State of Mind when dealing with a CR question

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MarsellusW wrote:
2, Critical Reasoning: CR was my nemesis for a long time. I simply never got it right and couldn’t find the logic behind all these stupid arguments. But then, the CR Bible helped me out. It is worth its weight in gold. In about 2 weeks everything fell into its place and since then GMAC really has to get a nasty assumption question to make me sweat. But even those can be mastered. The Official Guide is also very important at this point and I also ordered the extra Verbal Guide and did all the questions in that one, too.
Good advices for CR: scope, scope and scope. Don’t fall for what your mind is telling you! If the argument states that small green men have taken over the management of the plumbing in Manhattan and the mayor is nervous because their productivity is falling because of their frequent telespheric phone calls to Mars, you have to believe all this rubbish and think about it as true. If it is a weaken question, look for the answer that tells you that they can communicate without phones and you have just found the right answer. If the argument is stupid, you have to be stupid, too. Don’t try to be clever, it doesn’t pay off.
This is one of the greatest advice you can get for CR!!

Okay here is the story:

A kid and his father have a traffic accident and the they are both taken to the hospital. The doctor checks the kid and tell his father:

I am sorry sir, I can not operate on him, because he is my son.

And the question is:

What is the relation of doctor to kid ?

Please read MarsellusW's advice before you answer this question. It should not take more than 10 seconds.
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by acecoolan » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:58 pm
The Doctor is the Kid's mother?

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by logitech » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:03 pm
that's true!

You can make this SIMPLE question very complicated by bringing STUFF from outside.

1) That's his step father, doctor is his real father
2) Oh kids mom have two husbands
3) That's his grandpa and he call the kid his son
4 bla bla

5) HIS MOTHER!


So I guess the point I am trying make it is: STAY WITH THE QUESTION, Free your mind!

Hope this helps others, since it is certainly helping me!
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by Bidisha800 » Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:54 am
I sincerely think, you should take the damn test, NOW !
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by logitech » Sat Jan 03, 2009 8:42 am
Bidisha800 wrote:I sincerely think, you should take the damn test, NOW !
:) I will take the test soon!
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by Zipper » Sat Jan 03, 2009 8:46 am
Best of luck on test date :)