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Q1. Children whose biological parents both have Tic Syndrome Z (TSZ), which is characterized by the involuntary contraction of certain muscles, are about four times more likely to develop such contractions than are children whose biological parents do not have TSZ, It is likely, therefore, that predisposition to TSZ is an inherited trait. Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion above? (A) Children whose parents have TSZ are more likely to develop TSZ if they are under unusual stress at school or at home than if they are not under such stress. (B) Children whose biological parents do not have TSZ are more likely to develop TSZ if they are raised by adoptive parents with TSZ than if they are raised by their biological parents. (C) Children whose biological parents have TSZ are as likely to develop TSZ if they are raised by adoptive parents who do not have TSZ as if they are raised by their biological parents. (D) Children whose biological parents have TSZ and who develop TSZ usually avoid developing a severe form of the syndrome if they seek treatment for TSZ shortly after developing the first signs of it. (E) Children with TSZ whose biological parents do not have TSZ are less likely to have the syndrome diagnosed when symptoms first appear than are children with TSZ whose biological parents have TSZ.
winterschool wrote:
Q2. The Georgetown Public School recommends that all its students take an active interest in playing chess. This is because, according to a recent medical study, those students who played chess on an average performed better in tests of general intelligence than those who did not play chess. Thus the school contends that playing chess will boost up the intelligence of its students. Which of the following raises the most serious doubt about the conclusion above? (A) Some students who perform well in tests of general intelligence do not play chess (B) Intelligent students are the only ones who take an interest in playing chess (C) A similar correlation has not been observed with regards to other sports such as baseball (D) Some of the students who play chess perform poorly in subjects such as History (E) There can be other ways in which a student could develop intelligence
CR Questions December - 25 :Q1. The campus parking authority’s claim that the university is losing substantial revenue
each semester by allowing commuting students to park on campus for free is clearly
false. Nearly all students who commute to campus live close enough to the university
to easily walk there. Hence, the revenue generated by a pay-to-park system would
actually be quite small, since ______________.
(A) only full-time students would be required to purchase parking permits.
(B) most people who currently commute would rather walk to school than pay to park
on campus.
(C) enforcement of parking restrictions would require the hiring of many additional
parking authority employees.
(D) the university receives the majority of its revenue from charitable donations.
(E) most of the free parking areas that are currently being used by students would be
converted to paid parking areas.
Q2. We know that if life ever existed on the Moon, there would be signs of life there. But numerous excursions to the Moon have failed to provide us with any sign of life. So there has never been life on the Moon.
The pattern of reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one of the following?
(A) We know that the spy is a traitor. We do not know that the general is a traitor. So the general is not a spy.
(B) If we have any mayonnaise, it would be in the refrigerator. But the refrigerator is almost empty. So it is unlikely that we have mayonnaise.
(C) Hendricks will win the election only if voters are concerned primarily with fighting crime. Hendricks is in favor of tougher criminal penalties. So voters will probably go with Hendricks.
(D) If rodents are responsible for the lost grain from last year’s harvest, we would find signs of rodents in the warehouses. And we have found signs of rodents there. So rodents are responsible for the lost grain.
(E) If their army is planning an attack, there would either be troop movements along the border or a transfer of weapons. But intelligence reports show no indication of either. So their army is not planning an attack.