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Statement: Some clerks are officers. No officer is a manager. All peons are clerks. Conclusions: I. Some clerks not being officers is a possibility. II. All clerks being peons is a possibility. III. Some managers are definitely not clerks.

1. Only I and II follow
2. Only either I or II follows
3. Only III follows
4. Only II follows

Correct answer: Only I and II follow

Solution

Conclusion I is possible because some clerks may be outside officers. Conclusion II is also possible because all peons are already clerks, so clerks can all be peons without contradiction. Conclusion III does not follow because no officer is a manager, but nothing says managers exist or that they are definitely not clerks.

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