Question

Ann will either take a leave of absence from Technocomp and return in a year or else she will quit her job there; but she would not do either one unless she were offered a one-year teaching fellowship at a prestigious university. Technocomp will allow her to take a leave of absence if it does not find out that she has been offered the fellowship, but not otherwise. Therefore, Ann will quit her job at Technocomp only if Technocomp finds out she has been offered the fellowship.

Which one of the following, if assumed, allows the conclusion above to be properly drawn?


(A) Technocomp will find out about Ann being offered the fellowship only if someone informs on her.

(B) The reason Ann wants the fellowship is so she can quit her job at Technocomp.

(C) Technocomp does not allow any of its employees to take a leave of absence in order to work for one of its competitors.

(D) Ann will take a leave of absence if Technocomp allows her to take a leave of absence.

(E) Ann would be offered the fellowship only if she quit her job at Technocomp
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Answer 1

Option (D) enables the proper drawing of the conclusion by establishing a direct link between Technocomp's permission for Ann to take a leave of absence and her decision, leading to her quitting only if they deny the leave.

Step-by-step explanation:

The conclusion that Ann will quit her job at Technocomp only if Technocomp finds out she has been offered the fellowship hin_ges on a conditional relationship between Technocomp allowing Ann to take a leave of absence and their knowledge of the fellowship offer. Among the provided options, (D) Ann will take a leave of absence if Technocomp allows her to take a leave of absence is the assumption that allows the conclusion to be properly drawn. This statement creates a direct link between Technocomp's allowance for leave and Ann's decision, meaning that if Technocomp does not allow the leave (because they find out about the fellowship), Ann will have no option but to quit her job.