PrepTest 94+, Section 4, Question 19
I promised Bernie that I would answer his question. He asked me whether his project had been approved. I misunderstood and thought he had asked whether I had approved it. I said, truthfully, "I would approve it if I could, but I don't have the authority to do so—that is up to Dorothy, and she hasn't yet made a decision." Thus, I fulfilled my promise to Bernie.
I promised Bernie that I would answer his question. He asked me whether his project had been approved. I misunderstood and thought he had asked whether I had approved it. I said, truthfully, "I would approve it if I could, but I don't have the authority to do so—that is up to Dorothy, and she hasn't yet made a decision." Thus, I fulfilled my promise to Bernie.
I promised Bernie that I would answer his question. He asked me whether his project had been approved. I misunderstood and thought he had asked whether I had approved it. I said, truthfully, "I would approve it if I could, but I don't have the authority to do so—that is up to Dorothy, and she hasn't yet made a decision." Thus, I fulfilled my promise to Bernie.
I promised Bernie that I would answer his question. He asked me whether his project had been approved. I misunderstood and thought he had asked whether I had approved it. I said, truthfully, "I would approve it if I could, but I don't have the authority to do so—that is up to Dorothy, and she hasn't yet made a decision." Thus, I fulfilled my promise to Bernie.
Which one of the following, if assumed, enables the conclusion above to be properly drawn?
All there is to answering a question is giving the questioner the information requested.
No person can be held accountable for another person's decisions.
The person responsible for a decision is the one who should explain the decision.
One need not fulfill a promise in order to do the best that could be done to fulfill it.
Making a promise always obliges a person to keep it.
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