PrepTest 120, Section 3, Question 3
According to the rules of the university's housing(32 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(10 more words not shown)
- ABenizer is a(17 more words not shown)
- BIvan and Naomi(21 more words not shown)
- CHalle, a third-year(13 more words not shown)
- DGerald and Katrina(22 more words not shown)
- EAnissa is a(30 more words not shown)
Reading the argument
Being a fourth-year student is required for a guaranteed room. That doesn't tell us that every fourth-year student is guaranteed one. And a younger student could still get a room without having a guarantee. Keep those three ideas separate.
The second rule concerns who chooses first. A fourth-year student on the dean's list gets to choose before anyone who isn't a fourth-year student. Both qualifications matter for that priority. The rule doesn't rank all fourth-years against one another, even when only some are on the dean's list.
What we’re looking for
The question asks which inference these rules support. I'll check each person against the rule that actually applies, rather than filling in a complete housing policy that we weren't given.
Working the answers
- A
Benizer's lack of dean's-list status doesn't rule out a room guarantee. The first rule makes being a fourth-year necessary for that guarantee, and she meets that requirement. We still don't know whether she is guaranteed a room. The second rule concerns choice priority, not an additional requirement for the guarantee.
- B
Ivan and Naomi are both fourth-years, so the stated priority rule doesn't settle their order. Naomi's dean's-list status lets her choose before students who aren't fourth-years, but Ivan isn't in that group. We can establish neither Ivan-before-Naomi, as B claims, nor Naomi-before-Ivan from these rules alone.
- C
Halle is a third-year student. The first rule excludes students who aren't fourth-years from the guaranteed-room group. Being on the dean's list doesn't change that rule. Halle might eventually receive a room, but that isn't the guarantee C claims.
- DCorrect
Gerald meets both requirements for priority: he's a fourth-year student and he's on the dean's list. Katrina isn't a fourth-year student, so she's in the group Gerald gets to choose before. Her own dean's-list status doesn't override his stated priority. This applies the second rule directly.
- E
Anissa is the fourth-year dean's-list student, so she gets priority over Jehan, who is a second-year student. E puts them in the opposite order. Jehan's dean's-list status does not give a younger student priority over a qualified fourth-year.
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