College of Admission Tests Multan

Critical or Logical Reasoning

Solve the question of and select the option from the choices A through D/E. Check your Answer and view the explanation.

Question: 5

An industry wants to change its policy concerning daily working hours. Currently, this company requires all employees
to arrive at work at 7 a.m. The proposed policy would permit each employee to decide when to arrive-from as early as 5 a.m. to as late as 10 a.m.
The adoption of this policy would be most likely to decrease employees’ productivity if the employees’ job functions required them to

  • work without interruption from other employees
  • consult at least once a day with employees from other companies
  • submit their work for a supervisor’s eventual approval
  • interact frequently with each other throughout the entire workday
  • undertake projects that take several days to complete

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Correct Answer: D

None

Option(D) is correct
Option A : Working without interruption would likely mean improved productivity.
Option B : Assuming that all employees are in the same time zone (we are not told otherwise), the flexible hours would still leave plenty of time for at least one daily consultation during the regular business hours of the workday.
Option C : Eventual approval indicates that the flexibility exists to permit employees’ submissions at any time.
Option D : Correct. The wide range of flexibility in regards to working hours would make frequent interaction difficult, if not impossible, and would be likely to
decrease employees’ productivity.< Option E : We are not told that the projects involve significant interaction; so such projects would be accomplished just as easily on the proposed flexible schedule.
The correct answer is D.