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21. In a survey of 2,000 high school teachers, the majority of the teachers gave lack of lesson planning time as their top complaint. Therefore, despite popular opinion, teachers are not underpaid, as this was not their top complaint.

Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
  1. Part of the reason teachers complain of a lack of lesson planning time is that they must complete their lesson planning during their free, unpaid, time.
  2. Teachers also complained of a lack of training opportunities.
  3. Teachers do not have a high salary, and many jobs requiring a comparable education and skill level pay much more.
  4. The teachers in the survey worked in a variety of school districts, some of which pay much more than others.
  5. Workers are not likely to complain about their jobs unless they feel their jobs are secure, and many teachers across the country have been laid off recently.
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22. In August, the desert city of Rojo saw greater rainfall than in any other August on record. However, by September, city officials became alarmed that the city’s water supply was critically low, prompting the city to issue water restrictions for all residents.

Which one of the following, if true, helps explain why the city’s water supply was so low even after August’s rainfall?
  1. Rojo residents have always been careful about their use of water due to their location in the desert.
  2. The heavy rains in August prompted residents to use more water than they had in previous years.
  3. The city had instituted a more moderate quota on water usage in February.
  4. People had less need to water their lawns than is normally the case because of the heavy rains in August
  5. August is a popular time for Rojo residents to take a vacation, and the city’s population actually decreased temporarily.
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23. Law professor: “I am hiring a law student as a research assistant for an article on the intersection between copyright law and patent law. The student must be in the top 10% of the class and have taken an intellectual property law course or a patent law course. The student must also have a bachelor’s degree in a science field, such as chemistry or biology, or five years of work experience in a science related field.”

Which of the following applicants meets the requirement for the position?
  1. Max graduated with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from an Ivy League university and was the top student in his intellectual property law class.
  2. Monica holds a Bachelor of Science in biology and before law school she worked as a researcher for an AIDS foundation for ten years.
  3. Laura is in the top 5% of the class and has a Bachelor of Arts in history. She has taken patent law.
  4. Eduardo is ranked #19 in a class of 200 but received the lowest grade for his patent law class. He also completed a BS in environmental science but never worked in the field.
  5. Tania was #1 in both intellectual property law and patent law last year, and finished a Bachelor’s in neuroscience summa cum laude.
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24. The average person today spends approximately ten hours a week watching TV, and the average household has three televisions. Thirty years ago, the average person spent twenty hours a week watching TV, but the average house only had one television.

Each of the following, if true, helps resolve the apparent discrepancy above EXCEPT:
  1. Televisions are difficult to dispose of or recycle, so many people keep televisions even if they are not in use.
  2. There were fewer TV channels thirty years ago, and most Americans only watched mainstream programming, thus needing fewer television sets.
  3. The statistics for television watching today do not include television programs watched online or on DVDs.
  4. Many Americans today have larger houses with guest rooms with television sets that are rarely, if ever, used.
  5. The quality of television programming has decreased over the past thirty years, making it less popular than movies or video games.
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25. Pundit: “Recent cuts to the food stamp program are regrettable but will not have a large effect. For the past two years, food stamp benefits have been cut by 5% each year. This year’s 5% cut is the same as in previous years, giving us no reason to believe that the effects will be any more severe. Food stamp beneficiaries have adjusted to the previous cuts and learned to shop more efficiently. They will successfully do the same this year.”

The pundit’s reasoning is most vulnerable to criticism on which of the following grounds?
  1. The pundit does not take into account that the proposed cut’s dollar amount is lower than that of previous years.
  2. The pundit relies without justification on the probability that the economy will improve.
  3. The pundit does not raise the issue of whether the food stamp program should exist at all.
  4. The pundit does not answer why the food stamp program is repeatedly targeted for cuts.
  5. The pundit fails to consider the cumulative effect of the cuts and recognize that the effects for a third year of cuts could be more severe than that of previous years.
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