Aptitude Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Evaluation of Arguments

Choose whether the argument is strong or weak for the statement below.
Should a company grant its employees some free time to spend in any manner they choose?
Argument-
No - employees are likely to use the free time to clean their homes, run errands, and meet with friends, and thus bring no benefit to the company whatsoever.

Choose whether the argument is strong or weak for the statement below.
Should a company grant its employees some free time to spend in any manner they choose?
Argument-
Yes - people are their most creative and original when they are freed from obligatory tasks and strict deadlines, which this free time will allow them to be. Creative and original thinking yields the most lucrative products and processes.

Choose whether the argument is strong or weak for the statement below.
Should a company grant its employees some free time to spend in any manner they choose?
Argument-
Yes- all work and no play means that employees will not be well rounded, and therefore they will not be the kind of employee the company wants to produce, or be proud of.

Choose whether the argument is strong or weak for the statement below.
Would a strong government recycling ministry promote the general welfare of the people in this country?
Argument-
No- a strong government recycling ministry would ban free plastic bags at stores which would be very inconvenient for the public.

Choose whether the argument is strong or weak for the statement below.
Would a strong government recycling ministry promote the general welfare of the people in this country?
Argument-
Yes- keeping the environment clean and ensuring that all waste is disposed of or reutilized in the best possible way raises the quality of living of the people, and a strong government recycling ministry would do that.

Choose whether the argument is strong or weak for the statement below.
Would a strong government recycling ministry promote the general welfare of the people in this country?
Argument-
Yes - people have greater confidence in a government that has an official recycling ministry since recycling is such an important issue.

Choose whether the argument is strong or weak for the statement below.
Should the business community initiate programs to hire people with disabilities at its own expenses?
Argument-
No - it is not the responsibility of the business community to provide work for people with disabilities.

Choose whether the argument is strong or weak for the statement below.
Should the business community initiate programs to hire people with disabilities at its own expenses?
Argument-
No- the overriding aim of a business is to increase its profit, and providing hiring programs for the disabled and at the expense of the business is not the job of a business.