| Critical Reasoning Butler: September 2025 |
| October 2 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 Which of the following most logically completes the argument below?
A new palm vein scanning technology is being developed by scientists that could be used with laptops or other tablet devices. This technology involves the use of a biometric sensor that can scan the unique pattern of veins in a person’s palm to verify their identity. This technology could do away with the problem of remembering multiple passwords to access different websites. However, the technology would require new biometric sensors to be built into computers but this should not be a hindrance in the success of the new technology, because___________________________.
(A) the new technology is bound to be extremely popular with computer users
(B) the biometric sensors do not cost a lot of money and are available in plentiful supply
(C) most people have forgotten one or more of their passwords at some point in their lives
(D) there is almost always a market for innovations such as these
(E) the biometric sensors can be easily and cost effectively built into computers
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CR 2 Those who claim that the Kribki Company is poorly managed often cite, as evidence, the fact that the Kribki Company has twice as many complaints listed against it on a popular complaint website than its nearest competitor. However, this data does not necessarily prove that the Kribki Company is poorly managed because ____________________.
Which of the following best completes the argument above?
(A) the Kribki Company also has a lot of loyal customers who have great things to say about it
(B) the website on which the complaints are listed started operations only one year ago whereas the Kribki Company has been in the business for more than three decades
(C) the Kribki Company has twice as many people manning its customer service department than its nearest competitor
(D) the Kribki Company has six times as many customers as its nearest competitor
(E) the Kribki Company does eventually manage to resolve the complaint of most of its customers