If the needle on an industrial

Answer choices

1. A

   Unsupported14% picked this

   In automated apparel factories, items will be ruined by faulty needles less frequently than happens

   The stimulus does not compare ruined-item rates between traditional and automated factories. The acoustic device might catch worn needles as well as, better than, or worse than human monitors — we are not told. This goes beyond what the stimulus supports.

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2. B

   Too Strong4% picked this

   In the automated apparel factories of the future, each employee will perform only one

   The stimulus says it would be inefficient to hire someone just for needle monitoring. That does not imply that every employee will be limited to a single task. Employees might perform many tasks; the inefficiency is in dedicating a whole position to one narrow task. This overgeneralizes.

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3. C

   Too Strong10% picked this

   Traditional apparel factories do not use any

   The stimulus says industrial sewing is becoming "increasingly automated," which leaves room for traditional factories to use some automated equipment. The stimulus does not say traditional factories use no automation at all — only that they monitor needles via workers.

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4. D

   Correct58% picked this

   The needles of industrial sewing machines wear out at

   Why this is right

   This follows naturally from the stimulus. The whole reason monitoring is needed — by humans in traditional factories, by an acoustic device in automated ones — is to catch needles when they begin to wear. If needles wore out at predictable rates, factories could simply replace them on a schedule and skip monitoring altogether. The fact that monitoring is treated as necessary supports the inference that needles wear at unpredictable rates.

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

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5. E

   Unsupported14% picked this

   As sewing machine needles become worn, the noise they make becomes

   The stimulus says the device is "acoustic," but it does not say worn needles get audibly louder. The device might detect subtle changes in pitch, frequency, or sound signature — not loudness. Inferring increasing loudness specifically goes beyond what "acoustic detection" tells us.

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