| Critical Reasoning Butler: August 2025 |
| August 20 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 It is the policy of SubStop Sandwiches to give discretionary raises only to employees who demonstrate a strong commitment to their jobs and have worked at SubStop for more than six months. However, a state labor law requires SubStop to provide annual cost-of-living raises to all employees who have been continuously employed for at least six months. Last year, SubStop complied fully with its own policy and with the state’s labor laws. Yet, 2—and only 2—of SubStop Sandwiches’ 8 employees received any wage raise whatsoever last year.
If the information provided is true, which of the following must on the basis of it also be true about SubStop last year?
(A) Two of its employees demonstrated a strong commitment to their jobs.
(B) None of its employees received a discretionary raise.
(C) Six of its employees failed to demonstrate a strong commitment to their jobs.
(D) Two of its employees worked at SubStop continuously for at least six months.
(E) It claimed to provide wage raises in compliance with the state’s labor law but in fact did not.
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CR 2 Which of the following provides the best completion of the passage below?
Our nation’s public policy dictates that our lands be put to their most economically productive uses. Although farm subsidies help farmers avoid bankruptcy during years in which they lose their crops due to natural disasters, in the long term, subsidies provide a disincentive for farmers to farm productively. Therefore, ________ .
(A) the farm subsidy system is ultimately to blame when a farm goes bankrupt
(B) our nation’s public policy should be modified to accommodate farm subsidies
(C) farmers should strive to make more productive use of their farmland
(D) in the long term, farmers would operate their farms more profitably without subsidies
(E) the current farm subsidy system amounts to a violation of our nation’s public policy