Logical reasoning PrepTest 112 · Section 1 · Question 5

This answer can feel weird to select, but it does show someone treating their family members differently. If the applicants weren’t family members yet were the most qualified, they would certainly be hired. Here, they aren’t because they’re family members. Thus, this action violates the company policy, and thus this is the correct answer.

The mother here is treated the same as everyone else who complained, so this answer follows the policy.

This answer can seem to describe a situation where family members are getting special treatment, but there’s no indication that these family members did anything to deserve being fired, or that they’ve done something that resulted in another employee being fired. As such, there’s no indication that these family members are being given special treatment, and thus we can’t conclude that it violates the policy.

There’s no family member here. Also, there’s no indication that others who had similarly distant infractions were advanced, so there’s no evidence this person was treated differently.

The argument would need to establish that the family member was promoted in a way that showed special treatment. If that family member deserved the promotion, then there was no special treatment.