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Court ruling

by sparkles3144 » Mon Jun 02, 2014 9:44 pm
Recently a court ruled that current law allows companies to reject a job applicant if working in the job would entail a 90 percent chance that the applicant would suffer a heart attack. The presiding judge justified the ruling, saying that it protected both employees and employers.

This use of his court ruling as part of the law could not be effective in regulating employment practices if which of the following were true?

(A) The best interests of employers often conflict with the interests of employees.
(B) No legally accepted methods exist for calculating the risk of a job applicant's having a heart attack as a result of being employed in any particular occupation.
(C) Some jobs might involve health risks other than the risk of heart attack.
(D) Employees who have a 90 percent chance of suffering a heart attack may be unaware that their risk is so great.
(E) The number of people applying for jobs at a company might decline if the company, by screening applicants for risk of heart attack, seemed to suggest that the job entailed high risk of heart attack.

Answer is A
Why is E wrong? A is definitely better than E. That's why I chose A but I am little confused about E.
Can someone explain?

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by aditya8062 » Tue Jun 03, 2014 12:37 am
sparkles3144 wrote:Recently a court ruled that current law allows companies to reject a job applicant if working in the job would entail a 90 percent chance that the applicant would suffer a heart attack. The presiding judge justified the ruling, saying that it protected both employees and employers.

This use of his court ruling as part of the law could not be effective in regulating employment practices if which of the following were true?

(A) The best interests of employers often conflict with the interests of employees.
(B) No legally accepted methods exist for calculating the risk of a job applicant's having a heart attack as a result of being employed in any particular occupation.
(C) Some jobs might involve health risks other than the risk of heart attack.
(D) Employees who have a 90 percent chance of suffering a heart attack may be unaware that their risk is so great.
(E) The number of people applying for jobs at a company might decline if the company, by screening applicants for risk of heart attack, seemed to suggest that the job entailed high risk of heart attack.

Answer is A
Why is E wrong? A is definitely better than E. That's why I chose A but I am little confused about E.
Can someone explain?

Thanks!
are u sure that answer is A because i feel that answer should be B

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by sparkles3144 » Tue Jun 03, 2014 11:04 am
Sorry! I meant the answer is B!
Aditya you are right. That was a typo.

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by theCodeToGMAT » Wed Jun 04, 2014 3:02 am
Court: reject = 90% chances
Judege: Protects employees & employer

we need to find INEFFECTIVE Situation....

{E} End result is that that candidate will not join, meaning that one way or the other the filteration is done. Although, here there may be more candidates who may reject the applications. But, this doesn't show any Ineffectiveness..

{B} Such is no such certified method.. so Yes... ineffectiveness is a concern
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