Question

For the past two years at FasCorp, there has been a policy to advertise any job opening to current employees and to give no job to an applicant from outside the company if a FasCorp employee applies who is qualified for the job. This policy has been strictly followed, yet even though numerous employees of FasCorp have been qualified for any given entry-level position, some entry-level jobs have been filled with people from outside the company. 
If the information provided is true, which of the following must on the basis of it also be true about FasCorp during the past two years?

• A. There have been some open jobs for which no qualified FasCorp employee applied.
• B. Some entry-level job openings have not been advertised to FasCorp employees.
• C. The total number of employees has increased.
• D. FasCorp has hired some people for jobs for which they were not qualified.
• E. All the job openings have been for entry-level jobs.
• F.

Hint:

When analyzing a passage, focus on what is explicitly stated and avoid making assumptions.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1: The passage indicates a scenario where no qualified employees from FasCorp have applied for certain jobs. This implies that there were open positions for which no one from the company was qualified to fill. Thus, the correct answer is (A). 
Step 2: Analyzing other options: 
- (B) is incorrect because there is no information about whether jobs were or were not advertised. 
- (C) is not mentioned explicitly in the passage. 
- (D) is incorrect as the passage does not state that unqualified people were hired. 
- (E) is incorrect because the type of job openings is not stated as exclusively entry-level.