PrepTest 142, Section 4, Question 13
Mayor: To keep our neighborhoods clean, every street(46 more words not shown)
If all of the mayor's(13 more words not shown)
- AAll neighborhoods in(8 more words not shown)
- BAll qualified neighborhoods(10 more words not shown)
- CNo street will(15 more words not shown)
- DA qualified neighborhood(15 more words not shown)
- ENo street in(17 more words not shown)
Reading the argument
We can make these rules easier to hold onto without losing the conditions.
Every street gets at least one sweeping a month. A neighborhood that needs more frequent service qualifies for extra sweepings. And if a qualified neighborhood requests one, that request is handled immediately. Qualification and a request are separate pieces; don't drop either when shortening the rule.
What we’re looking for
There isn't an unsupported conclusion to attack here. We have a service policy and a must-be-true question. I'll test each answer against the policy, especially whether it adds a requirement or leaves one out.
Working the answers
- A
Construction alone isn't enough. The example concerns excessive dirt from major construction creating a need for more frequent sweeping. A small project at one house might not create that need. We can't turn the example into a rule qualifying every neighborhood with any construction.
- B
Qualifying doesn't establish that the neighborhood requests an extra sweeping. The promise to provide immediate service covers qualified neighborhoods that make requests. B leaves out that step. A neighborhood without a request might still get extra service for another reason, but these rules don't guarantee it merely because the neighborhood qualifies.
- C
We have one route to extra sweeping, not a statement that it is the only route. Perhaps streets near a school receive additional service under another policy. That's just a possible arrangement, but nothing the mayor says rules it out. C imposes a restriction we weren't given.
- DCorrect
This includes both conditions: the neighborhood qualifies and requests an interim sweeping. The mayor promises to satisfy that request immediately. Add that extra sweeping to the regular monthly service, and the neighborhood gets more than one sweeping in the month. The baseline and the additional service work together to establish D.
- E
The mayor doesn't state what happens to every request from an unqualified neighborhood. Promising service to one group doesn't prohibit service to everyone else. The city could honor some other requests or schedule extra service for another reason while keeping every promise in the passage.
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