| Critical Reasoning Butler: May 2025 |
| May 1 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 Unlike older animation software, depth-sensor enabled animation tools automatically correct errors in depth perception and perspective, allowing animators to work faster and more efficiently. Thus, replacing older animation software with depth-sensor enabled animation tools will produce an immediate reduction of animation costs.
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the conclusion drawn above?
A. Animators who use both the older animation software and the newer, depth-sensor enabled animation tools report greater difficulty in transitioning from the depth-sensor enabled animation tools to the older software than from the older software to the depth-sensor enabled animation tools.
B. The more experienced and well-trained an animator is on older animation software, the more it costs to train that animator to use the newer, depth-sensor enabled animation tools.
C. The number of studios and artists that use depth-sensor enabled animation tools is increasing every year.
D. The newer, depth-sensor enabled animation tools are no more expensive to produce or acquire than the older animation software.
E. Novice animators can learn to use the depth-sensor enabled animation tools in approximately the same length of time it takes them to learn to use the older animation software.
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CR 2 The lawyer representing several boat owners in a class-action lawsuit argued that because there is no direct evidence that contact with the liquid exhaust produced by speedboats harms the chassis of sailboats that are well maintained, banning speedboats from the lake cannot be justified on the grounds of damaging private property.
Which criticism of the above argument, from among the following, is best?
A. It fails to consider that the chassis of sailboats can be damaged by factors other than the liquid exhaust from speedboats.
B. It fails to acknowledge that sailboats, even those that routinely come in contact with the liquid exhaust produced by speedboats, are generally better-maintained than speed boats are.
C. It does not consider the roles that material quality, design, and human error play in damage caused to a boat’s chassis.
D. It fails to take into account the possibility that the owners of well-maintained sailboats, who are made aware of the danger posed by the liquid exhaust produced by speedboats, may show greater concern regarding potential chassis damage to their sailboats.
E. It ignores how the liquid exhaust can damage the chassis of sailboats that are not well-maintained.