Logical Reasoning - Course of Action - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Course of Action - Section 2 (Q.No. 14)
Directions to Solve
In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true and on the basis of the information given in the statement, decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.
Give answer
- (A) If only I follows
- (B) If only II follows
- (C) If either I or II follows
- (D) If neither I nor II follows
- (E) If both I and II follow.
14.
Statement: A large number of students have been caught using unfair means during the final-year degree examination.
Courses of Action:
- All these students should be debarred permanently from appearing for any examination conducted by the authority.
- The guardians of these students should be called by the authority to inform them that any such behaviour in future will not be tolerated.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Merely a warning for the future won't help, and an extremely harsh punishment as debarring students from exams permanently would spoil their future. So, none of the courses follows.
Discussion:
9 comments Page 1 of 1.
Shale said:
10 years ago
These questions seem to far left open. What if this were law school and the law students final exam was to represent a defendant in a criminal case.
Now if the unfair means was by lies and bribery to win their case, option 1 would be fair, option 2 would not.
Now if this was a final year degree examination for junior high debate team, and some students made a big turkey lunch for everyone in celebration knowing it would make them full and sluggish before the final debate.
Option 1 would be unfair, option 2 would seem more fair. The perimeters are to wide open, to many missing variables for any sort of accuracy.
Now if the unfair means was by lies and bribery to win their case, option 1 would be fair, option 2 would not.
Now if this was a final year degree examination for junior high debate team, and some students made a big turkey lunch for everyone in celebration knowing it would make them full and sluggish before the final debate.
Option 1 would be unfair, option 2 would seem more fair. The perimeters are to wide open, to many missing variables for any sort of accuracy.
Vishwas said:
1 decade ago
Statement II is a plausible course of action because guardians are involved and their pressure along with severe warning from the authorities would discourage students from involving themselves in such activities.
College authorities give severe warning to those who are found guilty in liquor consumption cases, using unfair means is too trivial an issue then :D.
College authorities give severe warning to those who are found guilty in liquor consumption cases, using unfair means is too trivial an issue then :D.
Shashank said:
1 decade ago
A warning will definitely solve the purpose, because as the question says that a large number of students were engaged in cheating, statement II is the only viable option because that will effectively discourage future incidents due to a reasonable social embarassment of the students and the parental pressure to dissuade them from doing such acts.
Bojan said:
7 years ago
It is important to stress that the "guardians of the students" are their parents. For some reason I assumed that to mean teachers/professors. Understanding this, it can be safely assumed that a warning won't help.
Adarsh J said:
1 decade ago
Option A is not viable as it is not fair because of a few, throwing away the chance of eligible students is bad.
Strict warning should be given and they had to be forced to pay a compensation is meaningful.
Strict warning should be given and they had to be forced to pay a compensation is meaningful.
Trishul said:
1 decade ago
I think D is right. The action II also writes "To inform them that any such behavior in future will not be tolerated". That implies those students are being let off now which is unacceptable.
Taksham said:
6 years ago
Giving a warning is not useful since it's the final year examination. They are going to end their college. I think there is no valuable option available.
Naman Bhatgava said:
9 years ago
If neither of the options is a viable option, then what should be the answer?
Vijay Singh said:
1 decade ago
I think option 2 is an adequate answer for the question.
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