109.SpringfieldFireCommissioner:Thevastmajorityoffalsefirealarmsareprankcallsmadeanonymouslyfromfire alarmboxesonstreetcorners.Sincevirtuallyeveryonehasaccesstoaprivatetelephone,thesealarmboxes haveoutlivedtheirusefulness.Therefore,weproposetoremovetheboxes.Removingtheboxeswillreducethe numberofprankcallswithouthamperingpeople'sabilitytoreportafire.
Whichofthefollowing,iftrue,moststronglysupportstheclaimthattheproposal,ifcarriedout,willhavethe announcedeffect?
(A)Thefiredepartmenttracesallalarmcallsmadefromprivatetelephonesandrecordswherethey camefrom.
(B)MaintainingthefirealarmboxescostsSpringfieldapproximately$5millionannually.
(C)Atelephonecallcanprovidethefiredepartmentwithmoreinformationaboutthenatureandsizeofafire thancananalarmplacedfromanalarmbox.
(D)Respondingtofalsealarmssignificantlyreducesthefiredepartment'scapacityforrespondingtofires.
(E)Onanygivenday,asignificantpercentageofthepublictelephonesinSpringfieldareoutofservice |