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Read the following announcement from a transportation agency:

"The regional transport authority has decided to replace all human-operated toll booths on the central highway with automated electronic scanning systems to eliminate traffic bottlenecks and decrease operational overhead."

Based on this statement, which of the following assumptions are implicit? (Select all that apply)

  1. The automated electronic scanning systems can process passing vehicles at a faster rate than human toll operators.Cevap
  2. The long-term costs of installing and maintaining the electronic systems are lower than the ongoing expenses of employing human operators.Cevap
  3. C
    The overall rate of traffic accidents on the central highway will significantly decrease once the automated systems are installed.
  4. D
    Electronic scanning technology is currently utilized by the majority of developed nations for modern highway management.

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The correct assumptions are that automated systems process vehicles faster than human operators, and that the electronic systems have lower long-term costs than employing human staff.
An assumption is an unstated premise that must be true for the author's argument to be valid. For the transport authority to logically claim the change will 'eliminate traffic bottlenecks', they must inherently assume that the new electronic scanners operate faster than current human workers. Similarly, to claim the change will 'decrease operational overhead', they must assume the total financial cost of running the electronic systems is less than the cost of continuing to employ human operators.

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1
Identify the primary claims made in the agency's statement.
The stated goals of the replacement are to "eliminate traffic bottlenecks" and "decrease operational overhead."
Assumptions must directly bridge the gap between the proposed action and its intended outcomes.
2
Evaluate the first goal (eliminating bottlenecks) against the options.
For the new system to eliminate bottlenecks caused by toll collection, it must be assumed that the electronic scanners can process vehicles faster than humans.
If the scanners were slower or equal in speed, the bottlenecks would not be eliminated.
3
Evaluate the second goal (decreasing overhead) against the options.
For the new system to save money overall, it must be assumed that the cost of the technology is less than the cost of human wages and related expenses.
If the machines were more expensive to maintain than paying humans, operational overhead would increase, contradicting the claim.
4
Review the remaining options to ensure they are not implicit assumptions.
Accident reduction is an inference, and the practices of other nations are external factual details.
Implicit assumptions must be strictly necessary for the author's specific argument to hold true, not just related facts or subsequent consequences.

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