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#28612
Complete Question Explanation
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=11942)
The correct answer choice is (D)
To attack this List question, simply apply the rules in the given order. Although the first two rules do not eliminate any answers, there is no way to know this when you begin attacking this question.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice violates the last rule because J is not delivered earlier than M.
Answer choice (B): This answer choice violates the fifth rule because M is not delivered earlier than G.
Answer choice (C): This answer choice violates the fourth rule because O is not delivered later than G.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice.
Answer choice (E): This answer choice violates the third rule because H is not delivered earlier than M.
The presentation of answer choices by the test makers is interesting because applying the rules in the given order—which is the accepted protocol in a game where the rules are all basically similar—consumes the maximum amount of time possible. This occurs because the first two rules do not eliminate any answers, then the third rule eliminates answer choice (E), the fourth rule eliminates answer choice (C), the fifth rule eliminates answer choice (B), and the last rule eliminates answer choice (A). This presentation forces you to comb through the answers multiple times in order to eliminate all four incorrect answers. Alas, while this presentation is interesting, there is no way to reliably combat this trick—it is simply a weapon the test makers have at their disposal.
(The complete setup for this game can be found here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=11942)
The correct answer choice is (D)
To attack this List question, simply apply the rules in the given order. Although the first two rules do not eliminate any answers, there is no way to know this when you begin attacking this question.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice violates the last rule because J is not delivered earlier than M.
Answer choice (B): This answer choice violates the fifth rule because M is not delivered earlier than G.
Answer choice (C): This answer choice violates the fourth rule because O is not delivered later than G.
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice.
Answer choice (E): This answer choice violates the third rule because H is not delivered earlier than M.
The presentation of answer choices by the test makers is interesting because applying the rules in the given order—which is the accepted protocol in a game where the rules are all basically similar—consumes the maximum amount of time possible. This occurs because the first two rules do not eliminate any answers, then the third rule eliminates answer choice (E), the fourth rule eliminates answer choice (C), the fifth rule eliminates answer choice (B), and the last rule eliminates answer choice (A). This presentation forces you to comb through the answers multiple times in order to eliminate all four incorrect answers. Alas, while this presentation is interesting, there is no way to reliably combat this trick—it is simply a weapon the test makers have at their disposal.