A crew of up to five workers is to install a partition in at most three days. The crew completes five tasks in this order: framing, wallboarding, taping, sanding, priming. The crew is selected from the following list, which specifies exactly the tasks each person can do:George: tapingHelena: sanding, primingInga: framing, primingKelly: framing, sandingLeanda: wallboarding, tapingMaricita: sandingOlaf: wallboarding, primingThe following conditions must apply:At least one task is done each day.Taping and priming are done on different days.Each crew member does at least one task during the installation, but no more than one task a day. Each task is done by exactly one worker, completed the day it is started and before the next task begins.If the installation takes three days, and if the same two crew members work on the first and third days, then which one of the following could be the pair of crew members who work on those two days?
Answer(s): D
This one gives us a very solid foundation. It's a three-day job -- so framing will start off day 1, and priming will end day3. Exactly how tasks #2, 3, and 4 are distributed we don't know, but let's read on... We're told that a particular pair of workers do all the tasks on day 1 and day 3. Since each task is solo, it must mean that day 1 involves two tasks, and so does day 3. 2/1/2, that's the breakdown -- which means we're looking at this scenario:Day 1Day 2Day 3fram/walltapsand/primSo, the eligible pair we seek must be able to hack the framing and wallboarding chores on day 1, and sanding and priming on day 3.
A crew of up to five workers is to install a partition in at most three days. The crew completes five tasks in this order: framing, wallboarding, taping, sanding, priming. The crew is selected from the following list, which specifies exactly the tasks each person can do:George: tapingHelena: sanding, primingInga: framing, primingKelly: framing, sandingLeanda: wallboarding, tapingMaricita: sandingOlaf: wallboarding, primingThe following conditions must apply:At least one task is done each day.Taping and priming are done on different days.Each crew member does at least one task during the installation, but no more than one task a day. Each task is done by exactly one worker, completed the day it is started and before the next task begins.Each of the following could be a complete and accurate list of the members of the crew EXCEPT:
Answer(s): A
Here, four of the choices are acceptable crews; what makes this one tougher is that we don't know, in advance, which one of the conditions is going to render the right answer unacceptable. No reason to change our methodology, however. Put each of the tasks against the answer choices, and look for the one and only choice that leaves one or more tasks undone.We don't have to search for long. All five lists present at least one worker to handle task #1, framing; but option [Helena, Inga, Kelly, Maricita]'s list includes no one to handle the wallboarding, which is the sole province of Leanda and Olaf. Without one of them on the crew, the five tasks ain't gonna get done. So option [Helena, Inga, Kelly, Maricita] is, as quickly as that, the one we want. Sight unseen, the other four choices must involve an acceptable assortment of workers.
A crew of up to five workers is to install a partition in at most three days. The crew completes five tasks in this order: framing, wallboarding, taping, sanding, priming. The crew is selected from the following list, which specifies exactly the tasks each person can do:George: tapingHelena: sanding, primingInga: framing, primingKelly: framing, sandingLeanda: wallboarding, tapingMaricita: sandingOlaf: wallboarding, primingThe following conditions must apply:At least one task is done each day.Taping and priming are done on different days.Each crew member does at least one task during the installation, but no more than one task a day. Each task is done by exactly one worker, completed the day it is started and before the next task begins.If the installation takes three days, and if the sanding is done on the third day, then which one of the following could be a list of all the crew members who work on the second day?
Answer(s): E
Time for a new sketch. It's a three-day job, so we can set up three columns; and sanding (task #4) is on day 3, and task#5, priming, must be as well. Task #3, taping, must be on day 2 (Rules 1 and 2). And day 1, of course, begins with framing. So in terms of the assignment of tasks to days, the only open question is whether wallboarding, task #2, will be on day 1 or day 2.The focus of the question is on day 2: A complete list of workers for that day is sought. And our sketch should reveal that the tasks for day 2 are "wallboarding + taping," or "taping only." As your final step, you can come up on your own with workers who fit those assignments, or simply check the choices against the list. "George only" or "Leanda only" would fit the bill -- either of them could work on a taping-only day 2. But neither of those appears, so we need to look to a day 2 involving wallboarding plus taping. On day 2, Olaf could wallboard and then Leanda could tape.(Note that "George + Olaf" or "George + Leanda" could also serve as the right answer here.)
A crew of up to five workers is to install a partition in at most three days. The crew completes five tasks in this order: framing, wallboarding, taping, sanding, priming. The crew is selected from the following list, which specifies exactly the tasks each person can do:George: tapingHelena: sanding, primingInga: framing, primingKelly: framing, sandingLeanda: wallboarding, tapingMaricita: sandingOlaf: wallboarding, primingThe following conditions must apply:At least one task is done each day.Taping and priming are done on different days.Each crew member does at least one task during the installation, but no more than one task a day. Each task is done by exactly one worker, completed the day it is started and before the next task begins.Which one of the following could be a pair of members of the crew both of whom work on the same days as each other and each of whom perform two tasks?
This last question is more of a Reading Comprehension puzzler than anything else. Once you unpack the stem, the solution is rather simple. The stem is asking for a pair of people who can share two traits: working two tasks each, and working the same two days. The first trait is the more concrete: While it's ambiguous which workers work on which days, we do know who can do each task, so let's focus on that aspect first. Two people performing two tasks each means we need a pair that can handle four of the five tasks between them, and options [George and Maricita], [Helena and Kelly], and [Leanda and Olaf] fall on this count alone
Moralist: TV talk shows are contributing to the moral decline in our country. By constantly being shown the least moral people in our society, viewers begin to think that such people are the norm, and that there is something wrong with being morally upright. TV talk show host: Well, if there is such a decline, it's not because of TV talk shows: we simply show people what they want to see. What can be wrong with letting the viewers decide? Furthermore, if restrictions were put on my show, that would amount to censorship, which is wrong.The moralist's and the TV talk show host's statements provide the most support for holding that they disagree about whether
First up is a Point-At-Issue question, so we need to read carefully to figure out what these two are arguing about. The moralist believes that TV talk shows are the cause of moral decline in our country -- they broadcast the least moral people, thus causing viewers to question the legitimacy of higher moral standards. The talk show host's first sentence gets right to the heart of the debate: If there is a moral decline, it's not caused by TVtalk shows. Her support for this position is interesting (she argues that talk shows represent an effect, not a cause, of immorality), but is not as central to her opposition as her blunt first statement. Comparing the first sentence of each argument brings to light the issue captured in option [TV talk shows, by presenting...], namely: Does presenting immoral guests on talk shows cause a moral decline? The moralist says "yup"; the host says "no way."
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