SAMPLE QUESTION
There is a piece of folk wisdom
expressed in the saying, "If it is not broken, don't fix
it." A factory manager who accepted that saying would, on
that account, be least likely to:
a) agree to union demands, in
the interest of safety, for better lighting in the stairwells
and storage areas.
b) respond to the difficulty
of retaining skilled electronic technicians by establishing an
on-site day-care center for small children.
c) order the immediate replacement
of windows broken in a strike.
d) replace the quality control
supervisor after receiving several complaints about defective
units in recent shipments from the factory.
e) institute a program of preventive
maintenance for major pieces of production machinery.
Explanation: The point of the
proverb "If it is not broken, don't fix it" is that
tampering with something which is not an urgent problem is unnecessary.
All of the alternatives involve the manager's making some change
or taking some action. But the first four represent the manager's
action as being a response to a particular existing problem.
They are not against the spirit of the proverb. But preventive
maintenance, over-hauling the machine before it breaks down,
seems to be just what the proverb advises against.(E) is the
correct answer.
Summary: II.
Typical Critical Reasoning Question Types
A. Must Be
True Questions
B. Assumption Questions
C. Strengthen and Weaken Questions
D. Main Point Questions
E. Paradox Questions
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