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MCAT Verbal Reasoning Questions
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Subjects
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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Provide new facts in the question stem that are never mentioned in the passage - 2 types: 1. Inference 2. Strengthen/Weaken
Strengthen/Weaken Attractors
Finding correct Weaken answer choice
New Information Questions
Approach for primary point questions
2. 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
Evaluate Attractors
2 Types of General Questions
Analogy Questions
3. New Information Attractors
Strengthen/Weaken
1. Choice focuses on wrong part of passage 2. Choices inconsistent with the passage - or are irrelevant 3. Extreme language 4. Opp
Inference Questions
Evaluate Questions
4. 1. Retrieval 2. Inference 3. Vocab in context
3 Specific Question Types
Finding correct Weaken answer choice
Main Idea/Primary Purpose Attractors
Strengthen/Weaken
5. 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
2 Types of General Questions
Inference attractors
Analogy Attractors
Retrieval
6. 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*
Retrieval
Strengthen/Weaken
2 Types of General Questions
New Information Inference
7. Test ability to locate info 1. According to the passage 2. The passages that 3. Which of the following is not mentioned:
Main Idea/Primary Purpose Attractors
Finding correct Weaken answer choice
Retrieval
Main Idea/Primary Purpose
8. 1. Give legitimate dictionary of colloquial/common sense definitions 2. Choices that over generalize or are too narrow
Main Idea/Primary Purpose Attractors
Approach for primary point questions
Vocab in context attractors
New Information Questions
9. 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
Vocab in context attractors
Inference Questions
Structure Questions
Retrieval
10. 1. right example - wrong reference 2. Half right - half wrong choices - Correct answer will be consistent with the Main Point of the whole chunk
Structure Questions
Finding correct Weaken answer choice
Structure Attractors
Analogy Attractors
11. 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
Structure Questions
Vocab in context
3 things to finding correct Strengthen answer choice
2 Types of General Questions
12. 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)
Strengthen/Weaken Attractors
Structure Attractors
Finding correct Weaken answer choice
5 Types of Complex Questions
13. 1. Understate or overstate author's point 2. choice that is too narrow 3. Choices that go beyond the scope of the passage
Approach for primary point questions
Vocab in context attractors
Main Idea/Primary Purpose Attractors
Finding correct Weaken answer choice
14. 1. Info of passage in extreme language/absolute 2.choices that aren't necessarily true 3. right answer wrong question
Evaluate Questions
Inference attractors
Evaluate Attractors
1. Right answer - wrong question 2. Sounds like - but can't be true 3. too extreme
15. 1. Main Idea/Primary Purpose 2. Tone/Attitude
2 Types of General Questions
New Information Questions
1. Right answer - wrong question 2. Sounds like - but can't be true 3. too extreme
Structure Questions
16. Evaluate What effects new information will have on author's argument as a whole
Strengthen/Weaken
New Information Inference
Retrieval
New Information Strengthen/Weaken
17. 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
Main Idea/Primary Purpose
Evaluate Questions
3 things to finding correct Strengthen answer choice
Structure Attractors
18. 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
Analogy Questions
1. Right answer - wrong question 2. Sounds like - but can't be true 3. too extreme
Strengthen/Weaken
Inference Questions
19. 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
1. Choice focuses on wrong part of passage 2. Choices inconsistent with the passage - or are irrelevant 3. Extreme language 4. Opp
Strengthen/Weaken
3 Specific Question Types
New Information Inference
20. 1. Choice that take author's opinion to extremes 2. Express opinion for neutral tone 3. Strange attitudes (Ex: obtuse ambiguity)
1. Choice focuses on wrong part of passage 2. Choices inconsistent with the passage - or are irrelevant 3. Extreme language 4. Opp
Retrieval
Tone/Attitude Attractors
Approach for primary point questions
21. Use Goldilock's approach: eliminate What is too big or too small
Approach for primary point questions
Main Idea/Primary Purpose Attractors
New Information Strengthen/Weaken
1. Right answer - wrong question 2. Sounds like - but can't be true 3. too extreme
22. Define What the author means by a certain word or phrase 1. As its used in the passage 2. The term implicitly refers to
2 Types of General Questions
Inference Questions
Vocab in context
Structure Attractors
23. 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
Main Idea/Primary Purpose
Tone/Attitude Questions
New Information Questions
New Information Inference
24. 1. choice that goes furthest toward making it impossible for claim to be true 2. Inconsistent with relevant part of passage
Finding correct Weaken answer choice
Evaluate Attractors
2 Types of General Questions
New Information Inference
25. 1. Structure Questions 2. Evaluate Questions 3. Strengthen/Weaken 4. New Information 5. Analogy
Vocab in context
Structure Attractors
5 Types of Complex Questions
2 Types of General Questions
26. Retrieval Attractors
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27. Take something in passage and apply it to a new situation. New information is provided in the answer choices
Analogy Questions
5 Types of Complex Questions
Tone/Attitude Attractors
Main Idea/Primary Purpose
28. Answers that mischaracterize the strength of argument (weakly for strongly supported) - Analyze What is precisely good or bad about logic used
New Information Strengthen/Weaken
Approach for primary point questions
Main Idea/Primary Purpose
Evaluate Attractors