GMAT Verbal 13: Critical Reasoning — Mixed Practice I

O'qish Critical Reasoning: argument tuzilishi 4-dars, jami 4

Shu mavzudagi darslar · 4/4

GMAT Verbal 10: Anatomy of an Argument — Conclusion, Premises, Background
GMAT Verbal 11: The Gap — Finding What the Argument Assumes
GMAT Verbal 12: Weaken and Strengthen — Attacking and Supporting the Gap
GMAT Verbal 13: Critical Reasoning — Mixed Practice I

Aralash mashq: savol turini oʻzingiz aniqlang

Oldingi uch darsda har bir savol turini alohida oʻrgandik. Imtihonda esa ular aralash keladi va birinchi ish — savol nima soʻrayotganini aniqlash. Quyidagi oltita savol tasodifiy tartibda: har biridan oldin toʻxtab, turini oʻzingizga ayting.

⏱ Maqsad: 6 savol — 12 daqiqa

Eslatma: toʻrt qadam

1. Savol turi: conclusion · assumption · weaken · strengthen · must be true · role.

2. Xulosa va dalilni ajrating.

3. Boʻshliqni oʻz soʻzingiz bilan ayting.

4. Beshta tuzoq shaklini chiqarib tashlang: mavzudan tashqari, teskari, juda kuchli, dalilni takrorlash, xarajat.

💡 Maslahat: Har savoldan keyin tahlilni oʻqing — hatto toʻgʻri topgan boʻlsangiz ham. Toʻgʻri javobga toʻgʻri sabab bilan kelganingizni tekshirish — keyingi safar ham topishning kafolati.

Many economists argue that raising the minimum wage reduces employment. Yet when the region of Westvale raised its minimum wage by 15 percent, employment in the region rose slightly over the next two years. The economists' claim, at least in its general form, is therefore too strong.

Which of the following best states the main conclusion of the argument?

⏱ ~2 daqiqa

Employment in Westvale rose after the minimum wage was raised. The economists' general claim that raising the minimum wage reduces employment is too strong. Economists should stop studying the minimum wage. Westvale raised its minimum wage by 15 percent. Raising the minimum wage increases employment.

A software company plans to cut its costs by replacing its customer-support staff with an automated chatbot. The chatbot costs far less per year than the support team's salaries.

The company's plan to cut its costs depends on which of the following assumptions?

⏱ ~2 daqiqa

The support staff can be retrained for other jobs at the company. Other software companies already use chatbots for customer support. Using the chatbot will not lead to losses, such as customers leaving, that cost more than the salaries saved. Customers prefer chatbots to human support staff. The chatbot can answer every question that customers ask.

Restaurants that display calorie counts on their menus sell fewer high-calorie dishes than restaurants that do not. So requiring all restaurants to display calorie counts would reduce the number of high-calorie dishes that restaurant customers order.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

⏱ ~2 daqiqa

Displaying calorie counts costs restaurants very little. High-calorie dishes are usually the most profitable dishes for restaurants. Some customers ignore the calorie counts on menus. Calorie counts are already required on menus in some countries. The restaurants that chose to display calorie counts were mostly ones whose customers were already trying to eat fewer calories.

A city found that on streets where it planted trees, reported burglaries fell by 15 percent the following year. City officials concluded that the trees helped to deter burglary.

Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the officials' conclusion?

⏱ ~2 daqiqa

The tree planting was paid for by a national grant. Residents of the tree-lined streets also installed more security cameras that year. Trees take several years to grow to their full size. On streets where no trees were planted, reported burglaries did not fall during the same year. Some of the streets that got trees had very few burglaries to begin with.

At an investment firm, every project manager speaks English, and some project managers also speak Korean. No one at the firm who speaks Korean works in the accounting department.

If the statements above are true, which of the following must also be true?

⏱ ~2 daqiqa

Some project managers do not work in the accounting department. Most project managers speak Korean. Some people in the accounting department speak Korean. Everyone at the firm who speaks English is a project manager. No project manager works in the accounting department.

Some say the city's new metro line has failed because it carries fewer riders than planners predicted. But the line opened only eight months ago, and new metro lines typically take two to three years to reach their full ridership. So it is too early to call the line a failure.

The claim that new metro lines typically take two to three years to reach their full ridership plays which role in the argument?

⏱ ~2 daqiqa

It is offered as support for the argument's conclusion. It is the argument's main conclusion. It is a consideration that the argument concedes weakens its conclusion. It is the view that the argument opposes. It is evidence offered for the view that the line has failed.

Natijangizni tahlil qiling

⚠️ Tuzoq: Agar xato qilgan boʻlsangiz, sababini yozing: savol turini notoʻgʻri oʻqidim, xulosani adashtirdim yoki tuzoqqa tushdim (qaysi biriga?). Bir xil sabab ikki marta takrorlansa — oʻsha darsga qayting.

📌 Eslatma: Oltita savoldan beshtasi — imtihondagi oʻrtacha darajadan yuqori natija. Lekin vaqtga ham qarang: 12 daqiqadan koʻp ketgan boʻlsa, 2-darsdagi toʻrt qadamni tezlashtirish ustida ishlang.