Civil Service Exam Reviewer · Logical Reasoning · hard
Consider the statement: "The barangay assembly can proceed only if a quorum is present." Suppose it is true that a quorum is present. Which conclusion necessarily follows?
- No definite conclusion can be drawn.
- The barangay assembly can proceed.
- The barangay assembly cannot proceed.
- A quorum is not present.
Answer
A. No definite conclusion can be drawn.
Solution
"The barangay assembly can proceed only if a quorum is present" means: if the barangay assembly can proceed, then a quorum is present. "Only if" gives a necessary condition, not a sufficient one: knowing that a quorum is present does not guarantee that the barangay assembly can proceed.
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