Read the following information carefully to answer these questions. The…
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Read the following information carefully to answer these questions. The conditions for selecting candidates for interview for recruitment of Medical Representative for a company:
The candidate must :
A. Be a graduate in Science with Chemistry and Botany and/or Zoology.
B. Have 60% and above at SSC and 50% and above at graduation
C. Not be more than 25 years of age as of 1st Jan 1997
D. Have at least represented school/college in any inter-school/college competitions
E. Have passed the selection test with 55% and above marks
F. Enclose recommendation of two persons who are not his/her relatives.
However, in the case of a candidate who fulfills all other criteria except:
I. A above, but has passed MSc in Chemistry with 60% or above marks, should be considered for the waiting list for interview
II. B above should be referred to Manager Administration
III. F above should be called to meet Manager HRD.
Based on these criteria and the information provided below, decide the course of action in each case. You are not to assume anything. If the data provided is not adequate to decide the course of action, your answer will be data inadequate. These cases are given to you as of 1st Dec 1996.
Ms. Pau, Vandana, born on 19th Nov, 1974 is a post-graduate in Chemistry. At graduation, she had Chemistry, Zoology, and Botany. She had represented her school and college in sports and drama. Her father is a successful doctor. She has passed the selection test with 62% marks and has enclosed the recommendation of the President and Vice-President of the Chemist’s Association.
- A.
To be called for interview
- B.
Not to be called for interview
- C.
To be waitlisted
- D.
Data inadequate
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
Selection Decision Table (data sufficiency) cases are solved by checking a candidate's given facts strictly against each stated condition, never assuming a value that is not explicitly provided. A definite action (call for interview, reject, waitlist, or refer to a named department) can be assigned only when every relevant condition's status is confirmed from the given data; if even one required fact is missing and no exception clause covers that specific gap, the case must be classified as Data Inadequate, no matter how many other conditions are clearly satisfied.
Condition A (science graduate with Chemistry and Botany/Zoology): satisfied — her graduation subjects were Chemistry, Zoology and Botany.
Condition B (60% and above at SSC, 50% and above at graduation): cannot be confirmed — the case gives no SSC or graduation percentage figures for her.
Condition C (age not more than 25 as of 1st Jan 1997): satisfied — born 19th Nov 1974, so she is 22 years old on 1st Jan 1997.
Condition D (represented school/college in inter-school/college competitions): satisfied — she represented her school and college in sports and drama.
Condition E (55% and above in the selection test): satisfied — she scored 62%.
Condition F (recommendation of two non-relatives): satisfied on the facts given — she names the President and Vice-President of the Chemist's Association as her recommenders, and nothing in the case indicates either of them is her relative.
Because Condition B's status is unknown (neither confirmed met nor confirmed failed), no defined action follows: calling her for interview needs B to be met; excluding her needs a confirmed failure somewhere; the waiting-list exception (I) needs a confirmed failure on A, which does not apply since A is already satisfied; and the Manager Administration referral (II) needs a confirmed failure on B specifically, which also cannot be confirmed.
Testing both possibilities confirms this: if Condition B is assumed met, every condition A–F is satisfied and she should be called for interview; if Condition B is assumed failed, the case should be referred to Manager Administration under exception II. Since the instructions forbid assuming either outcome and both remain equally possible from the given facts, no single determinate action can be reached — the correct classification is Data Inadequate.