Powerscore course booklet Test Four Game 1 (Dec. 2008)

[Lina]

Hello,

A pattern I notice is that I narrow down the correct answer and a contender. I compare them to my templates and see that throughout several variations, they are both true. Perhaps I am having trouble with what Could be true according to the templates (A) and what Must be true according to the rules (B).

This is the problem I had with Game 1, q #2 "Which one of the following must be true?"
A) L is scheduled to audition earlier than H
B) L is scheduled to audition earlier than K

The explanations show that they are testing if the test taker understands the rule that L is forced to always come before K.

I rely on the templates as the quickest way to get the answer, but then I am no longer 100% certain that the answer Must be true. am hoping for advice on the best thought process. For example: Test contenders against the templates and then eliminate if they violate a rule?

Thanks

[Dave Killoran]

Hi Lina,

Thanks for the question! When you mention templates, did you approach this game with templates, or are you just referring to the various game solutions (like the one in question #1) that you've encountered thus far? I ask because as you know, not every game is best solved by using templates (especially games with a lot of possible solutions--the templates will almost never be able to capture a sufficient number of the solutions, at least within a reasonable amount of time). If you are using templates all the time, this may actually be causing this issue.

Let me know the answer to the above, and based on that we will continue to work on this together

Thanks!