Workforce Verbal Reasoning Past Questions and Answers


The Below Questions are considered Critical Reasoning,  attempt as many as you can


1)

I. Whenever some of the runners are leading off and all of the infielders are playing in, all of the batters attempt to bunt.
II. Some of the runners are leading off but some of the batters are not attempting to bunt.
Which of the following conclusions can be deduced from the two statements above?

Answer: E


Explanation:

The Best Option is E
This item tests logical deduction. Statement 1 establishes that all batters bunt whenever two conditions are met. Some runners lead off and all infielders play in. Statement 2 establishes that one of the two conditions is met but denies that all
battlers are bunting. This can only be because the other condition is not met; We cannot conclude as in © that none of the infielders are playing in, only that some are not. Nor can we deduce (D), that all are playing in- for that is logically
impossible. Then recalling our earlier discussions, we eliminate (A) and (B)
2)

49 I maintain that the best way to solve our company?s present financial crisis is to bring out a new line of goods. I challenge anyone who disagrees with this proposed course of action to show that it will not work. A flaw in the preceding argument is that it


Answer: C


Explanation:

The Best Option is (C)
The problem with this argument is that it contains no argument at all. Nothing is more frustrating than trying to discuss an issue with someone who will not even make an attempt to prove his case, whose only constructive argument is: ?well that is my position; If I am wrong, you prove I am wrong? This is an illegitimate attempt shift the burden of proof. The person who advances the argument naturally has the burden of giving some argument for it. (C) points out this problem. (A)is incorrect because the author uses no group classifications. (B) is incorrect because the author does not introduce any analogy. (D) is a weak version of (C). (E) may or may not be correct, but the information in the passage is not sufficient to allow us to isolate the theory upon which the speaker is operating. Therefore, we cannot conclude that it is or is not discredited.
3)

ALI: If an alien species ever visited Earth, it would surely be because they were looking for other intelligent species with whom they could communicate. Since we have not been contacted by aliens, we may conclude that none have ever visited this planet
AMY: Or, perhaps, they did not think human beings intelligent.
How is Amy?s response related to Ali?s argument?


Answer: C


Explanation:

The Best Option is C
Amy points out that Ali assumes that any extraterrestrial visitors to Earth, seeking intelligent life would regard human beings here on Earth as intelligent and therefore contact us. Amy hints that we might not be intelligent enough to interest them in contacting us. This is why (C) is the best option. (A) is wrong. Amy does not miss Ali’s point: She understands it very well and criticizes it. (B) is wrong since Amy is not suggesting that Ali is any less intelligent than any other human being, just that the Aliens might regard us all as below the level of intelligence which they are seeking. (D) is more nearly correct than any other choice save (C). (D) does not seem on target; in a way she does examine what internal structure there is – she notes there is a suppressed assumption which is unsound; finally, even assuming that what (D) says
is correct, it really does not
4)

Which of the following best completes the passage below? In a survey of job applicants, two-fifths admitted to being at least a little dishonest. However, the survey may underestimate the proportion of job applicants who are dishonest, because____.

Answer: A


Explanation:

A is the best answer.
If applicants who are in fact dishonest claimed to be honest, the survey results would show a smaller proportion of dishonest applicants than actually exists. Therefore, this choice is the best answer. B is inappropriate because generally
honest applicants who claimed to be dishonest could contribute to the overestimation, but not to the underestimation, of dishonest applicants. D is inappropriate because applicants who admitted their dishonesty would not contribute to an underestimation of the proportion of dishonest applicants. C and E are inappropriate because the argument is concerned neither with degrees of dishonesty nor with the honesty of non-applicants.
5)

All students have submitted applications for admission. Some of the applications for admission have not been acted upon, therefore some more student will be accepted. The logic of which of the following is most similar to that of the argument above?

Answer: A


Explanation:

The Best Option is A
The question stem has theform:
All S and AP (All students are Applicants)
Some AP are AC (Some Applicants are accepted)
Some more S are AC. (Some more students are accepted)
Notice that (A) preserves very nicely the parallel in the conclusion because it uses the word ?more?. Thus, the error made in the stem argument (that some more students will be accepted) is preserved in (A): more apples will be loaded. (B) has a valid argument form (All S are J; X is an S; therefore, X is a J), so it is not parallel to the sample argument. (C) is not similar for that least two reasons. First, its conclusion is a recommendation (?should?), not a factual claim. Second, (C) uses one premise, not two premises as the sample argument does. (D) would have been parallel to the
sample argument onlyif the sample had the conclusion ?some more applications must be acted upon?. Finally choice (DE) choice (E) contains an argument that is fallacious but the fallacy is not similar to that of the question stem

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