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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Tue Jun 29, 2010 7:59 am
An employee representative of the Quik Snak company has released a report containing information on about thirty employees at the company's central meat-packing plant, all of whom were hospitalized with hepatitis. This report follows a similar one released last month by a local epidemiologist pointing out a sharp rise in the number of diagnoses of hepatitis among workers at the same plant. Quik Snak management, however, maintains that the ill employees must have contracted the disease while off the job.

Which one of the following statements, if true, would cast the most doubt on the Quik Snak management's claim?



The thirty hospitalized workers were all diagnosed with other illnesses as well.



The epidemiologist's report was scientifically sound.



The Quik Snak company is privately held, and will not publicly release its safety record.



All of the workers in question suffered from Hepatitis A, which is most frequently transmitted through tainted food.



No workers other than the thirty who were hospitalized show any signs of having hepatitis.


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by ayushiiitm » Tue Jun 29, 2010 9:45 am
this 1 seems tough

imo b

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by ru2008 » Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:07 am
I think 'D' is the right answer because it shows link betn food and transferable disease Hepatitis

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by diebeatsthegmat » Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:52 am
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:An employee representative of the Quik Snak company has released a report containing information on about thirty employees at the company's central meat-packing plant, all of whom were hospitalized with hepatitis. This report follows a similar one released last month by a local epidemiologist pointing out a sharp rise in the number of diagnoses of hepatitis among workers at the same plant. Quik Snak management, however, maintains that the ill employees must have contracted the disease while off the job.

Which one of the following statements, if true, would cast the most doubt on the Quik Snak management's claim?



The thirty hospitalized workers were all diagnosed with other illnesses as well.



The epidemiologist's report was scientifically sound



The Quik Snak company is privately held, and will not publicly release its safety record.


All of the workers in question suffered from Hepatitis A, which is most frequently transmitted through tainted food.


No workers other than the thirty who were hospitalized show any signs of having hepatitis.


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An employee representative of the Quik Snak company has released a report containing information on about thirty employees at the company's central meat-packing plant, all of whom were hospitalized with hepatitis. This report follows a similar one released last month by a local epidemiologist pointing out a sharp rise in the number of diagnoses of hepatitis among workers at the same plant. Quik Snak management, however, maintains that the ill employees must have contracted the disease while off the job.

Which one of the following statements, if true, would cast the most doubt on the Quik Snak management's claim?



The thirty hospitalized workers were all diagnosed with other illnesses as well.

( seems to support the argument)


The epidemiologist's report was scientifically sound
( out of scope)


The Quik Snak company is privately held, and will not publicly release its safety record.
( out of scope. safety record is not mentioned in the argument)


All of the workers in question suffered from Hepatitis A, which is most frequently transmitted through tainted food.
Correct answer


No workers other than the thirty who were hospitalized show any signs of having hepatitis.
( this option can also not explain whether these thirty worker got the desease when they were off the office)