1. BUS 402 Week 3 Critical Thinking Quiz
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1. Since Jessica’s participation in local politics increased significantly after she joined her
school’s political science club, it is clear that her involvement in that club led her to take an
interest in politics. The argument above is flawed because
2. Catherine goes to her local movie theater only to see romantic comedies. Since Catherine did
not go to the movies yesterday, there is not a romantic comedy playing at her local theater.
The reasoning above is flawed because the evidence
3. The average height of members of the high school basketball team is six feet, three inches.
Jerry is on the high school basketball team, so Jerry must be taller than six feet.
The argument above is flawed because it confuses
4. A recent study of 100 employees from six departments of a major corporation found 65% to
be sleep deprived. The researchers concluded that the majority of corporate employees are sleep
deprived.
The researcher’s conclusion is suspect because it
5. Mrs. Orlof teaches two history classes, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Yesterday
she gave the same test to both classes. Anyone who failed the test must take a retest. Since a
greater percentage of students who took the morning test failed the test than students who took
the afternoon test, more of Orlof’s morning history students than afternoon history students will
have to take the retest.
The conclusion above is not necessarily valid because
6. All sages provide both wisdom and inspiration. Since Dasha’s speech contained wisdom and
greatly inspired her audience, Dasha is a sage.
Which one of the following points out the flaw in the argument above?
7. The untimely death of Professor Hathaway halted his groundbreaking research into the uses of
solar power. It therefore appears that Hathaway’s research will not result in practical
applications.
Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
8. Some politicians claim to support the environment in speeches they make around the country.
However, to get to those speeches they ride in gas guzzling, pollution creating private planes.
They therefore clearly don’t believe a word of what they say and are actually making the
environmental problem worse.
Which one of the following, if true, would best weaken the argument above?

2. 9. Career counselor: It is best for artists to build a practical and safe career that will guarantee
them a secure income, and then pursue their art in their spare time. That way, they will be
motivated to work hard at their day jobs to support their art making, and both their career and
their art will thrive.
Which one of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument?
10. Last season at City Opera House, far more people attended opera X than opera Y. However,
opera Y generated far greater net profits for City Opera House than did opera X.
Each of the following could directly explain the result indicated above EXCEPT:
11. As part of its reorganization, company X created five new positions within the company.
However, after the reorganization was complete, company X had fewer employees than before
the reorganization.
Which one of the following, if true, would best explain the result described above?
12. Choose the pair of words/phrases among the choices that exhibits the same logical
relationship as the words/phrases in the following pair.
gavel : judge
13. Choose the pair of words/phrases among the choices that exhibits the same logical
relationship as the words/phrases in the following pair.
building : blueprint
14. Choose the pair of words/phrases among the choices that exhibits the same logical
relationship as the words/phrases in the following pair.
heavy : weight
15. Memmie: The greater the population near a restaurant, the more potential customers it has
and the greater chance its popularity will spread through word-of-mouth. O’Sullivans Restaurant
just opened in the very densely populated town of Redville, so its chances for success are great.
Sam: But the more people living in an area, the more restaurants there are in that area, so the
more competition each one faces. There are twelve other restaurants serving the people of
Redville.
Memmie and Sam seem to disagree about whether
16. Barney: Last winter, I slipped on the outside stairs of PineTree Café and broke my leg. My
fall was caused by ice on the stairs that the restaurant failed to remove. Since the restaurant
clearly did not provide a safe atmosphere for its customers, I am justified in taking it to court.
Lydia: Unwarranted lawsuits are sweeping the country—lawsuits that have no legal merit and
are brought simply to make lawyers and their clients rich. If this trend continues, soon our legal
system will be swamped to the point where it won’t be able to administer justice to people who
truly deserve it. You therefore should drop your case against PineTree Café.
The speakers above appear to disagree on which one of the following points?
17. In a survey of 10 film historians, half voted for Nosferatu as the greatest vampire film ever
made, and the other half voted for Dracula. However, when asked which lead vampire character

3. they considered more charismatic, all of the film critics chose Dracula over Nosferatu.
Based on the information above, it must be true that for some film critics, their feelings about the
charisma of the lead character
18. Some drugs combat obesity or alcohol addiction by turning off pleasure centers in the brain.
However, if the dosage is too high, there’s a risk that people taking them will be plunged into
depression.
The statements above, if true, support which one of the following assertions?
19. The higher the price of an antique, the greater people’s expectation that the object is rare.
That, in turn, makes the antique appear more valuable.
If the statements above are correct, then offering an antique for sale at a bargain price
20. The president spoke to 19 congressmen from Texas to encourage them to vote for a bill.
Since four of the 19 congressmen went on to vote for the bill, it is clear that the president
persuaded those four to vote the way they did.
The argument above assumes that
21. A company can either invest in employee training seminars or update its computer network.
Since updating the computer network would result in more measurable benefits, the company
would be best off updating its computer network.
The argument above assumes that
22. Looking to increase the profits of his lemonade stand, Johann doubled the price of a cup of
lemonade from 25 cents to 50 cents. This clearly shows Johann’s lack of business sense, for now
he’ll almost certainly sell fewer cups at the new price and therefore make less money than
before.
The argument above assumes that
23. The very large increase in allergies over the last thirty years is due to the great success of
immunizations administered over this time period. Since immunizations have nearly eliminated
life-threatening diseases such as polio, the human immune system increasingly targets other
environmental substances in order to keep working properly. Allergy symptoms such as runny
nose and itchy eyes result when the immune system attacks pollen that is breathed in from the
air.
Which one of the following best expresses the main point of the passage above?
24. Sometimes people get caught in a “downward spiral,” a case in which something leads to a
result which in turn leads to more of the original thing, bringing on more of the result. As the
process continues, the result continually gets worse and worse. An example is when people turn
to binge eating when depressed, which causes them to put on weight and feel unhealthy, which
then makes them more depressed, leading to more overeating, and so on.
The author is mainly concerned with
25. Whereas many industries suffer during economic recessions, the art industry does well. Some
think the reason is that artists feed off the anxiety and uncertainty during recessions to produce

4. inspired works. Others think that recessions, while harmful to most people, produce a handful of
very rich people willing to pay very high prices for artworks, driving up the value of the art
market as a whole.
The author of the passage above is primarily interested in