Unit 14 · Ordering Deduction
Nia's Tablet Relay — Who Delivers It Today?
Lesson 2 of 2
Relay questions are chain puzzles: trace who holds the object after each meeting, find the broken link, then pick the one extra handover that fixes the timing.
Handover-chain items appear in the medium band of Selective TS — reliable marks when you draw the timeline instead of guessing which names “sound right”.
The examiner checks whether you can map a delivery chain forward, spot who never receives the item, and reject options where the sender does not yet have it or the meeting is too late.
An item must reach a final person via scheduled meetings. One link between the current holder and the next leg is missing. You choose which extra meeting completes the chain today.
Best approach: Sketch A → B → ? → … → Z with times. Mark who has the object after each step. The fix must pass the item from the current holder to the next person before their downstream meeting.
Question
Nia must return a tablet to Omar today. She will not see Omar in person. These handovers will happen:
- Nia gives the tablet to Pia at 08:30.
- Quinn meets Ravi at 09:30.
- Ravi meets Sara at 10:30.
- Sara meets Omar at 11:45.
Which one extra meeting, if added, could allow Omar to receive the tablet today?
Select an answer to see the explanation.
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