| Critical Reasoning Butler: June 2026 |
| June 11 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 Purchasers of laptop computers generally do not use them often enough to justify the cost. Presumably, laptop computers are more expensive than desktop computers due to the laptop computers’ portability. However, one survey showed that only 22% of laptop computer owners had used them outside the home in the past 30 days.
The conclusion that purchasers of laptop computers do not use them often enough to justify the cost is most called into question by which of the following?
(A) Some laptop computer owners do not like to take their laptops to school or work out of fear that the computers will be damaged or stolen.
(B) Laptop computer owners sometimes overestimate how often they use their laptops outside the home.
(C) Laptop computer owners often use their laptop computers in different locations around their own homes.
(D) Laptop computer owners usually prefer to purchase computers that have wireless Internet capability, so the computers are more mobile.
(E) Laptop computer owners who use their laptop computers outside the home tend to do so at least three times per week
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CR 2 At Food World Supermarket, built in 1975, the number of successful thefts has risen dramatically in the last few months. Food world has a reliable electronic security system at all the customer exit doors, and this system is always operational. Therefore the thefts must have been committed by people who used exits other than the regular customer exit doors.
Which of the following is assumption that would make the conclusion above logically correct ?
(A) If a surveillance system is installed in a supermarket, it is always equipped at every possible exit.
(B) If an employee so wishes, he is allowed to leave thorugh an exit that is not monitored by surveillance system.
(C) If a store has reliable security system, it is impossible to pass through the system undetected.
(D) If a supermarket was built before 1980, it often has exits that cannot be equipped with electtronic surveillance.
(E) If a store has a reliable electronic security system but is still experiencing a rise in theft, it must be the case that the employees must are stealing.