"cannot be true" questions

Question 1

“cannot be true”
question type

Answer 1

identify the answer choice that cannot be true or is most weakened by the information in the argument

Question 2

“cannot be true”
question family

Answer 2

fourth question family (only member)

accept the stimulus information and use only it to prove that one of the answer choices cannot occur

if an answer choice contains information that does not appear in the stimulus or as a combination of items in the stimulus, then that answer could be true, and is incorrect

the correct answer choice will directly disagree with the stimulus or a consequence of the stimulus

Question 3

“cannot be true”
in relation to other question types

Answer 3

“cannot be true” questions are polar opposites of “must be true questions”
instead of proving an answer choice, you must disprove it

“cannot be true questions” are reverse “weaken” questions
use the information in the stimulus to attack the answer choices, rather than using the answer choices to attack the stimulus

Question 4

“cannot be true”
question stems

Answer 4

1. stating that the answer cannot be true or does not follow
   “which of the following cannot be true?”
   “… objection to which of the following claims?”
   “… evidence against which of the following?”
2. stating that the answer could be true, EXCEPT
   “each of the following could be true EXCEPT…”
3. stating that the answer choice must be false
   “which one of the following must be false?”

Question 5

“cannot be true”
with numbers and percentages

Answer 5

in problems that revolve around numbers and percentages, the stimulus will often supply enough information for you to determine that certain outcomes must occur.
the correct answer then violates this outcome.

Question 6

“cannot be true”
with conditional statements

Answer 6

in problems featuring conditional statements, many different scenarios can occur, except the following: