| Critical Reasoning Butler: December 2025 |
| December 2 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 In 2010, China comprised about 10 percent of the world's gross domestic product (GDP), and its voting share in the World Bank was increased from under 3 percent to 4.4 percent. During the same timeframe, France comprised about 4 percent of the world's GDP and saw its voting share in the World bank drop from 4.3 percent to 3.8 percent.
Which of the following can be logically concluded from the passage above?
(A) World Bank voting shares are allocated based upon each country's share of the world's GDP.
(B) The new ratio of voting share to percentage of world GDP is lower for China than it is for France.
(C) Gross domestic product is the most important factor in determining voting share at the World Bank.
(D) China should be upset that its voting share does not match its proportion of the world's GDP.
(E) France lost some of its voting share to China because China comprised a larger portion of the world's GDP.
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CR 2 Two-dimensional bar codes are omni-directional; that is, unlike one-dimensional bar codes, they can be scanned from any direction. Additionally, two-dimensional bar codes are smaller and can store more data than their one-dimensional counterparts. Despite such advantages, two-dimensional bar codes account for a much smaller portion of total bar code usage than one-dimensional bar codes.
Which of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent paradox?
(A) Many smaller stores do not use bar codes at all because of the expense.
(B) For some products, the amount of data necessary to be coded is small enough to fit fully on a one-dimensional bar code.
(C) Two-dimensional bar codes are, on average, less expensive than one-dimensional bar codes.
(D) Two-dimensional bar codes can also be scanned by consumer devices, such as cell phones.
(E) One-dimensional bar codes last longer and are less prone to error than two-dimensional bar codes.