Critical Reasoning

Pundit: Current city council policy mandates that contracts for road repairs be awarded to construction companies based on how quickly the companies have completed work in the past. This policy is in stark contrast with the stated goals of both the mayor and the council. They state that their goal is to attempt to maintain a high level of quality for the roads in our city, but in fact the current policy rewards construction firms for doing rushed and shoddy work.

Which of the following statements, if true, would help to validate the current city council policy mentioned above?

A. Cities with the same policy have the shortest road repair times in the state, but the condition of streets in these cities is rated among the state's worst.

B. The construction firm that receive the fewest contacts with the city are also the ones that take the longest to repair city streets.

C. The city usually hires construction firms to repair potholes, but not for restructuring lanes or general resurfacing.

D. The city imposes strict regulation on road quality, and thus does not consider a city road repair complete until it can meet certain minimum standards.

E. A current city council proposal would, if approved, award contracts to construction firms based on the quality of their work, not their speed.

Current policy decides to give contracts to those who finish it quickly. Stated goals of council is to maintain high quality. Doing it in a fast pace wouldn't deliver high quality is the arg.

It would deliver, how ? - this is the question.

A - weakens
B - irrelevant
C - irrelevant
D - this answers our question
E - This adds something to the statement but fails to explain the problem.

IMO D.

D.
if completion of repair means completion with quality it validates the current policy. completion with quality checks will prevent shoddy work.

Thank you guys. It helped me to understand the question. OA is D.