Analytical Reasoning Question No. 69
In a flat, five workers making a plan for cooking food for each working day, Monday through Friday, during a single week. Exactly five workers—R, S, T, U, and V—are available. The administration must assign exactly two workers to work each day of that week according to the following conditions:
1. Each of the workers must work at least once.
2. None of the workers can work on three consecutive days.
3. S must work on Monday.
4. U must work on Thursday and on Friday.
5. R cannot work on any day on which S works.
1. Any of the following workers could be assigned to work on Wednesday EXCEPT
(A) R (B) S (C) T (D) U (E) V
2. If R is assigned to work on exactly three days of the week, those days must include
(A) Monday and Wednesday
(B) Tuesday and Wednesday
(C) Tuesday and Friday
(D) Wednesday and Friday
(E) Thursday and Friday
3. If S is assigned to work on exactly four days of the week, which of the following could be the pair of workers assigned to work on Wednesday?
(A) R and T (B) R and U (C) S and T (D) S and V (E) U and V
4. If R is assigned to work whenever and only when U is assigned to work, which of the following could be true?
(A) R is assigned to work on Monday.
(B) R is assigned to work on Wednesday.
(C) S is assigned to work on Friday.
(D) T is assigned to work on Friday.
(E) V is assigned to work on Tuesday.
5. If S is assigned to work on only one day and T is assigned to work on exactly four days, which of the following pairs of workers must be assigned to work on Wednesday?
(A) R and T (B) R and V (C) S and T (D) T and U (E) T and V
6. If each worker is assigned to work exactly twice which of the following must be true?
(A) Either R or S is assigned to work on at least one of the days on which U is assigned to work.
(B) S is assigned to work on both of the days on which T is assigned to work.
(C) T is assigned to work on Tuesday.
(D) T is assigned to work on one of the days on which S is assigned to work and on one of the days on which R is assigned to work.
(E) V is assigned to work on two consecutive days