BREAKING: Target Test Prep releases Brand New 2026 On Demand GMAT prep course

Redeem

Target Test Prep · GMAT

Choose how you want to prepare

Learn live with an expert or move at your own pace. Every option includes the complete TTP study system.

★★★★★5.0559 reviews
GMATLiveTeach 7 seats left
Chris Peckover
NEXT LIVE COHORT

Oct 13 to Jan 7, 2027

with Chris Peckover

Schedule
Tue, Thu · 8:00 to 10:00 PM ET
Included
40 live hours + 6 months of GMAT OnDemand
  • Live instruction and real-time questions
  • Class recordings and assigned practice
View class & enroll
Limited cohort · enrollment openTarget Test Prep
EALiveTeach 5 seats left
Logan Thompson
EXECUTIVE ASSESSMENT

Sep 6 to Dec 6, 2026

with Logan Thompson

Schedule
Sun · 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM ET
Included
Live EA class + 6 months of EA OnDemand
  • Expert-led weekly online sessions
  • EA Masterclass access between classes
View EA class & enroll
Limited cohort · enrollment openTarget Test Prep
GMATOnDemand Start anytime
SELF-PACED MASTERCLASS

Target Test Prep GMAT OnDemand

Complete access from day one. Study on your schedule.

130-point score guarantee
$0to start then $127/mo
  • Personalized study plan and analytics
  • Thousands of lessons and practice questions

Compare the format, schedule, and included access before enrolling. Prices and seat counts shown reflect the supplied offer details.

11th OG Page, 347 Question 5

Expert replies
by airan » Tue May 20, 2008 6:26 am
he passage supports which of the following inferences about breeding among Lycaon pictus?
(A) The largest female in the social group does not maintain reproductive status by means of behavioral control.
(B) An individual’s ability to breed is related primarily to its rate of growth.
(C) Breeding is the only task performed by the breeding female.
(D) Breeding in the social group is not cooperative. (E)
(E) Breeding is not dominated by a single pair of dogs.

OA is E, but the passage text says
but unlike naked mole rats, most cooperatively breeding vertebrates (except the wild dog, Lycaon pictus) (35) are dominated by a pair of breeders rather than by a single breeding female
Can someone help to explain why E is correct, when the passage clearly says that Lycaon pictus is dominated by single breeders(exception to pair of breededs ?
Thanks
Airan
Join the discussion
Source: — Reading Comprehension |

by jaspire » Wed May 21, 2008 9:40 am
If you read the sentence you quoted, it says that ly. pictus are NOT dominated by a pair of breeders.Hence only E makes sense.

Also by process of elimination, A,B,C,D do not contain any information on
ly. pictus. So it leaves you only with E!
Join the discussion

by Jason11 » Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:18 am
The official answer explains it with the same way. Even though I read the quote carefully, I still can't see that relation. From my side:

most cooperatively breeding vertebrates are dominated by a pair of breeders.

But using the word "except"; all I understand is that "the wild dog, Lycaon pictus are not dominated by a pair of breeders."


The OA also tells that " The wild dog is mentioned as an exception to the rule that most cooperatively breeding vertebrates... are dominated by a pair of breeders rather than by a single breeding female. It is reasonable to infer that breeding among these wild dogs is not dominated by a pair of breeders."

But the answer is the reverse. Can anyone elaborate it?
Join the discussion

by gwendolinecn » Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:58 pm
I made the same "mistake" as described by all of you. I selected E. I felt depressed with the mistakes because I thought there should not be so many mistakes with this passage.
Anyone likes to share your opinions?
Join the discussion