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MCAT Verbal Reasoning Questions
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mcat
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 28 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 1. Retrieval 2. Inference 3. Vocab in context
Strengthen/Weaken Attractors
Tone/Attitude Questions
3 Specific Question Types
Tone/Attitude Attractors
2. Chose what must be true according to the passage 1. It can be inferred that 2. Based on the passage - it 3. The author implies that 4. Implicit in the passage is 5. The author suggests that 6. It can be reasonably concluded 7. Which of the following
Inference Questions
Evaluate Attractors
Main Idea/Primary Purpose Attractors
Vocab in context attractors
3. Take something in passage and apply it to a new situation. New information is provided in the answer choices
Analogy Questions
Main Idea/Primary Purpose
5 Types of Complex Questions
3 Specific Question Types
4. 1. Main Idea/Primary Purpose 2. Tone/Attitude
New Information Strengthen/Weaken
Main Idea/Primary Purpose
2 Types of General Questions
Tone/Attitude Questions
5. Provide new facts in the question stem that are never mentioned in the passage - 2 types: 1. Inference 2. Strengthen/Weaken
Main Idea/Primary Purpose Attractors
New Information Questions
Retrieval
Evaluate Attractors
6. Answers that mischaracterize the strength of argument (weakly for strongly supported) - Analyze What is precisely good or bad about logic used
Tone/Attitude Attractors
Evaluate Attractors
2 Types of General Questions
Analogy Attractors
7. 1. Give legitimate dictionary of colloquial/common sense definitions 2. Choices that over generalize or are too narrow
Retrieval
Analogy Attractors
New Information Questions
Vocab in context attractors
8. 1. Understate or overstate author's point 2. choice that is too narrow 3. Choices that go beyond the scope of the passage
Main Idea/Primary Purpose
3 things to finding correct Strengthen answer choice
Main Idea/Primary Purpose Attractors
Vocab in context attractors
9. 1. Choices the irrelevant to cited part (out of scope) 2. Do Not eliminate solely based on strong wording (the more it strengthens/weakens - the better)
Main Idea/Primary Purpose Attractors
Strengthen/Weaken Attractors
Evaluate Attractors
New Information Questions
10. 1. Choice that take author's opinion to extremes 2. Express opinion for neutral tone 3. Strange attitudes (Ex: obtuse ambiguity)
Tone/Attitude Attractors
Tone/Attitude Questions
Inference Questions
Vocab in context attractors
11. 1. Info of passage in extreme language/absolute 2.choices that aren't necessarily true 3. right answer wrong question
Inference Questions
1. Choice focuses on wrong part of passage 2. Choices inconsistent with the passage - or are irrelevant 3. Extreme language 4. Opp
Inference attractors
Vocab in context
12. Describe how the author makes their argument; address logical structure along with content - Ask purpose of particular reference: 1. The author probably mentions (blank) in order to 2. The (blank) are cited as evidence that 3. The author describes (b
Strengthen/Weaken
Structure Questions
5 Types of Complex Questions
Vocab in context attractors
13. Use Goldilock's approach: eliminate What is too big or too small
Approach for primary point questions
1. Right answer - wrong question 2. Sounds like - but can't be true 3. too extreme
Finding correct Weaken answer choice
5 Types of Complex Questions
14. New Information Attractors
Analogy Questions
Main Idea/Primary Purpose Attractors
1. Choice focuses on wrong part of passage 2. Choices inconsistent with the passage - or are irrelevant 3. Extreme language 4. Opp
Evaluate Attractors
15. Asked to evaluate answer choices in terms of how they undermine the passage - 1. Which of the following If True - would strength (or weaken) - Do Not reference passage - but take each choice as if it were true and find the one that does what it needs
3 Specific Question Types
2 Types of General Questions
Strengthen/Weaken
Strengthen/Weaken Attractors
16. Evaluate What effects new information will have on author's argument as a whole
New Information Strengthen/Weaken
Strengthen/Weaken Attractors
Structure Attractors
Vocab in context attractors
17. Evaluate whether or not the author expresses an opinion regarding the material of the passage - Look for annotated opinion indicators 1. The author's tone 2. author's attitude
Tone/Attitude Attractors
Tone/Attitude Questions
Main Idea/Primary Purpose Attractors
Finding correct Weaken answer choice
18. 1. choice that goes furthest toward making it impossible for claim to be true 2. Inconsistent with relevant part of passage
3 Specific Question Types
Analogy Attractors
Finding correct Weaken answer choice
Structure Attractors
19. 1. right example - wrong reference 2. Half right - half wrong choices - Correct answer will be consistent with the Main Point of the whole chunk
Main Idea/Primary Purpose Attractors
Main Idea/Primary Purpose
Structure Attractors
Approach for primary point questions
20. Retrieval Attractors
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21. Define What the author means by a certain word or phrase 1. As its used in the passage 2. The term implicitly refers to
Inference Questions
5 Types of Complex Questions
Vocab in context
Evaluate Attractors
22. 1. Choice that provides additional evidence for the claim 2. Choice that fills in logical gap 3. Choice that anticipates and blocks a potential argument against claim
Analogy Questions
Vocab in context attractors
Strengthen/Weaken Attractors
3 things to finding correct Strengthen answer choice
23. Correct answer choice is similar to claim in logic - but does nothing to strength or weaken the claim 1. Wrong tone 2. Do Not eliminate based on topic
5 Types of Complex Questions
Vocab in context
Finding correct Weaken answer choice
Analogy Attractors
24. Test ability to locate info 1. According to the passage 2. The passages that 3. Which of the following is not mentioned:
Retrieval
Main Idea/Primary Purpose Attractors
Strengthen/Weaken Attractors
Vocab in context
25. Give new facts that are in same general area of passage and ask What is likely true according the passage - Answer question in paraphrase prior to looking at answer choices*
Analogy Attractors
2 Types of General Questions
Evaluate Questions
New Information Inference
26. Identify logical structure while asking whether a particular claim is supported in the passage 1. Which of the following claims is supported 2. For which of the following claims is not supported 3. Support offered by conclusion 4. Is (blank) well sup
Evaluate Questions
5 Types of Complex Questions
Main Idea/Primary Purpose
Vocab in context
27. 1. Structure Questions 2. Evaluate Questions 3. Strengthen/Weaken 4. New Information 5. Analogy
Structure Questions
5 Types of Complex Questions
Inference attractors
Evaluate Questions
28. Summarize claims and implications made throughout the passage. Claim supported by specific evidence - Good active reading is key- focus on Verb in answer choice - 1. The main idea 2. the central thesis 3. The author's primary purpose
Inference Questions
New Information Questions
Main Idea/Primary Purpose
Tone/Attitude Questions