Critical Reasoning Butler: May 2025 |
May 20 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 The restrictions on what one can carry inside an airplane are surely too severe. Airlines these days issue a long checklist of items that cannot be carried inside an aircraft making it cumbersome for the travelers to keep a track of all these items. In any case, barely two percent of travelers are ever caught with these restricted items, so it’s best if these restrictions are removed.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
(A) The restrictions themselves do not discourage people from carrying restricted items on to airplanes.
(B) The restrictions have been implemented all across the world.
(C) There is no scope for corrupt practices on the part of those enforcing these restrictions.
(D) There have been instances when an innocent traveler has been wrongly detained by over cautious airline personnel.
(E) Criminals are hardly likely to carry restricted items with them on an airline.
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CR 2 When unemployment rates are high, people with full-time jobs tend to take fewer and shorter vacations. When unemployment rates are low, people tend to vacation more often and go away for longer periods of time. Thus, it can be concluded that full-time workers’ perceptions of their own job security influence the frequency and duration of their vacations.
The argument above assumes that
(A) the people who take the longest vacations when unemployment rates are low have no fear of losing their jobs
(B) travel costs are lower during times of low unemployment
(C) most people prefer to work full-time jobs
(D) workers’ perceptions of their own job security are in some way related to the unemployment rate
(E) workers’ fears of losing their jobs have increased recently