Critical Reasoning Butler: June 2025 |
June 13 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 Many people start working out in a gym in order to become fitter. When surveyed a month after joining the gym, a large majority of these people report a high level of satisfaction with having joined a gym although the typical gym member gains, on average, 3 pounds in the first month after joining the gym.
Which of the following resolves the seeming discrepancy described above?
A. Not all people surveyed were satisfied with their gyms.
B. Working out in a gym increases muscle tissue and decreases fat tissue, which improves one's fitness.
C. People that are new to working out in a gym are not more prone to physical injury than those that are experienced members.
D. A similar survey conducted among gym members two months after they had joined a gym had very similar results.
E. The only reason for satisfaction with a gym is the amount of weight lost after joining it.
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CR 2 Customer reviews are becoming a fixture on retail and consumer brand websites, with over 70% of retailers planning to feature them by the end of the year. The accelerated adoption of customer reviews indicates a more enlightened approach to handling negative comments, that is, the acknowledgment that occasional negative reviews do not hurt sales.
Under which of the following conditions is the above strategy likely to backfire?
(A) The quality of the product in question is so poor that a customer is not likely to buy it in the first place.
(B) There are frequent negative reviews for a product.
(C) The 20% of the retailers who do not launch this feature decide to offer huge discounts on their products.
(D) The customers of a product never come to know about the existence of this feature on the product website.
(E) It costs retailers a considerable sum of money to implement this feature on their respective websites.