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defective bulbs

by maihuna » Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:41 am
A light bulb company produces 2,000 light bulbs per week. The manager wants to ensure that standards of quality remain constant from week to week. The manager, therefore, suggests that the company reject 500 of the 2,000 light bulbs it produces each week.

Of the following, the best criticism of the manager’s plan is that the plan assumes that


light bulb manufacturers cannot market every light bulb that they produce

the overall quality of the light bulbs would not be improved if the total number of light bulbs produced were reduced

each light bulb that is reviewed is worthy of being reviewed

it is difficult to judge the quality of a light bulb

the 1,500 light bulbs that are accepted will be of the same quality from week to week
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by pbanavara » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:01 am
B and E come close and I'd go with E

In order to maintain consistent quality 500 of 2000 bulbs to be rejected -> assumption is that the remaining 1500 are of consistent quality.

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by gg1 » Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:54 am
Pradeep,

E should not be the answer since it supports the manager's plan rather than criticise it

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by gg1 » Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:55 am
D should be the answer.

OA pls..

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by maihuna » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:37 am
OA is E. BTW, D is far away from being an correct option, as it says that quality of buld cannt be judged which neither has to do anything with premise or new information.

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by S0laris » Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:11 am
B and E seem close to be true
B is wrong because it just restates the premise. "Overall quality" = 1500 + 500, thus I c no changes in comparison with premise=2000 bulbs a week.
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by mason77 » Sat May 14, 2016 1:16 am
I think E is the right answer