Information and IdeasVery hardInference from a label's effect
Information and Ideas practice question
A rail company found that the trains it labelled 'fast' were no faster than its other trains but were fuller, and that it received fewer punctuality complaints about them even though they ran late just as often. The most reasonable interpretation is that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. the label shaped passengers' expectations and judgments more than the trains' actual performance did.Correct
- B. the 'fast' trains were genuinely more punctual.
- C. passengers avoided the 'fast' trains.
- D. the company had fixed the delays on the 'fast' trains.
Answer: A. the label shaped passengers' expectations and judgments more than the trains' actual performance did.
Same speed, same lateness, different treatment — the only difference is the word on the timetable.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the 'fast' trains were genuinely more punctual.
- The text says they ran late just as often.
- C. passengers avoided the 'fast' trains.
- The 'fast' trains were fuller.
- D. the company had fixed the delays on the 'fast' trains.
- The delays were unchanged.
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