Choose the Appropriate Letter to Indicate the Conclusion That Can

question 5

Multiple Choice

Choose the appropriate letter to indicate the conclusion that can be drawn from each passage. In July of 2010, Courtney Purvin was stunned by a suggestion on her Facebook page.The site was suggesting that she get back in touch with an old family friend.What shocked Ms.Purvin was the total impossibility of following up on this idea.The friend mentioned had died almost three months before. When Facebook first made its debut, such depressing surprises rarely occurred.Users were in their teens and twenties.Death was an infrequent visitor.But when the site was opened up to people of all ages, it became all too possible that someone who signed up could pass away.Meanwhile Facebook's software would keep churning out suggestions that former friends might like to get in touch with the deceased.As Meredith Chin, a Facebook spokeswoman put it, the site is huge "and with people passing away every day, we're never going to be perfect at catching it [the suggestion about connecting with someone deceased]." This is a problem that is not likely to go away anytime soon since people over the age of 65 are signing up for Facebook at a faster rate than any other age group.
(Source: Jenna Wortham."As More Facebook Users Die, Ghosts Reach Out to Reconnect, The New York Times , July 18, 2010, p.1)
From this passage, a reader might logically draw which conclusion?

• A) People who get invitations to hook up with people who have died should probably quit Facebook.
• B) People getting invitations to contact friends who have died feel their grief more intensely than those mourners who are not on Facebook.
• C) The number of Facebook users getting suggestions about connecting with friends who have died is likely to increase.
• D) Facebook administrators are aware that users of the site are tired of having their social life managed by a third party.

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Definitions:

Psychologically

Pertaining to the mind or mental processes and how they influence behavior and well-being.

Vroom-Yetton-Jago

A decision-making model that helps leaders or managers to choose the most appropriate leadership style based on the situation and variables involved.

Normative Decision Model

A framework that outlines how to choose the best decision-making process based on the situation, including considerations of leadership style and team involvement.

Utility

In economics, it refers to the total satisfaction received from consuming a good or service, measured to understand consumer choices and preferences.