{"id":"watson-glaser-free","timeLimitSec":225,"questions":[{"id":"wgf-001","section":"inference","q":"Inference: treat the facts in the passage as true.Northfield Library extended its weekday closing time from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in January. Over the next three months, evening visits rose by 40%, and most of the new evening visitors were students from the nearby community college, which holds its exams in April.Which inference is best supported by the facts?","options":["Some students used the new evening hours to prepare for their April exams.","The library changed its hours because the college asked it to.","Total visits to the library fell after the change.","Before January, most evening visitors were college students."],"answer":0,"explain":"New evening visitors were mostly students, and their exams were coming up, so studying for them is the likely reason (probably true). Falling visits goes against the 40% rise, and the other two are not covered by the facts."},{"id":"wgf-002","section":"assumptions","q":"Recognition of assumptions: read the statement.\"We should print our new menu in larger type, so that more of our older customers can read it without glasses.\"Which assumption does the statement take for granted?","options":["The restaurant will raise its prices with the new menu.","Larger type would be easier for many older customers to read.","Most of the restaurant's customers are older people.","Older customers never bring their reading glasses with them when they eat out."],"answer":1,"explain":"The plan only works if larger type helps older readers. It does not need most customers to be older, or that they never bring glasses; prices are not part of the reasoning."},{"id":"wgf-003","section":"deduction","q":"Deduction: treat the statements as true, even if they seem unlikely.All members of the safety committee have first-aid training. No one with first-aid training is excused from the fire drill.Which conclusion follows necessarily?","options":["Some people excused from the fire drill sit on the safety committee.","Everyone with first-aid training sits on the safety committee.","Everyone who takes part in the fire drill has first-aid training.","No member of the safety committee is excused from the fire drill."],"answer":3,"explain":"Committee members all have first-aid training, and nobody with that training is excused, so no committee member is excused. The other options reverse a statement or contradict it."},{"id":"wgf-004","section":"interpretation","q":"Interpretation: treat the information as true.A study followed 2,000 office workers for one year. Those who took a short walk after lunch at least four days a week reported fewer afternoon energy dips than those who did not. The workers chose for themselves whether to walk.Which conclusion follows beyond reasonable doubt?","options":["Office workers who do not walk after lunch get less work done in the afternoon.","Walking every day would end afternoon energy dips completely.","In this group, walking after lunch went with fewer energy dips.","Walking after lunch causes people to have more energy."],"answer":2,"explain":"The study shows a link within this group. Because the workers chose whether to walk, it cannot prove cause, and productivity or a complete end to energy dips was not measured."},{"id":"wgf-005","section":"evaluation","q":"Evaluation of arguments: treat each argument as true, then judge whether it is strong (important and directly related to the question) or weak.Should all new apartment buildings in the city be required to include secure bicycle storage?Which argument is strong?","options":["Yes; residents could keep a bike without risk of theft, which supports the city's goal of more cycling.","No; a small number of residents in the city do not own a bicycle at all.","No; a bicycle storage room is not as attractive to look at as a garden.","Yes; the mayor of the city rides a bicycle to work every morning."],"answer":0,"explain":"Only the first argument is both important and directly about the rule: it serves a public goal. A few people without bikes is minor, the mayor's habit is irrelevant, and looks are trivial."}]}