I feel like the best way to attack MP questions is to hunt, in order to avoid getting distracted by other plausible ACs. Thoughts??
In a real-time scenario where I didn't have time to closely analyze AC B and didn't anticipate beforehand, I would have most likely picked the wrong answer.
I took "legally obligated" to mean punishable by law / illegal which made me cross out A even though it seemed like the closest answer otherwise. I assumed this wording was a trap because the passage only said CEOs could be fired / penalized.
Still don't really understand why it was worded that way, because CEOs are not obligated by law to maximize profits. Incredibly frustrating wording.
Something I struggled with when answering this question was not knowing whether the main point revolved around CEOs or corporations... I really could not make my mind! What queues tell you that the passage deals with 'CEOs' over 'corporations'? (while under time pressure obviously) #help
Gosh I have such a hard time with Main Points!!! I will try moving forward to really nail down the author's viewpoint better. Here I don't fully get the fact that the author WANTS CEOs to ignore their legal obligations. I just thought that the author thinks economists' views are wrong. Eeek
I immediately ruled out number A since it used the word "legally," and the text only states that CEO's are "bound, by the condition of their employment, to seek profits for the owners." How is this using the term "legally" correctly? Is "contractually obligated" and "legally" interchangeable here?
Will they ask MP questions when there's no authors opinion present? Such as, debate questions that present two-three perspectives but no authors perspective
When doing MP questions like this, should we circle A and move on before reading the rest of the choices? It's a pretty accurate description of our prediction, but like you said it could be improved if it were a little more general/inclusive of other points mentioned. Should we go through each answer choice and confirm there's no better alternative? #feedback
I'm wondering what we should do in this particular question, and what our general approach should be in all future MP (and RC) questions. For LR, for many questions like MBT or necessary assumption it was easy to know that an answer was correct before reading the other choices. What about in RC?
Omg, no wonder I'm getting these main point questions wrong. I thought it always has to be a summary of all the paragraphs... Thank you for this clarification!
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I feel like the best way to attack MP questions is to hunt, in order to avoid getting distracted by other plausible ACs. Thoughts??
In a real-time scenario where I didn't have time to closely analyze AC B and didn't anticipate beforehand, I would have most likely picked the wrong answer.
I took "legally obligated" to mean punishable by law / illegal which made me cross out A even though it seemed like the closest answer otherwise. I assumed this wording was a trap because the passage only said CEOs could be fired / penalized.
Still don't really understand why it was worded that way, because CEOs are not obligated by law to maximize profits. Incredibly frustrating wording.
Something I struggled with when answering this question was not knowing whether the main point revolved around CEOs or corporations... I really could not make my mind! What queues tell you that the passage deals with 'CEOs' over 'corporations'? (while under time pressure obviously) #help
Gosh I have such a hard time with Main Points!!! I will try moving forward to really nail down the author's viewpoint better. Here I don't fully get the fact that the author WANTS CEOs to ignore their legal obligations. I just thought that the author thinks economists' views are wrong. Eeek
Side note: I think it's awesome that Kevin comes in here and answers questions/chimes in on our comments. 5 stars
I immediately ruled out number A since it used the word "legally," and the text only states that CEO's are "bound, by the condition of their employment, to seek profits for the owners." How is this using the term "legally" correctly? Is "contractually obligated" and "legally" interchangeable here?
Will they ask MP questions when there's no authors opinion present? Such as, debate questions that present two-three perspectives but no authors perspective
When doing MP questions like this, should we circle A and move on before reading the rest of the choices? It's a pretty accurate description of our prediction, but like you said it could be improved if it were a little more general/inclusive of other points mentioned. Should we go through each answer choice and confirm there's no better alternative? #feedback
I'm wondering what we should do in this particular question, and what our general approach should be in all future MP (and RC) questions. For LR, for many questions like MBT or necessary assumption it was easy to know that an answer was correct before reading the other choices. What about in RC?
Arguably some CEOs are non-human entities (joke)
I've been thinking about these questions all wrong! It's clicking more after this lesson
Omg, no wonder I'm getting these main point questions wrong. I thought it always has to be a summary of all the paragraphs... Thank you for this clarification!