Watson Glaser MCQ Flashcards
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Passage: Most people who exercise regularly report better sleep. Tom reports poor sleep. What can we infer about Tom's exercise habits?
Answer: Tom may or may not exercise regularly
The passage says 'most' exercisers sleep better, not all, so poor sleep does not rule out regular exercise for Tom.
Which skill is NOT directly assessed by the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal?
Answer: Memorizing factual information
The Watson-Glaser measures reasoning skills such as inference, assumption recognition, deduction, interpretation, and argument evaluation — not factual recall.
Premises: All managers attended the seminar. No seminar attendees were from the sales department. Conclusion: No managers are from the sales department. This conclusion:
Answer: Follows necessarily from the premises
If all managers attended and no attendees were from sales, then by transitive logic no managers are from the sales department — this is a valid deduction.
Statement: 'Since our competitor lowered prices, we must lower ours too.' Which assumption is being made?
Answer: Price is the primary factor driving customers' purchasing decisions
The statement assumes that customers will choose the competitor based on price, making price the key competitive factor.
Survey result: 80% of employees at Company X say they are satisfied with their jobs. Which interpretation is most accurate?
Answer: A large majority of Company X employees report job satisfaction
The data directly supports saying a large majority are satisfied; comparisons to other companies or absolute claims go beyond the data.
Argument: 'We should ban cell phones in schools because students need to learn without distractions.' This argument is:
Answer: Strong, because reducing distraction is directly relevant to the educational mission
The reason given — students need distraction-free learning — is directly relevant and significant to the question of school phone policies.
In Watson-Glaser deduction tasks, a conclusion 'does not follow' when:
Answer: It cannot be drawn with certainty from the given premises alone
In deduction, 'does not follow' means the conclusion is not a logical necessity based solely on the stated premises.