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Cause–Effect reasoning: Determine the best description of the relationship between the protest events. Statement I: Airport Authority staff called off the strike they had been observing against privatization. Statement II: Airport Authority staff went on strike anticipating a threat to their jobs. Choose the correct option describing the relationship.

Difficulty: Easy

Statement I is the cause and Statement II is its effect
Statement II is the cause and Statement I is its effect
Both are independent causes
Both are effects of independent causes
Both are effects of a common cause

Correct Answer: Statement II is the cause and Statement I is its effect

Explanation:

Approach
A strike (Statement II) logically precedes any decision to call it off (Statement I). The initiation of the strike sets the stage for a later withdrawal.

Reasoning
Without the strike there would be nothing to call off. While the immediate trigger to end a strike could be negotiations or assurances, the temporal and causal chain is II → I.

Common pitfalls
Treating the two as independent; they are sequential parts of the same industrial action episode.

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