Elections are being held to choose the leadership committee of a labor

Question

Elections are being held to choose the leadership committee of a labour union. The committee will have a Chairperson and a few other leaders. The committee can be selected on the following conditions.

The Chairperson must either be Mr. Crenshaw or Mr. De Grande.
Mr. Abbey will be on the leadership committee only if Mr. Gatz is.
Mr. Furuya will not be on the leadership committee if either Mr. Barden or Mr. Epstein is on the committee.
Mr. Epstein will not be on the leadership committee unless Mr. De Grande is the Chairperson.

Based on the information provided, and assuming Mr. Epstein is on the leadership committee, in the first column select the member that must also be on the committee, and in the second column select the member that will not be on the committee. Make only two selections, one in each column.

pappal · Answer

must be on the leadership committee: from 4th statement, Mr. De Grande must be on the committee if Mr. Epstien is (4)
will not be on the leadership committee: from 3rd statement , Mr. Furuya will not be on the committee if Mr. Epstien is (5)

sequiipsum · Answer

I thought that the leadership committee and chairperson are different, like if Mr Grande is the chairperson he won't be on the leadership committee.

Edskore · Answer

Good catch on wanting to verify this, but the problem actually tells us the answer directly. The opening says "The committee will have a Chairperson and a few other leaders." So the Chairperson is part of the leadership committee, not separate from it. Mr. De Grande being Chairperson means he's on the committee.

This is a classic Two-Part Analysis setup where you track conditional logic through a chain of statements. Working through the chain with the assumption that Epstein is on the committee:

Statement 4 says Epstein can only be on the committee if De Grande is Chairperson. So if Epstein is in, De Grande must be the Chairperson (and therefore also on the committee). That's the "must be on" answer.

Statement 3 says Furuya will not be on the committee if Barden or Epstein is. Since Epstein is in, Furuya is out. That's the "will not be on" answer.

The trap in TPA questions like this one is exactly what you ran into: misreading the structural setup before applying the conditions. Always re-read the first paragraph to confirm what's actually being chosen.

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Must be on the committee	Will not be on the committee
		Abbey
		Barden
		Crenshaw
		De Grande
		Furuya
		Gatz

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Elections are being held to choose the leadership committee of a labor

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