Analytical Reasoning Flashcards
Range of Truth (4)
Must be true (MBT)
Not necessarily true (NNT)
Could be true (CBT)
Cannot be True (CnBT)
Logical opposition of:
Cannot be true
Could be true
Logical opposition of:
Could be true
Cannot be true
Logical opposition of:
Not necessarily true
Must be true
Logical opposition of:
Must be true
Not necessarily true
Must be false means
Cannot be true
Not necessarily false means
Could be true
Could be false means
Not necessarily true
Cannot be false means
Must be true
Could be true includes
Must be true
Not necessarily true includes
Cannot be true
6 Linear Question types
-List
-Minimum/Maximum
-5 if
-Justify
-Suspension
-Rule Substitution
2 types of List questions
-Complete solutions list
-Complete variable list
Complete solutions list questions
Select a solution that does not violate any rules.
Best strategy for complete solutions List questions
Pick rules one by one and apply to all choices, using process of elimination
Complete variable list questions
List every variable that could be in _____ position during any solution, without violating any rules.
How to solve complete variable list questions
-Eliminate choices that contain variables that obviously violate rules
-Check al Not laws
-Make hypothetical solutions for remaining answers
Maximum/Minimum Questions
Identify greatest or least number of possibilities for a certain scenario (fill a spot or placed between two variables, etc.)
How to answer maximum/minimum questions
- Check prior work to make eliminations
- Consider abstract relationships between rules.
- Make a solution that should match the right answer.
Truth range for minimum/maximum questions
Correct answer is always Must be True
5 if questions
5 choices, all begin with “If”
Each answer choice is kind of it’s own unique question
SKIP IF LOW ON TIME
Justify questions
Select an answer choice that forces a specified result
How to solve a justify question
-Focus on which variables are most powerful/which spaces are most restricted
-Pay attention to MBT vs CBT in the question stem.
-Work backwards.
Suspension questions
-Always at the END of the game
-SKIP IF LOW ON TIME
-Answer is based on the removal of a global rule
Rule Substitution Questions
Combo of Suspension and Justify
Rule is suspended, and you select answer choice with a different rule but same “effect”
SKIP IF LOW ON TIME
Which question types should you SKIP IF LOW ON TIME, or do last
“5 if”
Suspension
Rule Substitution
What is a hypothetical
A possible solution that you quickly create to gain insight.
