Logical Reasoning MCQ Set 2

Question: During the SARS days, about 23,500 doctors who had treated SARS sufferers died and about 23,670 doctors who had not engaged in treatment for SARS sufferers died. On the basis of those figures, it can be concluded that it was not much more dangerous to participate in SARS treatment during the SARS day than it was not to participate in SARS treatment.
Which of the following would reveal most clearly the absurdity of the conclusion drawn above?

1. Counting deaths among doctors who had participated in SARS treatment in addition to deaths among doctors who had not participated in SARS treatment
2. Expressing the difference between the numbers of deaths among doctors who had treated SARS sufferers and doctors who had not treated SARS suffers as a percentage of the total number of deaths
3. Separating deaths caused by accidents during the treatment to SARS suffers from deaths caused by infect of SARS suffers.
4. Comparing death rates per thousand members of each group rather than comparing total numbers of deaths
5. Comparing deaths caused by accidents in the United States to deaths caused by infect in treating SARS suffers.

Question: In 2003 an airline in United State lost more than half, on average, of the foreign passengers they had previously served each year. Researchers have alleged that this extreme drop resulted from a rise in price of tickets for international lines from $60 to $90 per 1,000 miles.
Which of the following, if feasible, offers the best prospects for alleviating the problem of the drop in passengers as the researchers assessed it?

1. Cooperating with other airlines to provide more international lines.
2. Allowing foreign passengers to pay the same as the previous international line
3. Reemphasizing the goals and mission of the airline as serving both domestic passengers and foreign passengers
4. Increasing the financial resources of the airline by raising the ticket price for domestic passengers
5. Offering superior VIP service for foreign passengers.

Question: Our work proves to be very successful. In the past three years, each of our five clients has experienced the fastest growth of sales in their history. Therefore, if your company wants to increase sales, do not hesitate to call Sigma & Max, since we are the solution.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously jeopardizes the validity of the argument by the speaker above?

1. Most of the consultants at Sigma & Max hold MBA degrees.
2. Even without the help of Sigma & Max, the five clients of Sigma & Max will achieve the same growth rate in sale.
3. Sigma & Max is one of the five leading management consulting companies.
4. Sigma & Max uses an updated accounting approach to help companies to cut cost.
5. All of the five clients of Sigma & Max are doing business in financial industry.

Question: A life insurance company allows people to prepay their endowment insurance at current rates. The policyholder then pays the premium every year. People should participate in the program as a means of decreasing the cost for their living after retirement.
Which of the following, if true, is the most appropriate reason for people NOT to participate in the program?

1. Peoples are unsure about which insurance company they will choose after retirement.
2. The amount of money accumulated by putting the prepayment funds in an interest-bearing account today will be greater than the total cost of insurance when they retire.
3. The annual cost of premium is expected to increase at a faster rate than the annual increase in the cost of living.
4. Some of the insurance companies are contemplating large increases in premium next year.
5. The prepayment plan would not cover the cost of hospitalization.

If highways were restricted to cars and only those truck with capacity of less than 8 tons, most the truck traffic would be forced to run outside highway. Such a reduction in the amount of truck traffic would reduce the risk of collision in highway.

Question: 1 The conclusion draw in the first sentence depends on which of the following assumptions?

1. The roads outside highway would be as convenient as highway for most drivers of truck.
2. Most roads outside highways are not ready to handle truck traffic.
3. Most trucks that are currently running in highway have a capacity of more than 8 tons.
4. Cars are at greater risk of becoming involved in collisions than are trucks.
5. A reduction in the risk of collision would eventually lead to increases in car traffic.

Question:2 Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion drawn in the second sentence?

1. Cars with a capacity of more than 8 tons are already excluded outside highways.
2. Highways are experiencing overcrowded traffic primarily because of sharp increases in car traffic.
3. Many drivers of trucks would rather buy truck with a capacity of less than 8 tons than be excluded from highways.
4. The number of collisions that occur near highways has decreased in recent years.
5. Trucks that have a capacity of more than 8 tons cause a disproportionately large number of collisions in highways.

Question: The price of purchasing a car in Country Q is 120 percent less than the price of purchasing a car in Country Y. Even after transportation fees and tariff charges are added, it is still cheaper for a buyer to import car from Country Q to Country Y than to buy car in Country Y.
The statements above, if true, best support which of the following assertions?

1. Gasoline prices in Country Q are 120 percent below those in Country Y.
2. Importing cars from Country Q to Country Y will eliminate 120 percent of the sales of cars in Country Y.
3. The tariff on a car imported from Country Q to Country Y is less than 120 percent of the price of a car in Country Y.
4. The fee for transporting a car from Country Q to Country Y is more than 120 percent of the price of a car in Country Q.
5. It takes 120 percent less time to transport a car in Country Q than it does in Country Y.