Must be true / Mostsupported
Incorrect Answers: 1. Could be true or likely to be true answers 2. Exaggerated answers a. If the stimulus states: SOME software vendorsrecently implemented more rigorous licensing procedures. b. An incorrect answer would exaggerate one or moreof the elements: MOST software vendors recently implemented more rigorouslicensing procedures. 3. NEW information answers a. “NEW” information that is not the consequence ofthe stimulus 4. Shell game a. An idea or concept is raised in the stimulus,and then a very similar idea appears in the answer choice, but the idea ischanged just enough to be incorrect but still attractive 5. The opposite answer 6. The reverse answer a. The stimulus might state, many people have sometype of security system in their home. b. An incorrect answer then reverses the elements: Somepeople have many types of security systems in their home.
Conditional Reasoning often occurs in Must Be Truequestions. 1. Valid and Invalid Statements: To receive an A+, you must study for thetest. 1. John received an A+ on the test, so he must havestudied for the test. a. VALID – this is an inference b. A+ is sufficient, Study is necessary 2. John studied for the test, so he must havereceived an A+ on the test. a. INVALID b. Just because John studied for the test does notmean he actually received an A+. c. Although A+ might 3. John did not receive an A+ on the test, so hemust not have studied for the test. a. INVALID b. Might be true but not definitely true 4. John did not study for the test, so he must nothave received an A+ on the test. a. VALID - inference b. If studying is the necessary condition forgetting an A+, and John did not study, then according to the original statementthere is no way John could have received an A+. 5. WORDS INTRODUCING CONDITIONAL REASONING: a. To introduce a sufficient condition: i. If ii. When iii. Whenever iv. Every v. All vi. Any vii. Each viii. In order to ix. People who b. To introduce a necessary condition: i. Then ii. Only iii. Only if iv. Must v. Required vi. Unless vii. Except viii. Until
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