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Complete Question Explanation
Parallel Reasoning. The correct answer choice is (C)
Efficiency sometimes requires ignoring daily routine tasks in order to complete projects that may yield larger long-term rewards. The question asks you to find an example of this kind of efficiency, which mirrors the scenario described in answer choice (C).
Answer choice (A): In order to fulfill the author's recommendation, one should sometimes postpone routine scheduled tasks for the sake of completing long term projects. Since this answer entails no choice between two competing priorities, it does not satisfy the conditions for efficiency. Furthermore, the task described here is the exact opposite to the one recommended in the stimulus as an example of efficiency.
Answer choice (B): While this answer choice describes an active choice between two competing priorities, neither one entails the kind of project that will yield big rewards if successful.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice. See explanation above.
Answer choice (D): This answer choice is wrong for the exact same reason as answer choice (A) and (E).
Answer choice (E): This answer choice is wrong for the exact same reason as answer choice (A) and (D). While in real life we may think that prioritizing tasks according to the most immediate deadlines is efficient, this is not the definition suggested in the stimulus.
Parallel Reasoning. The correct answer choice is (C)
Efficiency sometimes requires ignoring daily routine tasks in order to complete projects that may yield larger long-term rewards. The question asks you to find an example of this kind of efficiency, which mirrors the scenario described in answer choice (C).
Answer choice (A): In order to fulfill the author's recommendation, one should sometimes postpone routine scheduled tasks for the sake of completing long term projects. Since this answer entails no choice between two competing priorities, it does not satisfy the conditions for efficiency. Furthermore, the task described here is the exact opposite to the one recommended in the stimulus as an example of efficiency.
Answer choice (B): While this answer choice describes an active choice between two competing priorities, neither one entails the kind of project that will yield big rewards if successful.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice. See explanation above.
Answer choice (D): This answer choice is wrong for the exact same reason as answer choice (A) and (E).
Answer choice (E): This answer choice is wrong for the exact same reason as answer choice (A) and (D). While in real life we may think that prioritizing tasks according to the most immediate deadlines is efficient, this is not the definition suggested in the stimulus.