| Critical Reasoning Butler: November 2025 |
| November 19 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 The women’s volleyball team at a local college finished fifth in its division, prompting the college to fire the team’s general manager. The manager responded by suing the college, saying that the team’s performance put it among the top teams in the country.
Which of the following statements, if true, would support the claim of the team’s manager, and resolve the apparent contradiction?
(A) The team won all of its “away” games during the season in question.
(B) Attendance at the volleyball team’s games was up 35% from the year before.
(C) Of the starting team, three team members were unable to play for at least half the season because of injuries.
(D) There are 80 teams in this particular volleyball team’s division.
(E) The team lost more games this year than it did the year before.
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CR 2 According to a recent report, the original tires supplied with the Impressivo, a new sedan-class automobile, wore much more quickly than tires conventionally wear. The report suggested two possible causes: (1) defects in the tires, and (2) improper wheel alignment of the automobile.
Which of the following would best help the authors of the report determine which of the two causes identified was responsible for the extra wear?
(A) a study in which the rate of tire wear in the Impressivo is compared to the rate of tire wear in all automobiles in the same class
(B) a study in which a second set of tires, manufactured by a different company than the one that made the first set, is installed on all Impressivos and the rate of wear is measured
(C) a study in which the level of satisfaction of workers in the Impressivo manufacturing plant is measured and compared to that of workers at other automobile manufacturing plants
(D) a study that determines how often improper wheel alignment results in major problems for manufacturers of other automobiles in the Impressivo’s class
(E) a study that determines the degree to which faulty driving techniques employed by Impressivo drivers contributed to tire wear