Another1 Which I feel the Answer is wrong!

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Shipping Clerk: The five specially ordered shipments sent out last week were sent out on Thursday. Last week, all of the shipments that were sent out on Friday consisted entirely of building supplies, and the shipping department then closed for the weekend. Four shipments were sent to Truax Construction last week, only three of which consisted of building supplies.

If the shipping clerk’s statements are true, which of the following must also be true?

A. At least one of the shipments sent to Truax Construction last week was specially ordered.
B. At least one of last week’s specially ordered shipments did not consist of building supplies.
C. At least one of the shipments sent to Truax Construction was not sent out on Thursday of last week.
D. At least one of the shipments that were sent out on Friday of last week was sent to Truax Construction.
E. At least one of the shipments sent to Truax Construction last week was sent out before Friday.

the OA is B
I feel it should be E.
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by mmukher » Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:07 pm
I went for E as well, what's the source for this question ?

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nimish_rulz wrote:Shipping Clerk: The five specially ordered shipments sent out last week were sent out on Thursday. Last week, all of the shipments that were sent out on Friday consisted entirely of building supplies, and the shipping department then closed for the weekend. Four shipments were sent to Truax Construction last week, only three of which consisted of building supplies.

If the shipping clerk’s statements are true, which of the following must also be true?

A. At least one of the shipments sent to Truax Construction last week was specially ordered.
B. At least one of last week’s specially ordered shipments did not consist of building supplies.
C. At least one of the shipments sent to Truax Construction was not sent out on Thursday of last week.
D. At least one of the shipments that were sent out on Friday of last week was sent to Truax Construction.
E. At least one of the shipments sent to Truax Construction last week was sent out before Friday.

the OA is B
I feel it should be E.
I would say that this is a poorly written question. Do we have to assume that the only shipments made are of building supplies - some of which are specially ordered and some are not. Or, do we have to assume that other types of shipments are made, other than building supplies.

For this question, I would err on the side of staying neutral to the types of shipments made and say that at least one of the shipments was sent out before Friday. Now we do not know what types of shipments were sent on Monday through Wednesday. But we have to work with what is available. B is asking us to assume that Thursday's supplies were not specially ordered building supplies.

This is a pretty bad one. Where did it come from?

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by chidcguy » Sun May 18, 2008 6:38 am
Can some one explain this Q to me? I am totally blanked.

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by khanshainur » Tue May 10, 2016 7:21 am
i will go with E