GMAT Critical Reasoning Practice Questions

the imaging units on which the new system depends return garbled data in fog, snow, and low sun, weather that occurs along that route during much of the year

the corridor's fixed signal timing cannot respond to sudden surges in vehicle volume, a shortcoming the adaptive system is specifically designed to correct

the corridor is not actually the most congested in the region, since several parallel routes carry heavier rush hour volume

other regions that have lowered rush hour travel times have usually done so by adding lanes rather than by retiming signals

most of the drivers who use the corridor at rush hour are unaware that the signal timing is going to be changed

the laboratory's measurements of the coatings' performance have been confirmed by an independent testing facility

the bonding process leaves each coating's filtering ability unchanged in the finished film

some infrared wavelengths fall outside the filtering range of all three coatings

no portion of the heat radiation that reaches the glass falls outside the three layers' combined screening range

competing window tints block a smaller share of incoming infrared light than this film

The first is evidence offered in support of the argument's main conclusion; the second is a consideration the argument acknowledges weakens that support but judges insufficient to overturn the conclusion.

The first is evidence the argument presents as establishing its conclusion beyond dispute; the second is an objection the argument admits it cannot answer.

The first is the argument's main conclusion; the second is evidence that the argument cites in support of that conclusion.

The first is a finding whose accuracy the argument calls into question; the second is evidence the argument uses to cast doubt on that finding.

The first is evidence offered in support of the argument's main conclusion; the second is that conclusion.

Whether the proportion of detected drift attributable to sources other than these orchards was smaller in the second year than in the first

Whether the instruments used in the second year were as sensitive to drifting pesticide as the instruments used in the first year

Whether the pesticide sprayed on these orchards is more damaging to human health than the pesticides sprayed on other crops in the valley

Whether the product sprayed on these orchards is inherently more prone to drifting than the products sprayed on the valley's other crops

Whether the overall volume of windborne material reaching the sensors was smaller in the later period than in the earlier one

It fails to consider that cancellations of existing memberships may have exceeded the number of new memberships issued this year.

It assumes that every workspace submitted figures in both years, although some may have reported in only one year.

It overlooks the possibility that lower prices, rather than greater demand, account for the higher number of new memberships per desk.

It draws a conclusion about suburban workspaces without establishing that urban workspaces saw a similar increase.

It treats an unchanged number of locations as ruling out a reduction in desk capacity large enough to offset the higher rate of new sign-ups.

The tool's records correctly identify every member who opened a meeting link.

Members who miss a weekly meeting typically watch the recording of it within two days.

Team leads sometimes excuse a member from the weekly meeting in advance.

Some members recorded as absent opened the meeting link shortly after the five-minute mark.

No one flagged as absent joined the session at any later time.

It ignores the possibility that total irrigation water use rose as the farms' harvest increased.

It assumes that a rate that fell for every grower must have fallen for the group, even if the growers' shares of total output changed.

It fails to consider how farms entering or leaving the tracked group could affect the comparison between seasons.

It assumes that the water-use rate fell by precisely the same amount at every farm.

It overlooks the possibility that some irrigation water was excluded from the meter readings.

After the hives were moved, did the south section contain at least half of the orchard's blossoms?

Did the total number of blossoms receiving enough compatible pollen increase across the orchard after the hives were moved?

Did the hive move, rather than a change in weather, cause the higher percentages in the two sections?

Did the north and south sections occupy the same physical areas before and after the hives were moved?

Were blossoms receiving enough compatible pollen equally likely to develop into apples in both sections?

On terraces configured as those in the comparison were, any wall that passes water at least as quickly per square meter as a dry-stacked stone wall can keep root-zone moisture below the specified threshold after heavy rain.

On terraces with those dimensions and drainage arrangements, remaining below the specified moisture limit after such a storm requires a wall whose per-area discharge is at least the rate recorded for the dry-stacked stone structures.

On terraces configured as those in the comparison were, dry-stacked stone walls can keep root-zone moisture below the specified threshold after heavy rain.

Among the wall designs currently in use, none passes more water per square meter after heavy rain than dry-stacked stone walls do.

The drainage trenches beside the dry-stacked stone walls were no deeper than those beside walls of the other designs.

The total number of skids recorded across the two sections was lower after resurfacing than before.

Each section accounted for the same proportion of all recorded section passes before and after resurfacing.

The total number of bicycle passes recorded across the two sections was the same before and after resurfacing.

The section with the higher skid rate before resurfacing had a lower skid rate afterward than it had before.

The new surface texture is expected to retain its skid-reducing properties longer than the old texture did.