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Difficulty: MediumStatement and Assumptions

Consider the following statement and the two candidate assumptions that follow it.

Statement:
The city's municipal corporation has launched a new mobile application that allows citizens to report local civic issues, such as broken streetlights and uncollected garbage, by directly uploading geotagged photographs.

Assumption I:
A significant number of citizens in the city possess the technical means and knowledge to utilize a smartphone-based reporting system.

Assumption II:
The total volume of civic complaints received by the municipal corporation will increase dramatically in the months following the application's launch.

Which of the following options correctly identifies the implicit assumption(s)?

  1. Only assumption I is implicitAnswer
  2. B
    Only assumption II is implicit
  3. C
    Either assumption I or II is implicit
  4. D
    Neither assumption I nor II is implicit
  5. E
    Both assumptions I and II are implicit

Answer

Only assumption I is implicit.
An assumption is an unstated premise that must be true for a statement's logic to hold. For the municipal corporation to launch a mobile app specifically designed for citizen reporting, they must assume that citizens actually possess the means (smartphones, internet) and knowledge to use it. Without this assumption, launching the app would be completely illogical. Therefore, Assumption I is implicit. Assumption II, however, predicts a dramatic increase in complaints; this is a potential consequence or inference regarding what might happen after the launch, not an underlying assumption required to make the decision to launch the app.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the core action and purpose described in the Statement.
The municipal corporation is launching a mobile app specifically for citizens to report civic issues.
Understanding the action helps identify what conditions must exist for the action to make logical sense.
2
Evaluate Assumption I against the Statement.
Assumption I is implicit.
For the mobile application to successfully serve its purpose, the creators must assume that the target user base (citizens) has the smartphones, internet access, and knowledge required to use it.
3
Evaluate Assumption II against the Statement.
Assumption II is not implicit.
An anticipated increase in complaints is a logical inference or potential consequence of making reporting easier, not a foundational premise that must be true for the app to be launched.

Key Concept

Distinguishing between implicit premises and logical inferences in administrative statements.
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