Critical Reasoning Butler: April 2025 |
April 3 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 Private ownership of services traditionally considered to be the responsibility of the government will typically improve those services. The turnpike system in the United States of the nineteenth century demonstrates the truth of this principle; the system, which had previously been controlled by the government, became a more reliable system when taken over by private organizations.
Which of the following describes a significant flaw in the argument?
A. The author defends the conclusion by appealing to a person of authority.
B. The author distorts an opposing view in trying to show its weaknesses.
C. The author attacks what the author perceives as a wrong action by pointing gout another perceived wrong action.
D. The author generalizes from a sample not representative enough to establish the conclusion.
E. The author attributes two very different meanings to the same word.
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CR 2 Superficially, college graduates in 1982 resembled college graduates of 1964; they were fairly conservative, well dressed, and interested in tradition; they respected their parents. But there was a deep-seated difference: a majority of the members of the class of 1982 who were surveyed in their freshman year stated that making a good income was an important reason for their decision to go to college.
The statements in the passage, if true, best support which of the following conclusions?
A. The concerns of college graduates of 1964 were superficial compared to the financial worries of college graduates of 1982.
B. Fewer than half the students of the class of 1964 declared as freshmen that they entered college in order to increase their earning potential.
C. Educational background did not play as significant a part in determining income in 1964 as it did in 1982.
D. A majority of the members of the class of 1964 revised their reasons for attending college between their freshman year and college graduation.
E. College graduates of 1964 were actually less conservative than college graduates of 1982.