Mosora Rocks Town Council recently decided to consider the removal of all fire alarm boxes. The Mosora Rocks Fire Department reports that 90 percent of all fire alarms emanating from fire alarm boxes turn out to be false. Since virtually everyone has a personal mobile phone now, the usefulness of the fire alarm boxes has passed and they are now merely a nuisance. The fire department recommends that the Council authorize the removal of all fire alarm boxes, which will reduce the number of false alarms without affecting people’s ability to report a fire.Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the idea that the fire department’s proposal will have the desired effect?

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.