Multiple choice

The office staff of XYZ corporation presently consists of three bookeepers - A, B, C and 5 secretaries - D, E, F, G, H. The management is planning to open a new office in another city using 2 bookeepers and 3 secretaries of the present staff. To do so, they plan to seperate certain individuals who don't function well together. The following guidelines were established to set up the new office:

I. Bookkeepers A and C are constantly finding fault with one another and should not be sent together to the new office as a team. II. C and E function well alone, but not as a team. They should be seperated. III. D and G have not been on speaking terms and shouldn't go together. IV. Since D and F have been competing for promotion, they shouldn't be a team.

If A is to be moved as one of the bookeepers, which of the following cannot be a possible working unit?

  1. ABDEH

  2. ABDGH

  3. ABEFH

  4. ABEGH
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B Correct answer
Explanation

With bookkeeper A fixed, we need one more bookkeeper (B or C) and 3 secretaries. Rule I says A and C cannot be together, so if we pick C, it's valid. Rule II says C and E cannot be together. Rule III says D and G cannot be together. Rule IV says D and F cannot be together. For ABDGH: we have A, B (valid), but D and G are together (violates Rule III). This makes ABDGH invalid.

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