Springfield Fire Commissioner: The vast majority of false fire alarms are prank calls made anonymously from fire alarm boxes on street corners. Since virtually everyone has access to a private telephone, these alarm boxes have outlived their usefulness. Therefore, we propose to remove the boxes. Removing the boxes will reduce the number of prank calls without hampering people's ability to report a fire.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the claim that the proposal, if carried out, will have the announced effect?


The fire department traces all alarm calls made from private telephones and records where they came from.

Maintaining the fire alarm boxes costs Springfield approximately $5 million annually.

A telephone call can provide the fire department with more information about the nature and size of a fire than can an alarm placed from an alarm box.

Responding to false alarms significantly reduces the fire department's capacity for responding to fires.

On any given day, a significant percentage of the public telephones in Springfield are out of service.

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情景:Springfield火灾委员说:大量虚报火警都是来自街角匿名的火警亭。因为人人都有手机,这些火警亭已经没什么用了。因此,我们打算取消火警亭。取消火警亭可以减少虚报数量,又不会影响人们报警的能力。

推理:由于本题的问题问的是方案,所以是方案推理
本题的推理结构为:
目标:减少虚报数量,又不会影响人们报警的能力
方案:取消火警亭

选题方式:方案推理有三个评估方向,简而言之,即,答案选项一定和方案的内容相关。

选项分析:

A选项:Correct. 火警部门能够查出虚报的手机和报警的地方。若用手机报警也不能被查出来具体的地点,那么就算取消了火警亭,人们依然可以用手机谎报,这会使得方案无法达成目的。属于CQ1:方案的可行性问题

B选项:维护火警亭将会花费500万元/每年。本选项讨论的是警亭的维护成本,和方案无关。

C选项:比起火警亭,手机报警能告诉火警部门更多的火势情况。本选项讨论的是手机报警相对于火警亭的好处,无关于方案。

D选项:
虚报火警减小了火警部门对报警的反应能力。本选项只和目标相关。

E选项:在一个给定的日期,很多公共电话不能用。本选项没有提及方案。

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