Read the passage, then answer the question. PASSAGE: At Harlow Electric, no one opens a panel until the circuit feeding it has been shut off, locked, and tested. Each electrician carries a personal lock with a single key. When several people work on the same equipment, each one adds a lock, and the equipment cannot be re-energized until every lock has been removed by the person who placed it. Last spring a supervisor, eager to finish before a deadline, asked an apprentice to remove a co-worker's lock because the co-worker had gone to lunch. The apprentice refused and called the co-worker back to the site. The company later used the incident in its training as an example of the rule working exactly as intended. QUESTION: What is the passage mainly about?
- A supervisor who was disciplined for missing a job deadline
- The reasons apprentices should not be allowed to open panels
- A lock rule that protects workers, and one time it was tested
- How electricians should choose and care for their personal locks
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C. A lock rule that protects workers, and one time it was tested
The passage first explains the company's lock rule and then tells how the rule held up when a supervisor tried to get around it. Nothing says the supervisor was disciplined or that the deadline was missed, so that choice adds facts the passage does not contain.
Reference: Reading comprehension: main idea
Read the passage, then answer the question. PASSAGE: At Harlow Electric, no one opens a panel until the circuit feeding it has been shut off, locked, and tested. Each electrician carries a personal lock with a single key. When several people work on the same equipment, each one adds a lock, and the equipment cannot be re-energized until every lock has been removed by the person who placed it. Last spring a supervisor, eager to finish before a deadline, asked an apprentice to remove a co-worker's lock because the co-worker had gone to lunch. The apprentice refused and called the co-worker back to the site. The company later used the incident in its training as an example of the rule working exactly as intended. QUESTION: According to the passage, when may the equipment be re-energized?
- After the supervisor in charge approves the restart
- After the first lock placed on it has been removed
- After each worker has removed his or her own lock
- After the circuit has been tested by an apprentice
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C. After each worker has removed his or her own lock
The passage states that power cannot be restored until every lock has been taken off by the person who put it on. A supervisor's approval is tempting, but the story shows that the supervisor's wishes did not override the rule.
Reference: Reading comprehension: supporting detail
Read the passage, then answer the question. PASSAGE: At Harlow Electric, no one opens a panel until the circuit feeding it has been shut off, locked, and tested. Each electrician carries a personal lock with a single key. When several people work on the same equipment, each one adds a lock, and the equipment cannot be re-energized until every lock has been removed by the person who placed it. Last spring a supervisor, eager to finish before a deadline, asked an apprentice to remove a co-worker's lock because the co-worker had gone to lunch. The apprentice refused and called the co-worker back to the site. The company later used the incident in its training as an example of the rule working exactly as intended. QUESTION: What can be inferred about how the company viewed the apprentice's refusal?
- It disapproved, since the refusal delayed the project
- It was unsure, since the rule had never been tested
- It was embarrassed and kept the incident from its staff
- It approved, since it teaches the incident as a success
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D. It approved, since it teaches the incident as a success
The company uses the incident in training as an example of the rule working as intended, which shows approval of what the apprentice did. The passage never says the project was delayed, and using the story in training is the opposite of hiding it.
Reference: Reading comprehension: inference