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- by Baand
Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:21 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: tough boldic questions
- Replies: 10
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D is nonsensical according to me. It is not clear, what "Unlike .." has been compared to. According to me in A, other species are properly likened to the blue winged warbler. E also works but I am not sure of the usage "species of warbler", it should have been species of warbler...
- by Baand
Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:44 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Comparison..
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1443
Comparison..
Unlike most warbler species, the male and female blue-winged warbler are very difficult to tell apart. A. ... B. Unlike most warbler species, the gender of the blue-winged warbler is very difficult to distinguish. C. Unlike those in most warbler species, the male and female blue-winged arblers are v...
- by Baand
Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:41 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Comparison..
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1443
In any field, experience is required for a proficient person to become an expert. Through experience, a proficient person gradually develops a repertory of model situations that allows an immediate, intuitive response to each new situation. This is the hallmark of expertise, and or this reason comp...
- by Baand
Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:39 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: computers
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2041
Improved technology and equipment often result in fewer injuries during high-risk activities such as rock climbing and scuba diving. But participant education also plays a large role in reducing the number of injuries sustained during these activities. People who are poorly trained in these activit...
- by Baand
Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:03 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Inference-Manhattan CAT
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1718
People who do not believe that others distrust them are confident in their own abilities, so people who tend to trust others think of a difficult task as a challenge rather than a threat, since this is precisely how people who are confident in their won abilities regard such tasks. The conclusion a...
- by Baand
Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:53 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: trust people
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2037
Hi Baand... true, the argument did not mention price, however, this is a Weaken-type of CR question. With these question-types, the correct answer should expose a faulty assumption or introduce new detracting evidence. Statement I does that with "twice as many cookies" and "same pric...
- by Baand
Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:35 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: undermining statements
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4012
Politician: My opponent says our zoning laws too strongly promote suburban single-family dwellings and should be changed to encourage other forms of housing like apartment buildings. Yet he lives in a house in the country. His lifestyle contradicts his own argument, which should therefore not be ta...
- by Baand
Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:24 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: elections
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3180
The OA is E. Can someone please explain how does the first statement undermine the advertisement?? Since the advertisement reads, "Crunch-o cookies have twice as much flavor for your money as Choc-o cookies"... and Statement I undermines it because if "a packet of Choc-o contains twi...
- by Baand
Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:02 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: undermining statements
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4012
Reducing speed limits neither saves lives nor protects the environment. This is because the more slowly a car is driven, the more time it spends on the road spewing exhaust into the air and running the risk of colliding with other vehicles. The argument’s reasoning is flawed because the argument ...
- by Baand
Fri Jul 22, 2011 5:51 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: speed limit
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1514
Traveling the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were armed only with an Edison phonograph and insatiable curiosity. (A) Traveling the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly began their pion...
- by Baand
Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:38 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Need help indeed!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1051
Astronomers have recently deduced the age of the oldest living star in the known universe, a metal-poor star that is a fossil formed in the early history of the universe and endured some 13.2 billion years. A) endured B) endures C) enduring D) it endured E) is enduring [spoiler]OA:C[/spoiler] Optio...
- by Baand
Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:23 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Tough one!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2345
Elephants observed in Kenya used different trumpeting noises depending on the purpose of their call: some sounds were intended as a warning call, while others to express emotion and to intimidate predators. A. to express emotion and to intimidate B. intended to express emotion and intimidating C. e...
- by Baand
Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:47 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Elephants observed in Kenya
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2090