Critical Reasoning Butler: June 2025 |
June 5 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 The recent increase in the number of accidents related to bungee jumping has led to a lot of people asking for a ban on bungee jumping. Opponents of the ban argue that it is a personal choice whether someone wants to indulge in bungee jumping and the constitution guarantees every individual’s right to freedom. They assert that as long as nobody else is getting harmed, an individual should be allowed to indulge in bungee jumping.
Which of the following most strengthens the argument made by the opponents of the ban?
(A) Bungee jumping is safer than other activities such as free style rappelling or zip lining.
(B) The operating licenses of a lot of bungee jumping companies have been cancelled after incidents of accidents were reported from these companies.
(C) Most accidents related to bungee jumping happen because of a weak or defective bungee cord.
(D) In the more than 400 documented accidents connected to bungee jumping, nobody other than the person making the jump has ever got injured.
(E) Bungee jumping companies can be allowed to operate as long as they implement some new safety measures.
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CR 2 Banker: Our asset quality is fairly strong and has been improving in the past few quarters.
But given our size, we cannot afford to allow any of our large accounts to turn nonperforming. It would create havoc for us.
Which of the following must be true on the basis of the statements made by the banker above?
(A) The bank in question must be a small sized bank.
(B) If any of the bank’s accounts become non-performing, the bank will go bankrupt.
(C) The bank does not mind if any of its smaller accounts turn non-performing.
(D) The bank used to have assets of a poor quality a few quarters back.
(E) One of the important factors that will determine the bank’s performance is the quality of its large accounts.