An office manager must assign offices to six staff members. The available offices, numbered 1-6 consecutively, are arranged in a row, and me separated only by six foot high dividers. Therefore, voices, sounds, and cigarette smoke readily pass from each office to those on either side.
- Miss Braun's work requires her to speak on the telephone frequently throughout the day.
- Mr. White and Mr. Black often talk to one another in their work, and prefer to have adjacent offices.
- Miss Green, the senior employee, is entitled to Office 5, which has the largest window.
- Mr. Parker needs silence in the office(s) adjacent to his own.
- Mr. Allen, Mr. White, and Mr. Parker all smoke. Miss Green is allergic to tobacco smoke and must have nonsmokers in the office(s) adjacent to her own.
- Unless otherwise specified, all employees maintain silence while in their offices.
Read above paragraph and answer all question in this topic
The best employee to occupy the office furthest from Mr. Black would be
Option 1
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Mr. Parker |
Option 2
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Mr. Allen |
Option 3
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Miss Braun |
Option 4
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Mr. White |
Option 5
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Miss Green |
Which of the following events, occurring one month after the assignment of offices, would be most likely to lead to a request for a change in office assignment by one or more employees?
Option 1
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Mr. Allen's taking over the duties formerly assigned to Miss Braun. |
Option 2
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Miss Green's installing a noisy teletype machine in her office. |
Option 3
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Mr. Black's contracting laryngitis. |
Option 4
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Miss Braun's deciding that she needs silence in the office(s) adjacent to her own. |
Option 5
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Mr. Parker's giving up smoking. |
The best location for Mr. White is in Office
Option 1
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5 |
Option 2
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6 |
Option 3
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1 |
Option 4
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3 |
Option 5
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2 |
The three employees who smoke should be placed in Offices
Option 1
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1, 2, 4 |
Option 2
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1, 2, 6 |
Option 3
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1, 2, 3 |
Option 4
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2, 3, 4 |
Option 5
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2, 3, 5 |