who submitted resumes and photographs by both uploading them on the company website and sending them to the director by email auditioned for the show.

The passage indicates that submitting a resume and photographs was necessary for auditioning and that uploading or sending by email to the director was necessary for submitting a resume and photographs.

However, it does not indicate that BOTH uploading and sending a resume and photographs was necessary for submitting them.

Since it's possible, even likely, that performers who auditioned did not submit a resume and photographs by both uploading and emailing, this choice is not supported.

Eliminate.

(B) Any performer who submitted a resume and photographs to the company did an audition.

The passage indicates that submitting a resume and photographs was necessary for doing an audition but does not indicate that everyone who submitted a resume and photographs did an audition.

Since it's possible that someone submitted a resume and photographs but did not do an audition, this choice is not supported.

Eliminate.

(C) Each performer who got a part in the show who did not upload photographs sent an email to the director.

This choice is interesting.

After all the passage indicates that, to get a part, a performer had to audition, that, to audition, a performer had to submit a resume and photographs, and that there were only two ways to submit a resume and photographs, by uploading them or emailing them to the director.

So, that chain of requirements indicates that, to get a part, a performer had to start in at least one of two ways, uploading a resume and photographs or emailing them.

Thus, it must be true any performer who got a part who did not upload photographs sent photographs by email.

Keep.

(D) Every performer who did not get a part in the show did not do an audition.

The passage indicates that doing an audition was necessary for getting a part but does not say that everyone who did an audition got a part.

Since it's possible that some performers did auditions but did not get parts, this choice is not supported.

Eliminate.

(E) Any performer who did not apply to audition for the show did not submit a resume and photographs to the company.

It's possible that some performers submitted a resume and photographs but did not end up auditioning for the show.

So, this choice doesn't have to be true.

Eliminate.

Correct answer:   C

All the performers in the show got their parts by doing auditions.

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