Directions: Travis Kalanick spent most of the past decade turning a taxi app…
2020
Directions: Travis Kalanick spent most of the past decade turning a taxi app (Uber) into the world's most valuable startup. Uber is ride-hailing service that he helped found in 2009 and built into a transportation colossus.
Travis Kalanick stepped down Tuesday as chief executive of Uber, after a seemingly endless series of scandals raised doubts over his leadership. Kalanick’s resignation doesn’t come as a surprise -- after he was caught on video chewing out an Uber driver who questioned the company’s compensation policies in February. Meanwhile, Shareholders released a damning report on the firm's management culture.
(I) Uber is a riding service that Chief Executive of Uber helped built into transportation prodigious.
(II) Shareholders ordered Travis Kalanick to relinquish position of chief executive of Uber.
(III) Holder released a report against firm’s management culture that was condemnatory.
Which of the following can be hypothesized from the above passage?
- A.
Only II
- B.
Only I and III
- C.
Only I and II
- D.
All of these
- E.
None of these
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Correct answer: B
Concept
An inference ("can be hypothesized") is a statement that must be supported by what the passage actually states. A claim is valid only if it restates or follows directly from the given facts; if it adds information the passage never gives — a cause, an order, an actor, or a stronger action — it cannot be hypothesized.
Applying it to each statement
(I) The passage says Uber is a ride-hailing service that Kalanick helped found and built into a transportation colossus. Statement (I) restates exactly this — a riding service the chief executive built into something prodigious (a synonym of colossus). Supported.
(II) The passage says Kalanick “stepped down” and that shareholders released a damning report. It never says shareholders ordered him to resign. “Stepped down” is a voluntary act; “ordered to relinquish” adds compulsion and an actor the passage does not assert. Not supported.
(III) The passage says shareholders released a damning report on the firm’s management culture. “Damning” means condemnatory and “holder” refers to the shareholders, so (III) is a faithful restatement. Supported.
Result
The statements that can be hypothesized are (I) and (III). (II) fails because the passage reports a resignation, not an order to resign.