Resolve an apparent paradox: retrieval

Resolve an apparent paradox: retrieval: a separate sample with explanations after your response.

Paper packet. Every task here also exists on screen, where it is checked automatically; answers written on paper are not assessed by Nydus. When you are back at a device, enter your answers there.

1. What you will learn

Resolve an apparent paradox: retrieval: attempt the resolve sample without worked examples. Use the target of each question to decide which information matters, and record your initial response before reading its explanation.

2. Practice

Two delivery routes each have 13 stops. Route A's total distance is shorter, but it takes longer. There is no error in the records. Which fact best explains this?

Route A has substantially longer delays at its stops.
Both routes have names.
Route A is shorter in distance.
The records were written clearly.
Some parcels are rectangular.

3. Practice

An excavation team finds 29 marked containers concentrated in one building. It proposes that the building served as a distribution center rather than a residence. The marks alone do not establish this, since household containers can also be marked. Which finding would most support the proposed distribution-center explanation over the residential alternative?

The containers are arranged in dispatch groups bearing destinations elsewhere, and records in the building match those outgoing groups.
Some marks are easier to read than others.
Containers can be useful in households.
The excavation team expected to find a distribution center in the area.
Other nearby buildings also contain objects made from the same clay.

4. Practice

A performance group sold 1400 tickets last year and 20 percent fewer this year, but its ticket revenue rose. The accounts include only ticket sales, and both reported changes are accurate. Which fact would explain the apparent discrepancy?

The average price paid per ticket increased by 50 percent.
The same method counted ticket sales in both years.
The average price paid per ticket remained unchanged.
Some patrons attended more than one performance in both years.
Every performance began at its advertised time.

5. Practice

Two delivery routes each have 16 stops. Route A's total distance is shorter, but it takes longer. There is no error in the records. Which fact best explains this?

Route A has substantially longer delays at its stops.
Both routes have names.
Route A is shorter in distance.
The records were written clearly.
Some parcels are rectangular.

6. What you can do now

Review the resolve decisions in this critical reasoning sample. Identify the particular restriction or evidence that changed your answer, and return to the corresponding worked lesson before trying a new case.