3. (A) Question type: Unconditional The question stem doesn’t give us much to go on here. In an ordering game, we might expect a problem like this to revolve around second-order inferences. But we don’t really have a lot of second-order inferences to provide possible avenues. On the other hand, it ...

11. (E) Question type: Application We have two main criteria here: a critique that a) emphasizes that the performance under evaluation is only one piece of a larger framework, and that b) leads to better outcomes. In (E), we get both: The athlete sees that criticism of him is part of a larger effor...

9. (D) Question type: Weaken the conclusion The argument concludes that the new method of predicting earthquakes, based on electric fluctuations, will help authorities determine the best time to evacuate. If there’s some reason that the new method is not useful for timing evacuations, the argument ...

7. (A) Question type: Weaken the conclusion The core argument’s main premise is that the likelihood of serious injury in high-risk workplaces has declined since 1955, when safety legislation was passed. It concludes that the legislation caused the decline. We can weaken this connection by suggestin...

Here's my thoughts on it: 5. (B) Question type: Inference According to the passage, bipedalism allowed early hominids to look over tall grasses and thereby locate food. Also, hominids that remained in the forest could also gather food in standing reach through bipedalism. So, the passage clearly sup...

3. (C) Question type: Analyze Argument Structure Durth concludes that direct mail advertising is annoying and immoral. The basis for this claim is that direct mail leads to wasted paper in amounts that would be unconscionable if done by others. In other words, Durth starts from the premise that one...

1. (B) Question type: Application The flaw in this argument is its unsupported assumption that the editor cannot correctly make an accusation (in this case, errors in grammar and spelling) if she has ever been liable to a similar accusation in the past. But raising the issue of her own errors is ir...

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1. (D) Question Type: Unconditional (Orientation) As is often the case, this game starts off with an orientation question, which asks us to pick out an acceptable assignment of our elements. Remember that the most efficient approach to orientation games is to work FROM the constraints TO the answer...

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Here's my take on things. 6. (E) Question Type: Identification (47-51) This question requires identifying which claim is made by the author. Since the question stem gives us little to go on, a process of elimination is the best approach. This will lead us to (E); the third paragraph tells us that th...

5. (E) Question Type: Inference (55-58) The question directs us to the end of the passage. In the last sentence, the author cites "documents and other concrete embodiments" as an exception to the general principle that injunctions cannot control the flow of trade secrets. It follows that, as (E) p...

Here's my two cents! 4. (B) Question Type: Inference (4-5, 19-20) In looking for an answer choice most supported by the passage, the main idea proves a good guide. Choice (B) harmonizes with the general theme that injunctions do not solve the problem of balancing the interests of employees and emplo...

3. (A) Question Type: Synthesis (9-20, 54-58) This question asks, like the first one, for a characterization of the passage’s main idea. The primary difference between the two questions comes in the answer choices. In this case, the correct answer, (A), might seem unsatisfactory because it emphasiz...

2. (A) Question Type: Inference (41-51) Though the question is phrased in an unusual manner, it essentially asks you with which of the answer choices the author of the passage is most likely to agree. We’ve already seen that the main point of the passage is that injunctions against disclosing trade...

1. (D) Question Type: Synthesis (9-12, 19-20, 54-58) When you’re asked to find the main idea of the passage, you will most often have to synthesize information found throughout the passage, in order to produce a general interpretation of the author’s intention. Choice (D) does that well here: from ...