#11 - Global, Could Be True, List

[Administrator]

Complete Question Explanation
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=8560)

The correct answer choice is (C)

The most efficient way to approach this question is to treat it as a modified List question: take one rule and apply it to all answer choices, then take another rule, and apply it to the remaining answer choices, and so on, until only one answer choice remains. Four of the answer choices will represent either an incomplete, or an inaccurate list of the speeches given in the Gold Room.

Answer choice (A) is incorrect, because L cannot be given before M (first rule). Thus, the list is inaccurate.

Answer choice (B) is incorrect, because M and L are always in the same room, and here we are missing L. Thus, the list is incomplete.

Answer choice (C) is the correct answer choice, as the following setup does not violate any of the rules:

PT73_Game_#2_#11_diagram 1.png

Of course, proving that answer choice (C) is correct would be redundant, just as it would be on a List question. If you were able to successfully eliminate the remaining four answer choices, you should have the confidence to select answer choice (C) without hesitation.

Answer choice (D) is incorrect, because Y cannot be given before Z (second rule).

Answer choice (E) is incorrect, because if L is in the Gold Room, then Z must be in the Rose Room (last rule).

[MillsV]

Hi - how did you have the intuition to treat this question as a modified list question? It makes it so much easier, but I don't know how I would've determined to do this just from reading the question.

[Adam Tyson]

Any question that asks about a partial solution to a game, rather than a total solution, can be viewed as a modified list question, MillsV. You have to give some thought to the variables and spaces not mentioned in the answer choices (in this case, the Rose Room and whatever variables are not listed in a particular answer choice), but you can still attack it using the basic List Question approach. Similar questions in other games might ask:

Which of the following could be all of the ingredients in a contestant's appetizer recipe?

Which one of the following could be an acceptable schedule for the team from June through October? (that game has a base of March through November, so this is a partial list)

The sites visited second, third, and fourth could be...

Look for questions that ask about only a part of the solution, and apply the rules while giving proper attention the variables and the spaces that are NOT in the answer choices, because they still have to be placed in accordance with all the rules!