Multiple choice

Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below.Last year, when the new primary teacher joined the school, she complained to the principal about the noise from another class disturbing her class. The principal's response was that because the teacher was new to the school, she had mistaken the noise coming from the playground for noise coming from another class.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the principal's response?

  1. No other class had complained of loud noise within the building.

  2. The new teacher had joined the school to work in an environment where children studied silently.

  3. The new teacher complained about noise before any class went to playground.

  4. Nightclubs tend to produce noise complaints even when they are managed properly.

  5. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

If the noise began before anyone went to play in the ground, that would undermine the principal's claim that the noise was coming from the playground.

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