| Critical Reasoning Butler: November 2025 |
| November 28 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 During the past week, 120 RamTech Corporation employees have reported symptoms of a strain of food poisoning known as disporella, but only 8 of these employees have tested positive for the strain. A RamTech spokesperson claims that the apparent outbreak of disporella can be attributed to contaminated food served two weeks ago at the company’s annual employee picnic.
Which of the following, if true, would best support the claim made by the RamTech spokesperson above?
(A) Disporella symptoms generally last only a few days.
(B) RamTech’s cafeteria facilities provide lunch to RamTech employees during every workday.
(C) People with disporella do not generally test positive for disporella until at least one week after disporella symptoms begin to occur.
(D) People with disporella often do not exhibit disporella symptoms until more than a week after contracting disporella.
(E) A person can test positive for disporella without exhibiting symptoms of disporella.
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CR 2 State X requires employers to pay hourly-wage employees 50 percent more than their regular wage for every work hour in excess of 8, on any workday. State Y requires employers to pay these employees the same overtime rate, but only for work hours in excess of 40 during any given week. Most hourly-wage employees prefer to work in state Y over state X.
Based only on the statements above, which of the following best explains why most hourly-wage employees prefer to work in state Y over state X?
(A) Most hourly-wage employees work at least five days per week.
(B) Most hourly-wage employees prefer to work for employers that do not provide overtime work.
(C) Most hourly-wage employees prefer to work for employers that provide overtime work.
(D) Overtime work hours for most hourly-wage employees exceed regular work hours by at least 50 percent.
(E) Most hourly-wage employees work fewer than 40 hours per week.