QUESTION: 125

When three Indian-owned trains purchased from Transcontinental Trains crashed within a two month time period, the Indian parliament ordered the acquisition of three new Transcontinental trains as replacements. This decision surprised many because it is customary for users to shun a product after it is involved in accidents.
Which of the following, if true, provides the best indication that the decision of the Indian government was well supported?

Although during the previous year only one transcontinental train crashed, competing manufacturers had a perfect safety record.
The Transcontinental-built trains crashed due to sabotage, but because of the excellent quality of the trains, fire was averted increasing the number of survivors.
The Indian Railway Commission issued new guidelines for trains in order to standardize safety requirements governing inspections.
Consumer advocates pressured two major railway companies into purchasing safer trains so that the public would be safer.
Many Transcontinental Train employees had to be replaced because they found jobs with the competition

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

The best answer is B. If the train crashes were caused by a factor that had nothing to do with the train itself, such as sabotage, and the quality of the train decreased the number of fatalities, then there is good reason to purchase additional trains from Transcontinental.

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QUESTION: 126

Recently, a court ruled that current law allows tour operators that travel to potentially dangerous locations, such as the Amazon, to reject potential customers if there is a 50 percent chance that the traveler would contract malaria on the trip. The presiding judge justified the ruling, saying that it protected both travelers and tour operators.
This use of his court ruling as part of the law could not be effective if which of the following were true?

The best interests of travelers often conflict with the interests of tour operators.
There is currently no legally accepted method existing for calculating the risk of contracting malaria as a result of being exposed to it in a particular location.
Some trips might involve health risks other than the risk of malaria.
Travelers who have a 50 percent chance of contracting malaria may be unaware that their risk is so great.
The number of people signing up to take trips with a tour company might decline if the company, by screening applicants for risk of malaria, seemed to suggest that the trip entailed high risk of getting the disease

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

The best answer is B. The use of the court ruling as part of the law could not be effective if there were no accepted way of determining who the people susceptible to malaria were. Choice b states that there is no accepted method of calculating the risk of contracting malaria.

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QUESTION: 127

Since the national postal service in country X was privatized six months ago, delays in the delivery of mail have increased by 20 percent. To combat this problem, more sorting and delivering staff must be hired in the busiest regions of the country.
Which of the following, if true, casts the most doubt on the effectiveness of the solution proposed above

The major causes of delays in the nation's busiest regions are bad weather and antiquated sorting equipment.
Since privatization began, the number of employees has increased by 25 percent.
Over 60 percent of the postal budget goes to pay salaries.
After a small post sorting facility doubled its staff, the number of delays that were reported decreased by 50 percent.
Since privatization, the average length of delay in the nation's busiest regions has doubled. 5. Employees

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

The best answer is A. The conclusion that postal service must add to their staff is based on an assumption that the problem lies in that area. Choice A indicates that the delay were due to two other factors – bad weather and old equipment, therefore hiring additional staff is unlikely to be an effective solution.

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QUESTION: 128

Employees that get a thorough medical examination twice a year take fewer sick days. Even employees who get examined only once a year take less sick time than those who do not get checked. Therefore, if companies instituted in-house medical examination programs, the absentee rate in those companies would decrease significantly.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?

Employees who get medical check ups during working hours occasionally feel ill for short periods of time after the examination.
Employees who are frequently absent are the least likely to cooperate with a corporate medical program.
Employees who get a thorough medical examination once a week in their company's medical program usually also get checked by their private doctor.
Employees who get examined in their company's in-house medical program use their working time no more productively than those who do not get examined.
Employees who get medical examinations during working hours take slightly longer lunch breaks than employees who do not get examinations.

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

The best answer is B. The argument states that absenteeism would decrease if an in-house medical program were instituted. However, if those employees who are most frequently absent are least likely to get examined, then the program is unlikely to solve the problem of absenteeism

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