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My (and Kaplan's) position is that you should always read the question stem first, and that the reasons supporting the alternative procedure (passage first) are weak. Read the question first, identifying it's type, as well as juicing it for any bonus information it cares to give us. The type of ques...
- by Testluv
Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:48 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Critical Reasoning: What First,Stimulus Or Question Stem?
- Replies: 5
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Hi Clinton, in the future, please post Data Sufficiency questions in the Data Sufficiency (not the Problem Solving) section so that we can try and keep things a bit organized! Now, on to the question. (2) is easier to evaluate, so we should look at it first. It gives us no information about length a...
- by Testluv
Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:23 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Data Sufficiency!!!!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 953
Whenever there is a rule in the question, we can pick a number that satisfies that rule....n is a positive integer. Let it be 1. Then, we have 3^11 plus 2. We know that the units digit of successive powers of 3 follow the cycle of 4 you outlined above (other numbers follow other cycles for thier uni...
- by Testluv
Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:05 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Tough Remainders Problem
- Replies: 2
- Views: 940
The answer is C but what do we know about the students that did NOT transfer from another college that graduated from this college? With the information requested by the question, should'nt the equation be?... graduating male transfered students + graduating male NON-transfer students = total gradu...
- by Testluv
Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:35 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: DS - males/females college
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1027
Testluv, thank you for great explanation (including excellent reference)! How we can identify sufficient assumption (to treat it in other way)? Could you provide CR examples with sufficient assumption? Dmitry Hi Dmitry, I'll give you a real easy way to tell whether you are dealing with a necessary ...
- by Testluv
Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:01 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Private industry and skilled research scientists
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1947
@swweta We are told that the average of the attorneys is $75,000 and the avg. of the paralegals is $50,000. I used the average formula: Average = Total sum / # of terms Average = 75,000 + 50,000 / 2 Average = $60,000 Another way to think of it is that 60,000 is exactly halfway between 75,000 and 50...
- by Testluv
Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:51 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Legal Services
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1729
When analyzing the statements, pick numbers such that you get different results. From (1), you can have 3 blk, 3 gry, and 5 blu; or 4, 4, and 3. The first scenario provides 4 different matched pairs (a pair of blk, a pair of gry, and 2 pairs of blu) while the second scenario yields 5 matched pairs. ...
- by Testluv
Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:49 pm- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: Sock Problem
- Replies: 1
- Views: 899
Hi,
whether other things (like medication) can also improve cholesterol levels in general is outside the scope of the passage. For (c) to be correct it would have to read like this:
Were the two groups taking different medication?
- by Testluv
Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:33 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: MGMAT CAT CR
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1751
Hi Force5, I feel the answer to be B because in A if you notice its said that " In surrounding counties, where hunting is permitted, the size of the deer population has not increased in the last eight years . "...........how can we compare our county with surrounding counties..........the...
- by Testluv
Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:33 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Deer
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1725
Here the OA is B any thoughts why? This is a relevant information question, which is not an uncommon question type on the GMAT. In such a question, the right answer will be something bi-directional: if it goes in one direction, it will strengthen the argument, and if it goes in the opposite directi...
- by Testluv
Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:59 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: MGMAT CAT CR
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1751
thanks. if you dont mind, can u pls tell me what's denial test? thanks in advance..... The denial test is a way of verifying whether something must be true . In the question above I applied the test to answer choice C: If you DENY choice C (i.e., if choice C were false), then the passage becomes fa...
- by Testluv
Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:00 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: everyone who has graduated
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1362
Hi, there's nothing wrong with the design of the question as such, it's just that it is quite technical involving formal logic principles that are more likely to be tested on the LSAT not the GMAT. Anyhow, if you want to improve in inference questions--if you want to have been able to get this quest...
- by Testluv
Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:43 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: everyone who has graduated
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1362
[spoiler]OA D. One of the explanations refers to “NECESSARY ASSUMPTION� (http://www.beatthegmat.com/lsat-set-test-iv-16-t48738.html). Whether the concept of NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT ASSUMPTIONS is applicable to GMAT? If yes, how does it work (it would be highly appreciated if you provide GMAT e...
- by Testluv
Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:20 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Private industry and skilled research scientists
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1947
Then, I wouldn't practice on questions from this source.vidhya16 wrote:TestLuv,
Question is from Urch.com. You can search Boldface CR! and find a set of 10 question.
Ta
- by Testluv
Tue Apr 19, 2011 12:50 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Bold Face CR
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2975
force brings up a great point:AIM GMAT wrote:This was the point i actually wanted to discuss . Fight between A and B . On the test day i would have selected B ..
OA A
in strengthen and assumption questions, choices that restate evidence are ALWAYS wrong.
- by Testluv
Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:01 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Deer
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1725