#5 - Global, Cannot Be True

[angelsfan0055]

Hi, so I was able to get this question right, but I feel like it took me a really long time. I had the hunch about the J and K, but as the main explanation states that wasn't in the answer choices, so I just went answer by answer till I found the right one. Is there a faster method to find this answer, or will that just come as I progress in my studies?

[Robert Carroll]

angels,

Usually for situations that might involve a lot of brute force, we want to look at features that make an answer more likely, and try to start with answers that have those features, hoping these "promising" answers also contain the correct answer. As posted above, J + K would have been promising, but it's not in any answer. Beyond that, nothing on the surface of any answer makes it look more likely than the others. I agree with the other PowerScore posts above that brute force is really the only way to do this, and, unluckily, this is a question where the answer is (E).

This will happen every once in a while. If it happens...let's say, once out of 20 questions, I'm probably ok with that - bad luck. If it happens more often, I'd try to look for a good way to cut my work down and try to focus on features of the answers that make them more promising to look at first.

Robert Carroll

[mainebaltazar]

Hi,

I did not know how to approach this question at all. I studied the explanation for why choices A-D are incorrect and why choice E is correct, and it makes sense but I am wondering if this means we're supposed to look at each answer choice and create resulting scenario from all of them? Is there a less time consuming approach? Are there tips for what to even think or ask when approaching this type of question? Perhaps what area to focus on? Or is this only solvable through trial and error?

Thank you in advance!

[Stephanie Oswalt]

Hi,

I did not know how to approach this question at all. I studied the explanation for why choices A-D are incorrect and why choice E is correct, and it makes sense but I am wondering if this means we're supposed to look at each answer choice and create resulting scenario from all of them? Is there a less time consuming approach? Are there tips for what to even think or ask when approaching this type of question? Perhaps what area to focus on? Or is this only solvable through trial and error?

Thank you in advance!

Hi mainebaltazar!

Thanks for the post! I have moved your post to the thread discussing this question. Please review the explanation and the following discussion on this thread: viewtopic.php?f=405&t=15634, and let us know if that helps, or if you still have further questions!

Thanks!