Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT112 S1 Q5 Explanation

Company policy: An employee of

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TopicsMust be False

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Stimulus

Company policy: An employee of our company must be impartial, particularly when dealing with family members. This obligation extends to all aspects of the job, including hiring and firing service the employee provides customers.

What this question is testing

Must be False

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
5.

Which one of the following employee behaviors most clearly violates the company

Answer choices

  1. Correct76% picked this

    refusing to hire any of one’s five siblings, even though they are each more qualified

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

    Skill tested: Must be False · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

  2. Trap1% picked this

    receiving over a hundred complaints about the service one’s office provides and sending a complimentary product to all those

  3. Trap7% picked this

    never firing a family member, even though three of one’s siblings work under one’s

  4. Trap5% picked this

    repeatedly refusing to advance an employee, claiming that he has sometimes skipped work and that his work has been sloppy, even though no such

  5. Trap11% picked this

    promoting a family member over another employee in

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