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 a 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.
Dinesh Thakur, aged 22 years, has enclosed two good recommendations. He has done B.Ed after completing BSc with 65% marks in Physics, Chemistry, and Botany. He has been representing his school and college in wrestling in different state-level competitions. He has obtained 58% marks on the selection test.
- A.
To be interviewed
- B.
Not to be interviewed
- C.
Refer to manager
- D.
Data inadequate
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
Concept
A selection decision table lays down a set of mandatory conditions plus a small set of named exceptions. To decide the course of action for any candidate, check the actual profile against every condition using ONLY the facts stated in the case — never assume a fact that is not given. If every condition is confirmed as met, the default action (to be interviewed) applies. If the profile confirms failure of exactly one condition that carries a named exception, that exception's action applies instead. But if a mandatory condition can be neither confirmed as met nor confirmed as failed, because the fact needed to judge it is simply absent from the case, none of the defined actions can be safely chosen — the case instructions explicitly require declaring such a profile data inadequate.
Application to Dinesh Thakur's profile
Condition A (science graduate with Chemistry and Botany and/or Zoology): he completed a BSc with Physics, Chemistry and Botany — Condition A is satisfied.
Condition B (60% or more at SSC and 50% or more at graduation): his graduation percentage is given as 65%, clearing that half, but his SSC percentage is never mentioned anywhere in the case — this half of Condition B can be neither confirmed as met nor confirmed as failed.
Condition C (not more than 25 years of age as of 1 Jan 1997): he is stated as 22 years old, well within the limit — Condition C is satisfied.
Condition D (represented school/college in an inter-school/college competition): he represented his school and college in wrestling at state-level competitions — Condition D is satisfied.
Condition E (55% or more in the selection test): he scored 58%, clearing the requirement — Condition E is satisfied.
Condition F (recommendations of two non-relatives enclosed): he has enclosed two good recommendations and nothing in the profile suggests they are from relatives, so Condition F is reasonably treated as satisfied.
Cross-check
With A, C, D and E confirmed, and nothing in the profile suggesting Condition F is unmet either, the only open point is Condition B. Exception II sends a case to Manager Administration, but only when Condition B is confirmed as failed while every other condition holds; here, whether Condition B is met or failed cannot be established at all, so that exception cannot be confirmed either, and neither can the plain interview outcome that needs every condition confirmed. The case instructions say not to assume anything and to answer data inadequate whenever the given data is not enough to decide — the one unverifiable requirement (the SSC percentage) is exactly such a case.
Result
Course of action: Data inadequate.