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Statements: 'The office will remain closed on Monday due to a public holiday, so please complete all pending assignments by Friday evening.' - Manager to employees. Conclusions: (i) All important office deadlines should be set before weekends. (ii) Employees are expected to manage their time to meet deadlines before holidays.
Only conclusion (i) follows
Only conclusion (ii) follows
Both (i) and (ii) follow
Neither (i) nor (ii) follows
Only conclusion (ii) follows
Analyze the scope of the statement: Conclusion (ii) directly addresses the manager's explicit instruction, whereas (i) makes an overgeneralized assumption about office policy that is not supported by the specific context.
Analyze the scope of the statement: Conclusion (ii) directly addresses the manager's explicit instruction, whereas (i) makes an overgeneralized assumption about office policy that is not supported by the specific context.
Analyze the core instruction
The manager instructs employees to complete tasks by Friday evening because Monday is a holiday. This implies that the work schedule must adapt to specific upcoming events, such as holidays.
Evaluate Conclusion (i)
Conclusion (i) suggests a universal policy for all important deadlines. The statement only addresses a specific instance caused by a holiday; it does not support a general rule that all deadlines should be set before weekends.
Evaluate Conclusion (ii)
Conclusion (ii) states that employees are expected to manage time to meet deadlines before holidays. This is a logical inference, as the manager expects the work to be completed before the holiday break.
A: Incorrect because the statement does not mandate a universal policy for weekends; C: Incorrect as (i) is an overgeneralization not contained within the statement; D: Incorrect because (ii) is a direct, valid inference from the manager's request.
B is correct because conclusion (ii) is a direct logical consequence of the manager's request to complete work before the upcoming holiday, whereas (i) incorrectly generalizes a temporary situation into a permanent policy.
Always distinguish between a specific instruction (which supports limited, situational conclusions) and a universal policy (which requires evidence of a rule or standard practice).