That only makes sense if you assume the purpose of the test is to correctly apply logic rather than guess the actual number of Elephants in Germany. Someone who's not familiar with standardized testing may assume the latter is more important.
Because, of course, you know you're taking a test and they expect on tests that the problem statement is symbolic, just there to pose a logic puzzle.
That's the idea we're talking about here.
For your convenience: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=elephants+in+germany&t=h_&iax=imag...
Thanks for illustrating the problem so neatly!