karthikpandian19 wrote:It is a mistake to give post office employees individual discretion as to when to inspect or open suspicious packages. If individual employees are allowed to open "suspicious" packages without first following a strict protocol, it is only a matter of time before all packages will arrive having already been opened due to some postal employee's idle curiosity.

The conclusion above is based on which of the following assumptions?

Postal service managers are the only people with the authority to open suspicious packages.
Suspicious packages are indistinguishable from all other kinds of package.
The efficiency of the postal service will be greatly reduced if more packages are inspected.
There is currently no protocol in place for the inspection of suspicious packages.
Postal employees desire to open packages out of curiosity.

A: out of scope
B: Correct, as it is the reason why someday all the packages will arrive having already been opened
C: out of scope
D: It is already mentioned in the arguement
E: It is also mentioned in the passage

Hence, IMO: B

OA is E

Ashujain wrote:

karthikpandian19 wrote:It is a mistake to give post office employees individual discretion as to when to inspect or open suspicious packages. If individual employees are allowed to open "suspicious" packages without first following a strict protocol, it is only a matter of time before all packages will arrive having already been opened due to some postal employee's idle curiosity.

The conclusion above is based on which of the following assumptions?

Postal service managers are the only people with the authority to open suspicious packages.
Suspicious packages are indistinguishable from all other kinds of package.
The efficiency of the postal service will be greatly reduced if more packages are inspected.
There is currently no protocol in place for the inspection of suspicious packages.
Postal employees desire to open packages out of curiosity.

A: out of scope
B: Correct, as it is the reason why someday all the packages will arrive having already been opened
C: out of scope
D: It is already mentioned in the arguement
E: It is also mentioned in the passage

Hence, IMO: B

karthik,

Can you please explain why it is b over d?

i was stuck with these two options.

Thanks

what is the source of this question?

Source : Kaplan Prep test

GMAT Kolaveri wrote:what is the source of this question?

Anirudh,

The Correct answer is E (OA). This is the 780-790 CR question.

See the explanation below.

It is a mistake to give post office employees individual discretion as to when to inspect or open suspicious packages. If individual employees are allowed to open "suspicious" packages without first following a strict protocol, it is only a matter of time before all packages will arrive having already been opened due to some postal employee's idle curiosity.

The conclusion above is based on which of the following assumptions?

Conclusion: All packages will be opened before arrival due to some postal employee's idle interest or desire

Postal service managers are the only people with the authority to open suspicious packages.--- This is already provided in the statement, so invalid
Suspicious packages are indistinguishable from all other kinds of package. ----Out of scope as the conclusion is dealing with the package opening based on some empl. interest and not suspicious package
The efficiency of the postal service will be greatly reduced if more packages are inspected.--Irrelevant to the conclusion and moreover it is a consequence of the conclusion and not assumption
There is currently no protocol in place for the inspection of suspicious packages. - Invalid as there is a strict protocol is in place
Postal employees desire to open packages out of curiosity.---- So, now the conclusion is best enhanced with this statement assumption that postal empl. have the desire to open packages out of interest / curiosity. And it supports the conclusion better (read the conclusion again)

anirudh.n wrote:karthik,

Can you please explain why it is b over d?

i was stuck with these two options.

Thanks