Directions for Q: Study the following information to answer the questions. The…
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Directions for Q:
Study the following information to answer the questions.
The following are the criteria for organizing the Training Programme of an Institute in different hotels. To organize the programme in Hotel Taj, the following criteria must be fulfilled.
A. The programme coordinator should be of the rank of Deputy Director or Joint Director
B. The programme should be in one of these areas – HRD, Advertising, Computers or Statistics
C. The duration of a programme should not be more than 7 days
D. The fee per participant should be not less than Rs.5,000
E. The number of participants should be at least 50
If all other criteria are fulfilled except
I. (C) the duration of the course is more than 7 days, the programme is to be organized in Hotel Ritz
II. (A) the programme coordinator is of the rank of Assistant Director, but the fee per participant is more than Rs.7,000, the programme will be organized in Hotel Taj.
III. (E) the number of participants being less than 50 but more than 30, the programme will be organized in Hotel Sideways
IV. (D) the fee per participant is less than Rs.5,000 but more than Rs.3,500, the programme should be organized in Hotel Sausy
V. the programme is in an area other than the ones mentioned in B above, but the programme coordinator is of the Joint Director level, the programme should be organized in Hotel Sideways.
Dr. (Mrs.) Saroj Rao, Deputy Director of the Institute, wants to organize a programme for 55 candidates with a fee of Rs.6,000 per participant; the duration of the course is 4 days and it is in the area of Computers.
Answer: C. If the programme is to be organized in Hotel Taj — Concept: A selection decision table has a base rule — a fixed set of criteria that ALL must hold — plus a list of exception rules. Each exception fires ONLY…
- A.
If the programme is to be organized in Hotel Ritz
- B.
If the programme is to be organized in Hotel Sideways
- C.
If the programme is to be organized in Hotel Taj
- D.
If the programme is to be organized in Hotel Sausy
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Correct answer: C
Concept: A selection decision table has a base rule — a fixed set of criteria that ALL must hold — plus a list of exception rules. Each exception fires ONLY when every base criterion holds except the exact ONE criterion the exception names; it never fires when a base criterion is violated in some other way, and never fires when all base criteria already hold. So the correct method is: first test every base criterion against the given instance; only if exactly one criterion fails do you check whether some exception redirects the outcome.
Application to this instance:
Criterion A (coordinator rank): Dr. (Mrs.) Saroj Rao is a Deputy Director — satisfies A (Deputy Director or Joint Director required).
Criterion B (area): the programme is in Computers, one of the four listed areas (HRD, Advertising, Computers, Statistics) — satisfies B.
Criterion C (duration): the course runs 4 days, not more than the 7-day cap — satisfies C.
Criterion D (fee): the fee is Rs.6,000 per participant, not less than the Rs.5,000 floor — satisfies D.
Criterion E (participants): there are 55 participants, at least the required 50 — satisfies E.
Cross-check: Since ALL five base criteria (A–E) hold, none of them is violated — and every exception (I–V) is defined to fire only when exactly one base criterion is violated. With zero criteria violated, no exception condition can be triggered, so the base rule alone decides the outcome: the programme is organized in Hotel Taj.