| Critical Reasoning Butler: September 2025 |
| October 17 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 Dental surgery encompasses many complex procedures that require years of training and experience to perform correctly. Surgeons working for government-subsidized health services are usually inexperienced and have been known to commit errors that experienced surgeons would not. Since such errors can result in unpleasant damage to nerves in the mouth and jaw area, people that need dental surgery should consult private surgeons even if it necessitates paying a higher price.
Which of the following, if true, supports the argument's conclusion?
A. To become certified dental surgeons, students must first be accepted into specialist programs which require extremely high grades and references given by supervising surgeons.
B. Almost 80% of the procedures performed by dental surgeons do not require incisions deep enough to pose a threat to nerves in the gums.
C. A decrease in the number of consultations with government surgeons will lead to an increase in the price of government-subsidized dental health services.
D. Structural damage to nerve fibers, resulting in discontinuous neural communication, is usually irreversible.
E. Technological advancements in the dental health sector simplify procedures and allow surgeons to avoid making mistakes.
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CR 2 Many energy bars contain vitamin supplements. Some of these bars provide 100% of the recommended daily vitamin consumption amounts. Nevertheless, a well-balanced meal, including a variety of food types, is a better source of vitamins than eating energy bars alone.
Which of the following, if true, would most strongly support the position above?
A. People who regularly eat energy bars that contain vitamin supplements often neglect to eat foods that contain these vitamins naturally.
B. Energy bars that contain vitamin supplements are as easy to digest as similar energy bars that do not contain vitamin supplements.
C. In many kinds of foods, the natural combination of vitamins with other nutrients results in these vitamins' higher usability to the body than the vitamin supplements that energy bars contain.
D. Few meals, as balanced and varied as they may be, provide the body with 100% of the recommended daily vitamin consumption amounts.
E. Energy bars containing vitamin supplements come in a variety of flavors and sizes.