The school principal insisted that student failures are caused by bad teaching. In a relatively short period time failing grades disappeared from the school. The principal happily announced that the teaching had improved.
The flawed pattern of reasoning in the above is most similar to that in which one of the following?
A. The nutritionist insisted that the weight gain that the team members complained of was caused by overeating. In a brief time all the members stopped overeating. The nutritionist was pleased to conclude that they had stopped gaining weight.
B. The manager insisted that the workers who filed complaints had too many different tasks. The manager simplified the jobs and complains stopped. The manager happily concluded that the working environment had been improved.
C. The nutritionist insisted that the weight gain that team members complained of was merely in their imagination. Members were given weight charts for the last three months. The nutritionist was pleased to conclude that the complaints of weight gain had stopped.
D. The manager insisted that the workers who filed complaints did not have rnough to do. Soon there was no more complaints filed. The manager was pleased to conclude that the workers were now productively filling their time.
E. The nutritionist insisted that the weight gain that team members complained of was caused by their thinking of food too often. The nutrionist was happy to conclude that the weight gain had stopped once the team members reported that they stopped thinking about food too often.
I chose A while the answer is supposed to be
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The board of trustees of the Fernando Art Museum has decided to sell some works from its collection in order to raise the funds necessary to refurbish its galleries. Although this may seem like a drastic remedy the curator had long maintained that among the paintings that late Ms Fernando collected for the museum were several unsuccessful immature works by Rembrandt and Picasso that should be sold because they are of inferior quality and so add nothing to the overall quality of the museum's collection. Hence, the boards action will not detract from the museum's collection.
The conclusion drawn depends on which one of the following assumption?
A. Art speculators are unable to distinguish an inferior painting by Picasso from a masterpiece by him.
B. All of the paintings that the board of trustee sells will be among those that the curator recommends selling.
C. All of the paintings by Rembrandt and Picasso that are owned by the Fernando Art Museum were purchased by Ms Fernando hreself.
D. Only an avid collector of paintings by Rembrandt will be willing to pay a high price for early works by this artist.
E. A great work of art can be truly appreciated only if it is displayed in a carefully designed and well maintained gallery.
I chose D
Same CR, different question
Which one of the following if true weakens the argument?
A. The directors of an art museum can generally raise funds for refurbishing the building in which the museum's collection is housed by means other than selling parts of its collection.
B. The quality of an art collection is determined not just by the quality of its paintings but by what development of the artistic talent and ideas of the artists represented.
C. The immature works by Rembrandt and Picasso that were purchased by Ms Fedrici were at that time thought by some critics to be unimportant juvenile works.
D. Those people who speculate in art by purchasing artworks merely to sell them at much higher prices welcome inflation in the art market, but curators of art museum regret the inflation in the art market.
E. The best work of a great artist demands much higher prices in the art market than the worst work of that same artist.
Chose C
Taken together, some 1000 stocks recommended on a popular TV show over the course of past 10 years by the show's guests most of whom are successful consultants for multibillion-dollar portfolios performed less successfully than the market as a whole for this 10 year period. So clearly no one should ever follow any recommendation by these so called experts.
Each one of the following if true weakens the argument EXCEPT:
A. Taken together, the stocks recommended on the television show performed better than the market as a whole for the past year.
B. Taken together, the stock's recommended on the television show performed better for the past 10 year period than the stock portfolios that were actually selected by any other means.
C. Performance of the stocks recommended on the television show was measured by stock dividends, whereas the performance of the market as a whole was measured by change in share values.
D. Performance of the stocks recommended on the TV show was measured independently by number of analysts and the result of all the measurements concurred.
E. The stock portfolios for which the guests were consultants performed better for the past 10 year than the market as a whole.
Chose D
The case of the French revolution is typically is regarded as the best evidence for the claim that societies can reap more benefit than harm from a revolution. But even the French revolution serves this role poorly, since France at the time of Revolution had a unique advantage. Despite the revolution the same civil servants and functionaries remained in the office carrying on the day to day work of government and thus many of the disruptions that revolutions normally bring were avoided.
Which one of the following most accurately characterizes the argumentative strategy used in the passage?
A. demonstrating that the claim argued against is internally inconsistent
B. supporting a particular position on the basis of general principles.
C. opposing a claim by undermining evidence offered in support of that claim
D. justifying a view through the use of a series of persuasive examples
E. comparing two positions in order to illustrate their relative strengths and weaknesses
Chose A
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