Self-study
A new computer system will not significantly increase an organization's efficiency unless the computer system requires the organization's employees to adopt new, more productive ways of working. ███ ████████ ██ ██████████████ ██ ██████ █ ███ ████████ ██████ ██████ █████ ██ ███ ███ ██████████ ████████ ████ ██ ████████ ██ ████████
Summary
A new computer system will only really increase an organization’s efficiency if the new system forces employees into more productive work habits. The Ministry of Transportation is getting a new system that accommodates its employees’ existing work habits. So, what can we conclude?
In Lawgic:
P1: new system improves efficiency → requires more productive work habits
P2: Ministry’s new system → /requires change in work habits
C: ?
Strongly Supported Conclusions
Based on these facts, we can conclude that the Ministry’s new system does not force employees into more productive work habits. We can further conclude that it will not meaningfully increase the Ministry’s efficiency.
14.
Which one of the following ████ █████████ █████████ ███ █████████
a
the new computer ██████ ████ ███ ████████ ███ ██████████ ██ ███ ████████ ██ ██████████████ ██ ███ ███████████ ██████
This is strongly supported. We know that to significantly increase efficiency, a new system must require employees to work more productively. The Ministry’s new system doesn’t require employees to change how they work at all, so it won’t significantly increase efficiency.
b
it is likely ████ ███ ███ ████████ ██████ ████ ███ ████████ █████████ ████ ██ ██ █████ █████████
This is not supported. The stimulus suggests nothing about how likely new computer systems are to work or not, so we can’t draw any conclusions about this.
c
the leaders of ███ ████████ ██ ██████████████ ████ ███ ██ █████████ ████ ███ ████████████ ██ ███ ██████████ █████████
This is not supported. The stimulus doesn’t inidcate anything about the intentions or concerns of the Ministry’s leadership, so we just can’t say.
d
the new computer ██████ ████ ██ ██████████ ██ ██ █████████ ████ █████████ ████ ███ █████████ █████████ ████████
This is not supported. The stimulus isn’t about whether computer systems are worthwhile, it’s about whether they increase efficiency. Because we don’t know what makes a system worthwhile, we cannot support this conclusion.
e
it will be ████ ███ █████████ ██ ███ ████████ ██ ██████████████ ██ █████ ██ ███ ███ ███ ████████ ██████
This is not supported. The stimulus doesn’t give us any information about how easily employees can learn to use a new computer system, so this would just be a baseless assumption.