A community college is experiencing a high turnover rate among its journalism faculty members. To rectify this problem, the chairperson of the journalism department has proposed to the dean that beginning next year, starting salaries for journalism instructors be increased by 10 percent to provide a more competitive pay package.Which of the following, if true, indicates a flaw in the department head’s plan?

About a third of the questions that appear in the GMAT verbal section are critical reasoning questions.Typical questions that appear in critical reasoning (GMAT CR) include strengthening an argument, weakening an argument, identifying the assumption of an argument, mimic the reasoning, identify the reasoning, conclusion, inference, bold faced statements, and evaluating an argument.

Each of the critical reasoning questions is based on a short argument, a set of statements, or a plan of action.