Analytical Reasoning Question
No. 116
A commercial grower raises flowers in each of three different growing seasons every year—spring, summer and fall-winter, with the year beginning in spring. Exactly seven different kinds of flowers—Q, R, S, T, W, X and Z—are grown every year. Each kind of flower is grown at least once a year. The flowers are grown according to the following rules:
1. No more than three different kinds of flowers are grown in any one growing season.
2. No kind of flower can be grown for two growing seasons in a row.
3. Q can be grown neither in the fall-winter season nor in the same growing season as W or X.
4. S and T are always grown in the same growing season as each other.
5. R can be grown in a growing season only if Q was grown in the preceding growing season.
1. Which of the following is an acceptable schedule for the three growing seasons?
| Option | Spring | Summer | Fall-Winter |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Q | S, T, R | Q, X, Z |
| B | S, X | Q, T, Z | R, W |
| C | W, X | Q | Z, S, T, R |
| D | Q, S, T | R, W, X | Z |
| E | S, T, W | Q, Z | Q, X, R |
2. If Z and R alone are grown in the fall-winter season, which of the following must be grown in the preceding spring?
A. Q B. R C. S D. T E. W
3. If Z is grown in the spring and W in the summer of one year, which of the following can also be grown in the summer?
A. Q B. S C. T D. X E. Z
4. If there is exactly one of the kinds of flowers that is grown one year during both of two growing seasons, that kind could be:
A. Q B. R C. S D. T E. W
