A fire drill run at the same time every month teaches employees the exit route but little else, because everyone already knows it is coming. Safety officers who study evacuation behavior argue that the value of a drill lies almost entirely in its unpredictability: an evacuation announced in advance measures only whether people can walk to a door, not whether they can find one during confusion, smoke, or a blocked stairwell. A small number of workplaces now run unannounced drills that simulate a blocked primary exit, forcing employees to locate and use a secondary route they may never have walked before.
It can be inferred that an employee who has only experienced predictable, scheduled drills would most likely
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Correct answer to question 78 (Paragraph Comprehension): know the primary exit route well but be untested on alternatives
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The passage says a scheduled drill measures only whether people can walk to a door, not whether they can find one during confusion, implying such an employee knows the primary route but is untested on secondary ones.
Updated: November 2026
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