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Difficulty: EasyExclusion Questions (EXCEPT/LEAST/NOT)

Read the following passage:

"To address the budget shortfall, the university administration has announced a series of immediate cost-cutting measures. These measures include a temporary freeze on hiring new administrative staff, a reduction in the travel budget for academic conferences, and the consolidation of three separate dining halls into one central facility. The administration will also delay the planned renovation of the historic science building until the next fiscal year."

Evaluate the following statement:
If a reading comprehension question asks, "The passage states that the administration's cost-cutting measures include all of the following EXCEPT," the correct answer to that question would be "delaying the planned renovation of the science building."

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False
The statement is false because the proposed answer ('delaying the planned renovation of the science building') is explicitly mentioned in the text. In an EXCEPT question, the correct answer must be the choice that is NOT mentioned. Since this detail is present in the passage, it would be eliminated as a wrong answer choice.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Read the passage to identify the explicit list of cost-cutting measures.
The text lists four measures: a hiring freeze, a travel budget reduction, dining hall consolidation, and delaying the science building renovation.
To establish the factual baseline for evaluating the statement.
2
Analyze the logic of an "EXCEPT" question stem.
An "EXCEPT" question requires finding the one option that is absent from or contradicted by the passage.
To determine what constitutes a correct answer for this specific question type.
3
Evaluate the proposed answer choice against the passage details.
The proposed answer ("delaying the planned renovation") is explicitly listed in the passage, meaning it would be an incorrect distractor, not the correct answer to an EXCEPT question.
To determine the final truth value of the statement.

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Exclusion Questions (EXCEPT/LEAST/NOT)
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