| Critical Reasoning Butler: July 2025 |
| July 15 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 Though the strict syntax of the current prevailing animation scripting language has entirely replaced the now deprecated notation of former script generations, the fact remains that amateurs and professionals who lack up-to-date training continue to produce code in such relatively primitive languages, despite the browsers' software houses attempt to enforce progress by updating common browsers so that they cannot render the animation encoded by such scripts.
Which of the following best explains the failure of the plan devised by the software houses?
A. The new syntax prevents multiple possible interpretations of command lines in scripts while significantly increasing the time untrained code-writers must spend on debugging their syntax mistakes compared to older and more generic version of the script.
B. Certain large research and development departments or institutions require systems that can render sophisticated animations in closed computing environments which do not necessitate browser compatibility.
C. Despite the rapid rate of evolution in Internet browsing software, outdated browsers, which cannot render high-end graphics programmed in highly-structured scripts, are quickly becoming a thing of the past thanks to online updating mechanisms.
D. An online survey conducted by the giant software houses behind famous browsers such as Voyager, Firelocks, Savana, and Drome has discovered that even though some features of old scripts are available on these browsers, few people if any know that.
E. Current scripted animation training programs include, on top of comprehensive training in the most up-to-date scripting language available today, a summarized review of former reincarnations of those scripting languages, for the sake of comparison.
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CR 2 Extensive archaeological research has shown that male crusaders killed during battle in the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099-1287 AD) were buried on their backs with both their hands and their feet clasped. During archaeological excavations of a crusader burial ground three miles from the ancient city of Jerusalem, a skeleton of a woman was found buried on her back with both her hands and feet clasped. The archaeologist conducting the excavation hypothesized that this skeleton belonged to a female crusader killed in battle.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the archaeologist's hypothesis?
(A) No written material depicting crusader-period battles mentions female crusaders fighting alongside the men.
(B) A coin found near the fingers of the skeleton portrays a relief of king Baldwin II of Jerusalem who died in 1131.
(C) When the female skeleton was examined more closely in a lab, an arrowhead was found within the rib cage.
(D) New research in physical sociology shows that women in peripheral parts of the mediaeval christian world sometimes fought alongside men as early as the fourteenth century.
(E) Numismatic and metallurgical research of metal artifacts found throughout the burial ground shows a strong indication of thirteenth century activity and signs of armed conflict nearby.