Bunuel wrote:
This summer, Jennifer, who has worked at KVZ Manufacturing for just over three years, plans to spend with her family the entire four weeks of paid vacation to which she is entitled this year. Anyone who has worked at KVZ Manufacturing for between one and four years is automatically entitled to exactly three weeks paid vacation each year but can apply up to half of any vacation time that remains unused at the end of one year to the next year’s vacation.
If the statements above are all true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them?
(A) Jennifer did not use two weeks of the paid vacation time to which she was entitled past year.
(B) If Jennifer continues to work for KVZ Manufacturing, she will only be entitled to three weeks paid vacation next year.
(C) The majority of KVZ’s employees use each year all of the paid vacation time to which they are entitled.
(D) Last year Jennifer took only one week of the paid vacation time to which she was entitled.
(E) KVZ Manufacturing sometimes allows extra vacation time to employees who need to spend more time with their families.
OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
(A) Yes. This year, she earned 3 weeks of vacation time but took a 4-week vacation. Now, she can use only up to half of any vacation time she did not use last year. Since she took one additional week of vacation this year, she must not have used at least 2 weeks of vacation last year.
(B) No. The passage only states “
Anyone who has worked at KVZ Manufacturing for between one and four years is automatically entitled to exactly three weeks paid vacation each year” and that Jennifer has worked at KVZ just over three years. The passage tells us nothing about the vacation time earned by employees who have worked with the company for more than four years.
(C) No. This is independent of the issue in the passage, which is concerned about Jennifer.
(D) No. Although Jennifer had to have at least two weeks of vacation time available at the end of last year (to apply one week to this year), conceivably she could have taken no vacation time last year.
(E) No. Though this might be true, it cannot be concluded from the passage.