Critical Reasoning

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Critical Reasoning

Critical Reasoning

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

The amount of time it takes for most of a worker’s occupational knowledge and skills to become obsolete has been declining because of the introduction of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT). Given the rate at which AMT is currently being introduced in manufacturing, the average worker’s old skills become obsolete and new skills are required within as little as five years.

Which of the following plans, if feasible, would allow a company to prepare most effectively for the rapid obsolescence of skills described above?

The company will develop a program to offer

selected employees the opportunity to receive

training six years after they were originally hired.

The company will increase its investment in AMT

every year for a period of at least five years.

The company will periodically survey its employees to determine how the introduction of

AMT has affected them.

Before the introduction of AMT, the company will

institute an educational program to inform its

employees of the probable consequences of the introduction of AMT.

The company will ensure that it can offer its employees any training necessary for meeting their job requirements.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

In virtually any industry, technological improvements increase labor productivity, which is the output of goods and services per person-hour worked. In Parland’s industries, labor productivity is significantly higher than it is in Vergia’s industries. Clearly, therefore, Parland’s industries must, on the whole, be further advanced technologically than Vergia’s are.

The argument is most vulnerable to which of the following criticisms?

It offers a conclusion that is no more than a

paraphrase of one of the pieces of information

provided in its support.

It presents as evidence in support of a claim information that is inconsistent with other evidence presented in support of the same claim.

It takes one possible cause of a condition to be the actual cause of that condition without considering any other possible causes.

It takes a condition to be the effect of

something that happened only after the condition already existed.

It makes a distinction that presupposes the

truth of the conclusion that is to be established.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Traverton’s city council wants to minimize the city’s average yearly expenditures on its traffic signal lights and so

is considering replacing the incandescent bulbs currently in use with arrays of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as the

incandescent bulbs burn out. Compared to incandescent bulbs, LED arrays consume significantly less energy

and cost no more to purchase. Moreover, the costs associated with the conversion of existing fixtures so as to

accept LED arrays would be minimal.

Which of the following would it be most useful to know in determining whether switching to LED arrays would be likely to help minimize Traverton’s yearly maintenance costs?

Whether the expected service life of LED arrays is at least as long as that of the currently used

incandescent bulbs

Whether any cities have switched from incandescent lights in their traffic signals to lighting elements other than LED arrays

Whether the company from which Traverton currently buys incandescent bulbs for traffic signals also sells

LED arrays

Whether Traverton’s city council plans to increase the number of traffic signal lights in Traverton

Whether the crews that currently replace incandescent bulbs in Traverton’s traffic signals know how to

convert the existing fixtures so as to accept LED arrays

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

In order to reduce the number of items damaged while in transit to customers, packaging consultants

recommended that the TrueSave mail-order company increase the amount of packing material so as to fill any empty spaces in its cartons. Accordingly, TrueSave officials instructed the company’s packers to use more

packing material than before, and the packers zealously acted on these instructions and used as much as they

could. Nevertheless, customer reports of damaged items rose somewhat.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain why acting on the consultants’ recommendation failed to

achieve its goal?

The change in packing policy led to an increase in expenditure on packing material and labor.

When packing material is compressed too densely, it loses some of its capacity to absorb shock.

The amount of packing material used in a carton does not significantly influence the ease with which a customer can unpack the package.

Most of the goods that TrueSave ships are electronic products that are highly vulnerable to being damaged in transit.

TrueSave has lost some of its regular customers as a result of the high number of damaged items they received.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

In Washington County, attendance at the movies is just large enough for the cinema operators to make modest profits. The size of the county’s population is stable and is not expected to increase much. Yet there are investors ready to double the number of movie screens in the county within five years, and they are predicting solid profits both for themselves and for the established cinema operators.

Which of the following, if true about Washington County, most helps to provide a justification for the investors’ prediction?

Over the next ten years, people in their teenage years, the prime moviegoing age, will be a rapidly growing proportion of the county’s population.

As distinct from the existing cinemas, most of the cinemas being planned would be located in downtown

areas, in hopes of stimulating an conomic revitalization of those areas.

Spending on video purchases, as well as spending on video rentals, has been increasing modestly each

year for the past ten years.

The average number of screens per cinema is lower among existing cinemas than it is among cinemas still in the planning stages.

The sale of snacks and drinks in cinemas accounts for a steadily growing share of most cinema operators’

profits.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

For similar cars and comparable drivers, automobile insurance for collision damage has always cost more in Greatport than in Fairmont. Police studies, however, show that cars owned by Greatport residents are, on average, slightly less likely to be involved in a collision than cars in Fairmont. Clearly, therefore, insurance companies are making a greater profit on collision-damage insurance in Greatport than in Fairmont.

In evaluating the argument, it would be most useful to compare

the level of traffic congestion in Greatport with the level of traffic congestion in Fairmont

the cost of repairing collision damage in Greatport with the cost of repairing collision damage in Fairmont

the rates Greatport residents pay for other forms of insurance with the rates paid for similar insurance by

residents of Fairmont

the condition of Greatport’s roads and streets with the condition of Fairmont’s roads and streets

the cost of collision-damage insurance in Greatport and Fairmont with that in other cities

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following most logically completes the argument?

Ferber’s syndrome, a viral disease that frequently affects cattle, is transmitted to these animals through infected feed. Even though chickens commercially raised for meat are often fed the type of feed identified as the source of infection in cattle, Ferber’s syndrome is only rarely observed in chickens. This fact, however, does not indicate that most chickens are immune to the virus that causes Ferber’s syndrome, since .

chickens and cattle are not the only kinds of farm animal that are typically fed the type of feed liable to be

contaminated with the virus that causes Ferber’s syndrome

Ferber’s syndrome has been found in animals that have not been fed the type of feed liable to be contaminated with the virus that can cause the disease

resistance to some infectious organisms such as the virus that causes Ferber’s syndrome can be acquired by exposure to a closely related infectious organism

chickens and cattle take more than a year to show symptoms of Ferber’s syndrome, and chickens commercially raised for meat, unlike cattle, are generally brought to market during the first year of life

the type of feed liable to be infected with the virus that causes Ferber’s syndrome generally constitutes a

larger proportion of the diet of commercially raised chickens than of commercially raised cattle

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