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Reasoning - Analytical Reasoning:

Grouping Questions

MCQ - 144-778

At the poetry slam, three friends—Al, Betty and Chaz—sign up to perform six well-known poems, designated here as Hop, Bop, Cop, Top, Sop and Mop. Each poem will be performed individually by one poet, and each poem can only be performed once. To decide the order of the poems, the owner of the coffee shop that organizes the poetry slam lays down the following rules:
• Hop must be performed before Top and before Mop.
• Cop must be performed after Bop and before Sop.
• Al can perform Hop, Bop and Sop.
• Betty can perform Cop, Top and Bop.
• Chaz can perform Hop, Mop and Top.
• Different poets must begin and end the slam, i.e. whatever poet performs the first poem cannot perform the last one.

Question:

Which of the following orders of the poems, first to last, is a legitimate ordering of how they can be performed by the poetry slam rules?

  1. Hop, Top, Mop, Bop, Cop, Sop
  2. Top, Hop, Mop, Bop, Cop, Sop
  3. Bop, Sop, Cop, Hop, Top, Mop
  4. Top, Hop, Mop, Bop, Cop, Sop

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

Based on the rules, Statement B cannot be considered, because Hop must be performed before Top, which is reversed in Statement B and thus contradicts the rules, rejecting it as a possible answer. Similarly, Statement C also cannot be considered, because Bop must follow after Cop according to the rules, which is contradicted here, thus eliminating Statement C from further consideration. Finally, Statement D must be rejected because Sop, the first entry in this option, cannot precede Cop according to the initial conditions; since it contradicts that rule, it is an invalid statement and must be rejected. Only Statement A follows the rules as outlined in the question, which makes A the correct answer.

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