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GMAT Critical Reasoning Flaw — practice questions

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Investors avoid this stock because returns trail the index. Therefore returns will keep trailing. Flaw?Read the answer and worked solution →Sales pitch: 'Try ours, 70% of users save money.' What's missing?Read the answer and worked solution →Manager: 'Workers want raises. So morale will rise if we pay more.' Flaw?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Investors avoid this stock because returns trail the index. Therefore returns will keep trailing. Flaw?

  1. Investors are wrong.
  2. Index changes monthly.
  3. Investors are not analysts.
  4. Past performance does not predict future.
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Correct answer: D. Past performance does not predict future.

1. Inferring future from past returns is a known fallacy. _Source: 501-GMAT-Questions Ch 2 Critical Reasoning_

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Sales pitch: 'Try ours, 70% of users save money.' What's missing?

  1. Brand reputation.
  2. Length of trial.
  3. User reviews.
  4. Sample size and baseline.
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Correct answer: D. Sample size and baseline.

1. 70% with no n or comparison is unverifiable. _Source: 501-GMAT-Questions Ch 2 Critical Reasoning_

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Manager: 'Workers want raises. So morale will rise if we pay more.' Flaw?

  1. Workers are insincere.
  2. Pay is already high.
  3. Assumes only pay drives morale.
  4. Morale is hard to measure.
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Correct answer: C. Assumes only pay drives morale.

1. Conflates necessary with sufficient. Pay alone may not lift morale. _Source: 501-GMAT-Questions Ch 2 Critical Reasoning_

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