How could you possibly chart this out during a test without running out of time?

Depends on the state now. Many states have expanded their laws to no longer have the time of day condition.

My god this one was wordy. I got it right, but :22 seconds slower than target.

Facts, I'm a 1.4x guy, personally.

Same, this was the deciding factor in my blind review. I POE'd down to C + D, leaning towards D, and the fact that the stimulus didn't mention anything being for the benefit of humans was what made me feel most confident in choosing D.

Agreed this question was brutal.

#feedback It would be great if these lessons were broken down in video format to read along with, rather than just in type format. Looking at these diagrams without walkthrough explanation doesn't do me any favors.

This question was very difficult lol.

I'm implementing a new strategy when I'm torn on an answer to skip it and come back after I've completed the rest of the test. Almost always on LR sections on PTs, I've got several minutes left over, because on average, I can answer them rather faster than the target. However, I can't easily go back to questions I wasn't confident about because it isn't easy to remember which ones I need to review unless I can write down the question number. Instead I'm going to leave it unanswered, then go back and spend more time on it.

See if this strategy helps you, if you are also someone who has some extra time at the end of LR sections.

I've also not encountered any like this that I can recall, but I also would not put it past me to have simply forgotten about it lol.

Something that I've had to repeatedly train myself to do is to stop thinking of "All of the following weaken EXCEPT" questions as "Strengthen" questions.

I've missed many questions because my head automatically goes,"OK if they all weaken except the correct answer, let me just think of it as a strengthen question," which is not accurate nor always valid. Just because it doesn't weaken the argument, it doesn't mean it strengthens the argument. Sometimes it just means it has no real affect on the argument one way or the other.

This was the first question in which I remembered to not think of it as a strengthen question, and I got it correct.

Same.

This one I was able to intuit the answer choice before I even read it. In my head, I was already thinking, "OK, but what if all or most of the dinosaurs at that time lived in that region?"

Agreed. I got it right, but the logic behind the correct answer is more hidden than a 1/5 difficulty. Sometimes I think their rating is pretty skewed.

I did the exact same thing. I chose A immediately, deliberated for almost two minutes, and talked myself into a different answer that I didn't feel confident about at all.

Trick question; if you honk at me, I'm going to move slower out of spite, and not because I feel possessive of the parking spot, or because I feel pressure. :D

I took a diagnostic test first, having not studied, to see what my baseline score was, and have taken one since then to see any progress I’ve made. Some people take one once a week, some take them once every couple weeks.

I’d recommend at least taking one to see your baseline though.

I think if you assume all answer choices are true, which makes the most sense to explain why kids can catch faster balls easier than slower balls? In this case, the fact that a fast ball triggers a reflexive, survival instinct in the brain is the only answer choice that makes any sense at all or is in the context of a kid catching the ball easier. The rest are seemingly unrelated entirely to the question.

Nice, I’m waiting for a marketing question to come up. 🤞

I neglected to read the question stem until after I read the first three answers. I didn’t notice it was an “except” until I was like “HOW DO ALL OF THESE EXPLAIN IT?!” I got it right after I noticed that part lol.

A good lesson in, read the stem first. 🤣

I also chose A, and realized why it was wrong before he explained it as well. Progress!

5/5 and gained a little over a minute in time saved! Time to try again, but on the hardest difficulty setting!

The question stem was difficult here. I got it right, only because I flipped it in my head to "Which of these would be false if the two statements about the smoking ban are true?" And the answer was, "Well if the law can't be interpreted in a way that prevents people from smoking in their home, then it wouldn't protect those employed in in-home services."

I'm not sure if that is the best way to interpret the stem, but that is the only way I got the correct answer. Not sure if it would work with all stimuli stemming from this phrasing.

No because three different answer choices contain the phrase, "most productive." Some of them say "not the most productive," but I could see that being problematic if you take this approach with some questions if you don't read the choice carefully.

Solid advice. That's kind of the approach I take also, I ask myself, "Do I KNOW this based on what I've been told, or am I assuming it?" It really does help eliminate several wrong answers rather quickly.