Practice Questions

Read the given paragraph and answer the following question:

Many small cities and towns rely on volunteer fire departments to put out fires. A professional fire department, however, has more training, more expertise, and more experience in fighting fires and investigating their causes. In many cases, it’s worthwhile for even very small towns to hire professional firefighters.

According to this passage, it’s reasonable to assume that

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Answer: (A) volunteer firefighters have less training, expertise, and experience than professional firefighters.

Explanation

The second sentence says that professional fire departments have more training, expertise, and experience. Therefore, the reader can infer that volunteer departments have less training, expertise, and experience than professionals. The passage says that professionals, not volunteers, have the skills needed to investigate fires, so Choice (B) is incorrect. The passage states that professional firefighters have more experience investigating the causes of fires, so Choice (C) is incorrect. The passage states that hiring professional fire-fighters is worthwhile, so Choice (D) is incorrect.
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