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GRE Big Book Critical Reasoning Test 9

Jimmy Wang
04/18/2024

GRE Critical Reasoning

Directions

Critical Reasoning questions test the ability to understand, analyze, and evaluate arguments. Some of the abilities tested by specific questions include identifying the roles played by specific phrases or sentences in an argument, recognizing the point of an argument, recognizing assumptions on which an argument is based" drawing conclusions and forming hypotheses, identifying methods of argumentation, evaluating arguments and counter-arguments, and analyzing evidence.

Each of the Critical Reasoning questions is based on a short argument, a set of statements, or a plan of action. For each question, select the best answer of the choices given.

Nursing homes range from three to five stories in height. If a nursing-home room is above the first floor, it has a fire escape.

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At Midwest University, there is no collusion between the athletic office and the admissions office. Athletes must be accepted for admission to the university on the basis of their academic records before they can be offered financial assistance on the basis of athletic ability. The university thus hopes to avoid the kind of recruiting violations that have been a problem at other universities.

#2

It can be inferred from the passage above that

in many universities, athletic offices are often at odds with admissions offices

most student athletes in universities are admitted solely on the basis of athletic ability

some universities offer financial assistance to athletes who would not be admitted to the university on the basis of their academic records

admissions offices do not modify academic admission requirements for any students except student athletes

the admission policy described above is unique to Midwest University

Our words are meaningless and cannot be distinguished from their opposites, as can be proved by an example. People think that they know the difference between the meanings of “bald” and “having hair.” Suppose an average person twenty-one years of age has N hairs on his or her head. We say that that person is not bald but has hair. But surely one hair less would make no difference, and a person with N – 1 hairs on his or her head would be said to have hair. Suppose we kept on, with one hair less each time. The result would be the same. But what would be the difference between someone who had one hair and someone who had none? We call them both bald. Nowhere can we make a distinction between “bald” and “having hair.”

#3

A common misconception is that university hospitals are better than community or private hospitals. In fact. university hospitals have a lower survival rate for patients than do other hospitals. From this it seems clear that the quality of care at university hospitals is lower than that at other hospitals.

#4

Which of the following, if true. most forcefully undermines the argument of the passage above?

The patients who seek help at university hospitals are usually more seriously ill than those at private or community hospitals.

Many doctors divide their working hours between a university and a community or private hospital.

University and community hospitals often cannot afford the elaborate facilities of private hospitals.

Doctors at university hospitals often earn less than doctors at private hospitals~

The emphasis at many university hospitals is on pure research rather, than on the treatment and care of patients.

Literary historians today have rejected conventional analyses of the development of English Renaissance drama. They no longer accept the idea that the sudden achievement of Elizabethan playwrights was a historical anomaly, a sort of magical rediscovery of ancient Greek dramatic form applied to contemporary -English subject matter. Instead, most students of the theater now view Elizabethan drama as being organically related to traditional local drama, particularly medieval morality plays.

#5

Which of the following is NOT consistent with the passage above?

Although English Renaissance drama treats English subject matter, its source of form and method is classical Greek drama.

Elizabethan drama, once thought to be a sudden blossoming forth of creativity, is now seen as part of a historical continuum.

Current scholarship applies an evolutionary model to English Renaissance drama.

Historians’ views of the antecedents of English Renaissance drama have changed considerably.

England had a dramatic tradition before the Renaissance period.

In 1975, 35 percent of state W’s work force was employed in manufacturing jobs. That percentage dropped in each following year until in 1982 it reached 25 percent.

#6

If the statements above are true, an of the following statements about changes in W's work force between 1975 and 1982 could also be true EXCEPT:

The number of people in the work force increased, while the number of people employed in manufacturing jobs decreased.

Both the number of people in the work force and the number of people employed in manufacturing jobs increased.

The number of people in the work force remained constant, while the number of people employed in manufacturing jobs decreased.

The number of people in the work force decreased, while the number of people employed in manufacturing jobs increased.

Both the number of people in the work force and the number of people employed in manufacturing jobs decreased.

The excessive number of safety regulations that the federal government has placed on Industry poses more serious hardships for big businesses than for small ones. Since large companies do everything on a more massive scale, they must alter more complex operations and spend much more money to meet governmental requirements.

#7

Which of the fonowing, if true, would most weaken the argument above?

Small companies are less likely than large companies to have the capital reserves for improvements.

Large companies are in general more likely than small companies to diversify their markets and products.

Large companies typically have more of their profits invested in other businesses than do small companies.

Safety regulation codes are uniform, established without reference to size of company.

The operations of small companies frequently rely on the same technologies as the operations of large companies.

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