Multiple choice

In country X, democratic, conservative and justice parties have fought three civil wars in twenty years. To restore stability an agreement is reached to rotate the top offices President, Prime Minister and Army Chief among the parties so that each party controls one and only one office at all times. The three top office holders must each have two deputies, one from each of the other parties. Each deputy must choose a staff composed of equally members of his or her chiefs party and member of the third party.

Which of the following is allowable under the rules as stated:

  1. More than half of the staff within a given office belonging to a single party

  2. Half of the staff within a given office belonging to a single party

  3. Any person having a member of the same party as his or her immediate superior

  4. Half the total number of staff members in all three offices belonging to a single party

  5. Half the staff members in a given office belonging to parties different from the party of the top office holder in that office
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Each deputy's staff must be equally split between their chief's party and the third party (not their own party). This means within any given office, staff composition is exactly 50-50 between two parties. Therefore, it's impossible for more than half (strictly more than 50%) of staff in an office to belong to a single party, making option A the allowable case - it describes what's allowed rather than what's prohibited.

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