Critical Reasoning

SwiftCo recently remodeled its offices to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which requires that certain businesses make their properties accessible to those with disabilities. Contractors built ramps where stairs had been, increased the number of handicapped parking spaces in the parking lot, lowered door knobs and cabinet handles, and installed adaptive computer equipment.

Which of the following is the most likely inference based on the statements above?


(A) SwiftCo is now in compliance with ADA requirements.

(B) SwiftCo has at least one employee or customer who uses a wheelchair.

(C) Prior to the renovation, some doors and cabinets may have been out of reach for some employees.

(D) The costs of the renovation were less than what SwiftCo would have been liable for had it been sued for ADA violations.

(E) Businesses without adaptive computer equipment are in violation of the ADA.


OA C

Source: Veritas Prep

To ascertain the inference here, a logical conclusion must be drawn from the evidence in the given passage.

Option A - Incorrect
The passage only mentions in the ADA requirements that certain businesses should make their properties accessible to those with disabilities. It doesn't mention the list of businesses that comply with the requirements.

Option B - Incorrect
This passage only mentions that businesses should make their properties accessible to those with disabilities; it doesn't ask for the statistics of customers or employees with disabilities in Swifto.

Option C - Correct
Since ADA requires businesses to make their properties accessible to those with disabilities, we can infer that some employees were unable to access some doors and cabinets in some companies prior to the renovation.

Option D - Incorrect
This claim goes too far with respect to the scope of this passage. The passage is neither concerned about the penalty cost to be incurred by SwiftCo for violating ADA rules nor the cost of renovation by SwiftCo to satisfies ADA requirements.

Option E - Incorrect
This answer choice references violation of ADA rules by Businesses while the passage only focuses on Businesses fulfilling conditions that require them to make their properties accessible to disable customers or employees. So, we cannot make this inference based on the given information.