Read the following passage and answer the questions.
An employee has been assigned the task of allotting offices to six of the staff members. The offices are numbered 1 - 6. The offices are arranged in a row and they are separated from each other by six foot high dividers. Hence voices, sounds and cigarette smoke flow easily from one office to another. Miss Ruby needs to use the telephone quite often throughout the day. Mr. Minhas and Mr. Brar need adjacent offices as they need to consult each other often while working. Miss Harsha is a senior employee and has to be allotted the office number 5, having the biggest window. Mr. Dongre requires silence in the offices next to his. Mr. Tanjore, Mr. Minhas and Mr. Dongre are all smokers. Miss Harsha finds tobacco smoke allergic and consequently the offices next to hers are to be occupied by non-smokers. Unless specifically stated all the employees maintain an atmosphere of silence during office hours.
In the event of what occurrence, within a period of one month since the assignment of the
offices, would a request for a change in office be put forth by one or more employees?
In this question, it is given that Miss Harsha has been allotted Room 5 and she requires her neighbor to be non-smokers. This can be represented as follows
This implies Room 1, 2 and 3 have to be occupied by smokers as there are 3 smokers.
Further, it is given that Mr. Minhas (smoker) and Mr. Brar (non-smoker) need an adjacent office as they consult with each other. The only way possible is when Mr. Minhas gets room 3 and Mr. Brar gets room 4. This will lead to the allocation of Room 6 to Ms. Ruby as she the only non-smoker left.
Updated allocation looks like
Room 1 and 2 will be given to Mr. Dongre and Mr. Tanjore. Preferable location for Mr. Dongre will be Room 1 as he requires silence.
A) If Mr. Dongre quits smoking it will not impact anyone
B) If Harsha has a noisy telephone installed in her office, Mr. Dongre who prefers silence would still be farthest from the noise hence he will not request for change
C) Since it is assumed that all the employees maintain an atmosphere of silence, the current allocation will not impact her
D) If Mr. Tanjore takes up the role of Miss Ruby which requires talking on the phone. It will impact Mr. Dongre as he prefers silence in his office and he'll apply for change of rooms
Option D is correct
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