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Reasoning - Analytical Reasoning:

Grouping Questions

MCQ - 145-779

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:

If the slam opens with Bop, which of the following poems could be performed second, third and fourth, respectively?

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

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Starting with the rules, it is clear that Statement A can be rejected out of hand, as it has Sop being performed before Cop, which is a direct violation of the second condition listed in the question. Similarly, Statement B can also be rejected out of hand, because it has Hop following Top and Mop, whereas the first condition listed specifically states that Hop must be performed before Top and Mop; therefore, it is an invalid statement. In Statement D, Hop is listed after Mop, so for the same reasons, Statement D is an invalid statement and must be discarded. Only Statement C properly orders the poem in accordance with the initial rules laid out in the question; thus, C is the correct answer.

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