Information and IdeasEasy–MediumInference from a shifted queue
Information and Ideas practice question
After the bank moved its opening time from nine to eight, the morning queue was no shorter; it had simply formed an hour earlier. This suggests that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. the customers in the morning queue were arriving as early as the bank allowed, whatever the hour.Correct
- B. the bank had fewer customers after the change.
- C. most customers preferred the later opening time.
- D. the queue was caused by a shortage of staff.
Answer: A. the customers in the morning queue were arriving as early as the bank allowed, whatever the hour.
Same queue, an hour earlier: the queue tracks the opening time, so people were simply coming as soon as the doors opened.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the bank had fewer customers after the change.
- The queue was 'no shorter', so custom didn't fall.
- C. most customers preferred the later opening time.
- Customers came earlier when allowed, which doesn't suggest a preference for later.
- D. the queue was caused by a shortage of staff.
- Staffing isn't mentioned.
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