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It will not be productive for the trading vessel the Selene to hire three new disciplinary officers, as proposed. The ship’s operational budget is sufficient to pay the salaries of the new officers, but not the salaries of additional legal and bureaucratic employees needed to process the increased number of infractions typically generated by new officers.
Which of the following, if true, will most seriously weaken the conclusion drawn above?
A. Studies have shown that having more disciplinary officers on board does not necessarily improve discipline among shipmates.
B. When another trading vessel of the same size as the Selene increased its number of disciplinary officers by twenty percent last year, there were forty-two percent more disciplinary infractions, and of them, twelve percent required legal action.
C. The Selene’s crew has reached the size at which an increase in the number of disciplinary officers will have a corrective effect on the discipline among shipmates.
D. On most ships, not every disciplinary infraction leads to punitive action, and not every punitive action necessitates legal proceedings.
E. If the funding needed to expand the crew of the Selene is increased, the budget of other ships in the company’s fleet will have to be reduced during the next fiscal year.
Which of the following, if true, will most seriously weaken the conclusion drawn above?
A. Studies have shown that having more disciplinary officers on board does not necessarily improve discipline among shipmates.
B. When another trading vessel of the same size as the Selene increased its number of disciplinary officers by twenty percent last year, there were forty-two percent more disciplinary infractions, and of them, twelve percent required legal action.
C. The Selene’s crew has reached the size at which an increase in the number of disciplinary officers will have a corrective effect on the discipline among shipmates.
D. On most ships, not every disciplinary infraction leads to punitive action, and not every punitive action necessitates legal proceedings.
E. If the funding needed to expand the crew of the Selene is increased, the budget of other ships in the company’s fleet will have to be reduced during the next fiscal year.
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Option C talks of the fact that increasing the number of disciplinary officers will actually further the discipline among shipmatesand not cause more infractions, hence the weakener.
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Conclusion : It will not be productive for the trading vessel to hire three new disciplinary officers.
We need to weaken this, ie., we need to say it will be productive to hire 3 new disciplinary officers.
Now even if you have not been given any further information, once you read Option C, it tells you increase in the no of disciplinary officers, will lead to corrective effect. ie., Overall its kind of good to have those officers than not. So hiring those 3 officer helps.
We need to weaken this, ie., we need to say it will be productive to hire 3 new disciplinary officers.
Now even if you have not been given any further information, once you read Option C, it tells you increase in the no of disciplinary officers, will lead to corrective effect. ie., Overall its kind of good to have those officers than not. So hiring those 3 officer helps.
