A certain company has a policy for reimbursing an employee's expenses incurred during business travel. The employee must submit an...

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A certain company has a policy for reimbursing an employee's expenses incurred during business travel. The employee must submit an electronic request for reimbursement before the date that travel begins. To be reimbursed, the expenses must be incurred within the date(s) of travel and indicated on receipts dated during this time, and the receipts must be submitted within 30 days from the date that travel ended. One of the company employees, Employee X, was reimbursed for expenses incurred during business travel in accord with the policy described.

Assuming that the policy was followed and the information provided is true, select for Must be true the statement that must be true, and select for Must be false the statement that must be false. Make only two selections, one in each column.

Must be true

Must be false

Employee X submitted receipts exactly 30 days after submitting the electronic request for reimbursement.

Employee X was reimbursed for a receipt dated before the date that travel began.

Employee X began travel on a different date than his or her travel ended.

Employee X submitted receipts exactly 35 days after the date that travel began.

Employee X's electronic request for reimbursement was submitted before the reimbursed expenses were incurred.

Solution

Phase 1: Owning the Dataset

Argument Analysis Table

Passage Statement	Analysis & Implications
"The employee must submit an electronic request for reimbursement before the date that travel begins."	Core Fact: Electronic request must precede travel start Visualization: If travel begins March 10, request must be submitted by March 9 or earlier Logical Connections: Creates timeline: Request → Travel begins → Expenses incurred What We Can Conclude: Request always comes before any travel expenses
"To be reimbursed, the expenses must be incurred within the date(s) of travel and indicated on receipts dated during this time"	Core Fact: Expenses and receipt dates must fall within travel period Visualization: Travel March 10-12 means all receipts must be dated March 10, 11, or 12 Logical Connections: No pre-travel or post-travel expenses allowed What We Can Conclude: Receipt dates = Travel dates
"receipts must be submitted within 30 days from the date that travel ended"	Core Fact: 30-day submission window starts when travel ends Visualization: If travel ends March 12, receipts due by April 11 Logical Connections: Submission deadline based on travel end, not start What We Can Conclude: Latest submission = Travel end date + 30 days
"Employee X was reimbursed for expenses incurred during business travel in accord with the policy"	Core Fact: Employee X successfully followed all policy requirements Visualization: Employee X's timeline met all constraints Logical Connections: All policy conditions were satisfied What We Can Conclude: We can apply all policy rules to Employee X's case

Key Patterns Identified

Timeline Structure: Electronic request → Travel begins → Expenses incurred (during travel) → Travel ends → Receipt submission (within 30 days)
Strict Date Requirements: Receipts must be dated during travel period only
Employee X Compliance: Since reimbursed according to policy, all requirements were met

Phase 2: Question Analysis & Prethinking

Understanding Each Part

Part 1 (Must be true): We need a statement that is necessarily true given Employee X followed the policy
Part 2 (Must be false): We need a statement that is necessarily false given Employee X followed the policy
Relationship: These statements should represent opposite ends of logical necessity

Valid Inferences (Prethinking)

Must be true possibilities:

Employee X submitted the electronic request before incurring expenses
All reimbursed receipts were dated during the travel period

Must be false possibilities:

Employee X was reimbursed for pre-travel expenses
Employee X submitted receipts more than 30 days after travel ended

Phase 3: Answer Choice Evaluation

"Employee X submitted receipts exactly 30 days after submitting the electronic request for reimbursement."
- What it claims: Specific 30-day gap between request and receipt submission
- Fact Support: No facts establish this exact timing
- Logical Validity: Could be true or false depending on travel duration
- Part Suitability: Neither - not definitively true or false
"Employee X was reimbursed for a receipt dated before the date that travel began."
- What it claims: Pre-travel expense was reimbursed
- Fact Support: Policy explicitly requires receipts dated "during" travel time
- Logical Validity: This violates the policy Employee X followed
- Part Suitability: MUST BE FALSE
"Employee X began travel on a different date than his or her travel ended."
- What it claims: Multi-day travel
- Fact Support: Policy allows "date(s)" suggesting single or multiple days possible
- Logical Validity: Not necessarily true or false
- Part Suitability: Neither - could be same-day travel
"Employee X submitted receipts exactly 35 days after the date that travel began."
- What it claims: Specific timing from travel start
- Fact Support: Depends on travel duration; if travel lasted >5 days, this could comply
- Logical Validity: Cannot determine definitively
- Part Suitability: Neither - insufficient information
"Employee X's electronic request for reimbursement was submitted before the reimbursed expenses were incurred."
- What it claims: Request preceded expense incurrence
- Fact Support: Policy requires request before travel begins; expenses incurred during travel
- Logical Validity: Timeline forces: Request → Travel begins → Expenses incurred
- Part Suitability: MUST BE TRUE

Final Answer Selection

Must be true: Employee X's electronic request for reimbursement was submitted before the reimbursed expenses were incurred.

This follows necessarily from the policy timeline

Must be false: Employee X was reimbursed for a receipt dated before the date that travel began.

This directly violates the policy Employee X followed

Verification

Both selections are fully supported by the passage facts without any speculation. The "must be true" statement follows from the required sequence of events, while the "must be false" statement contradicts an explicit policy requirement that Employee X satisfied.

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