Logical Reasoning MCQ Set 17

Beautiful beaches attract people, no doubt about it. Just look at this city's beautiful beaches, which are among the most overcrowded beaches in the state.
Which of the following exhibits a pattern of reasoning most similar to the one exhibited in the argument above?

1. Moose and bear usually appear at the same drinking hole at the same time of day. Therefore, moose and bear must grow thirsty at about the same time.
2. Children who are scolded severely tend to misbehave more often than other children. Hence if a child is not scolded severely that child is less likely to misbehave.
3. This software program helps increase the work efficiency of its users. As a result, these users have more free time for other activities.
4. During warm weather my dog suffers from fleas more so than during cooler weather. Therefore, fleas must thrive in a warm environment.
5. Pesticides are known to cause anemia in some people. However, most anemic people live in regions where pesticides are not commonly used.

Our school district should not spend its money on the new Verbal Advantage reading program. After all, our students get all the reading practice they need by studying history and science.
The argument above depends on which the following assumptions?

1. The Verbal Advantage program would not help the students learn history and science.
2. Other reading programs are just as effective but less expensive than the Verbal Advantage program.
3. The Verbal Advantage program involves only reading practice.
4. Teaching students history and science is more important than teaching them reading skills.
5. The students can already read well enough to study history and science

A study of native born residents in Newland found that two-thirds of the children developed considerable levels of nearsightedness after starting school, while their illiterate parents and grandparents, who had no opportunity for formal schooling, showed no signs of this disability.
If the above statements are true, which of the following conclusions is most strongly supported by them?

1. Only people who have the opportunity for formal schooling develop nearsightedness.
2. People who are illiterate do not suffer from nearsightedness.
3. The nearsightedness in the children is caused by the visual stress required by reading and other class work.
4. Only literate people are nearsighted.
5. One-third of the children are illiterate.

Newspaper publishers earn their profits primarily from advertising revenue, and potential advertisers are more likely to advertise in newspapers with a wide circulation—a large number of subscribers and other readers—than with other newspapers. But the circulation of the newspaper that is currently the most profitable one in this city has steadily declined during the last two years, while the circulation of one of its competitors has steadily increased.
Any of the following, if true, would help explain the apparent discrepancy between the two statements above EXCEPT:

1. Advertisers generally switch from the most widely circulated newspaper to another one only when the other one becomes the most widely circulated newspaper instead.
2. Advertising rates charged by the most profitable newspaper in the city are significantly higher than those charged by its competitors.
3. The most profitable newspaper in the city receives revenue from its subscribers as well from advertisers.
4. The circulation of the most profitable newspaper in the city is still greater than than of any of its competitors.
5. The number of newspapers competing viably with the most profitable newspaper in the city has increased during the last two years.

Although most of the fastest growing jobs in today's economy will require a college degree, many of the new jobs being created-from home health aide to desktop publisher-require knowledge other than that gained from earning a degree. For workers in those jobs, good basic skills in reading, communigreion, and mathematics play an important role in getting a job and developing a career.
From the information given above it can be validly concluded that, in today's economy, :

1. skills in reading, communigreion, and mathematics play an important role in developing a career as a desktop publisher
2. the majority of the new jobs being created require knowledge other than that gained from earning a college degree
3. a job as a home health aide will rely more on communigreion skills than on basic skills in reading and mathematics
4. if a job is one of the fastest growing jobs, it will require a college degree
5. desktop publisher jobs and home health aide jobs are not among the fastest growing jobs

According to the National Agricultural Aviation Society (NAAS), without the use of crop protection products to control insects, weeds, and diseases, crop yields per acre will drop by more than 50 percent. The first aerial appligreion of insecticide occurred in 1921, and it was a huge success. By contrast, in today's economy all aircraft that are classified as aerial appligreors do more than just apply insecticide; today, they also spread seed and apply fertilizer.
From the information given above it CANNOT be validly concluded that

1. in today's economy, if an aerial appligreor is used, then it will be able to spread seed and to apply fertilizer
2. according to the NAAS, if crop yields per acre never drop by more than 50 percent, then crop protection products have been used to control insects, weeds, and diseases
3. in today's economy, any aircraft that cannot be used to apply fertilizer cannot be classified as an aerial appligreor
4. in 1921, if an aircraft was used for the appligreion of insecticide, then it was not also used to spread seed
5. according to the NAAS, if crop yields per acre drop by more than 50 percent, then crop protection products have not been used to control insects, weeds, and diseases.