In several cities, the government is going ahead with
ambitious construction projects despite the high office-
vacancy rates in those cities. The vacant offices,
though available for leasing, unfortunately do not
meet the requirements for the facilities needed, such
as court houses and laboratories. The government,
therefore, is not guilty of any fiscal westefulness.
Which of the following is an assumption on which
the argument above depends?
(A) Adaptation of vacant office space to meet the
government’s requirements, if possible, would
not make leasing such office space a more
cost-effective alternative to new construction.
(B) The government prefers leasing facilities to
owning them in cases where the two alter-
natives are equally cost-effective.
(C) If facilities available for leasing come very close
to meeting the government’s requirements for
facilities the government needs, the government
can relax its own requirements slightly and con-
sider those facilities in compliance.
(D) The government’s construction projects would not
on being completed, add to the stock of facilities
available for leasing in the cities concerned.
(E) Before embarking on any major construction
project, the government is required by law to
establish beyond any reasonable doubt that
there are no alternatives that are most cost-
effective.
Answer will follow only if someone replies.
ambitious construction projects despite the high office-
vacancy rates in those cities. The vacant offices,
though available for leasing, unfortunately do not
meet the requirements for the facilities needed, such
as court houses and laboratories. The government,
therefore, is not guilty of any fiscal westefulness.
Which of the following is an assumption on which
the argument above depends?
(A) Adaptation of vacant office space to meet the
government’s requirements, if possible, would
not make leasing such office space a more
cost-effective alternative to new construction.
(B) The government prefers leasing facilities to
owning them in cases where the two alter-
natives are equally cost-effective.
(C) If facilities available for leasing come very close
to meeting the government’s requirements for
facilities the government needs, the government
can relax its own requirements slightly and con-
sider those facilities in compliance.
(D) The government’s construction projects would not
on being completed, add to the stock of facilities
available for leasing in the cities concerned.
(E) Before embarking on any major construction
project, the government is required by law to
establish beyond any reasonable doubt that
there are no alternatives that are most cost-
effective.
Answer will follow only if someone replies.
