Veritas Prep CR Forum Expert - Karishma - Ask Me Anything about CR

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Hi VeritasKarishma,

Please help me see how to determine the range of assumptions, prephrases or whatever they are called.
I have read several materials on CR, in which one of the steps to answer strenghen, weaken, assumption, and flaw in the reasonings is determining the range of prephrasing.

Thanks a lot.

I think you are talking about pre-thinking. Here are my thoughts on it:

Pre-thinking is useful though a bit over rated. It sometimes helps you keep a tight control on what is relevant and what may not be. Often, when you read an argument, you are able to see gaps in logic, places where the author jumps to conclusion without providing any valid evidence, where you see that multiple explanations are possible etc. More often that not, you shouldn't really be allotting time to "pre-thinking" per se. It is a part of trying to understand what the argument is saying. When you read the argument, you rephrase it in your words - ok, so this is what the author wants to say and this is the data he gives for that. But hey, he doesn't talk about this, this is what is missing or what we need is some reason to justify why this happens etc. If nothing comes to mind immediately, there is not a moment to waste. The options will tell you exactly what is missing and what is needed.

The point is that after doing N number of CR questions, you automatically begin to speculate the kind of question that is coming up and/or what the correct option may say. It is a natural progression and you don't need to stress out about it. Try to rephrase the argument in your own words and evaluate how good or bad the logic is. Thereafter, go to the options.

Here are some examples of how you break down arguments:

https://gmatclub.com/forum/press-secret ... rethinking
https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-gandania- ... rethinking
https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-general-j ... rethinking

Karishma,

Do you have any specific strategy to tackle complete the argument question? I find them a bit weird. Sometimes the author is looking for alternate reasoning, sometimes just the conclusion, etc.
I get quite a few wrong in those. Also, I wanted to ask if you have the break of the number of questions from each question type which a person is going to see on the real GMAT.

Thanks

Hi VeritasKarishma,

Thanks for the reply on the range of argument.

Can you please explain how A and D work on this problem:
Financial success does not guarantee happiness. This claim is not mere proverbial wisdom but a fact verified by statistics. In a recently concluded survey, only one-third of the respondents who claimed to have achieved financial success reported that they were happy.

Which one of the following, if true, most strongly supports the conclusion drawn from the survey results?

(A) The respondents who reported financial success were, for the most part, financially successful
(D) Many of the respondents who failed to report financial success were in fact financially successful

Thanks

According to an analysis of the ten most popular primetime TV programs from 2001 to 2011, the popularity of the reality television genre has fallen considerably from its peak in 2007, while the general drama category has reclaimed much of its lost ground. This analysis, however, must clearly be unfounded since both the current number one and number three shows are reality programs.
The answer to which one of the following questions would contribute most to an evaluation of the argument?
A.)To what extent are the number one and number three reality programs representative of their genre as a whole?
B.)What was the statistical norm in popularity of the reality genre prior to its peak in 2007?
C.)How many new reality television programs have been released since 2007?
D.)What proportion of reality television programs that were once unpopular have seen a resurgence in popularity?
E.)Of the reality programs that are still popular, how many are profitable?

Complete the passage questions can belong to any of the other different question types. Depending on the last line of the argument, you can figure out how to complete it. For example:

When the products of several competing suppliers are perceived by consumers to be essentially the same, classical economics predicts that price competition will reduce prices to the same minimal levels and all suppliers’ profits to the same minimal levels. Therefore, if classical economics is true, and given suppliers’ desire to make as much profit as possible, it should be expected that ____________

The argument tells us that when products are same, classical economics predicts minimal profits. So if classical economics is true and we know that suppliers want to make as much profit as possible, we can expect that ___ (what can we INFER from this?)
We can expect something that says that suppliers try to make their products unique.


Exporters in Country X are facing lower revenues due to a shortage of the large metal shipping containers in which they send their goods by sea to other countries. Fewer containers arrive in Country X due to reductions in imports. This has meant lost orders, costly delays, and a scramble for alternatives, such as air freight, all of which are costlier. Moreover, the revenues of exporters in Country X will probably continue to decline in the near future. This is because other countries are likely to find it increasingly unprofitable to export their goods to Country X, and because __________.


The argument tells us that the revenues of exporters will probably continue to decline in future. Then it goes on to say "this is because of A and because ____"
So we are looking for another reason that revenues of exporters will continue to decline. We are looking for something that will STRENGTHEN that revenues of exporters will continue to decline.
The correct option says "shipping companies are willing to move containers from country to country only when the containers are full".

Strengthen/weaken/inference questions are most important.

I have answered it here with focus on (A) and (D)

https://gmatclub.com/forum/financial-su ... l#p2340238

Hi Karishma,

I have 1 conceptual doubt in CR.
In questions dealing with plan and its result, if the question stem is to doubt that plan will work, do we need to show that the plan itself wont happen or that the plan will happen but its result wont occur?

I hope I am able to frame my question properly.

Here is the explanation:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/cr-evaluatio ... l#p2340577

Hey VeritasKarishma
GMATNinja nightblade354 gmat1393, feel free to see what you can add too.

This is an LSAT question. OA- C. Could you help me with why C is correct?

IanStewart posted an explanation already here: https://gmatclub.com/forum/consumer-adv ... 03036.html

If this is not sufficient, I can expand upon it. There are also explanations here: https://forum.powerscore.com/lsat/viewtopic.php?t=27210 and https://www.manhattanprep.com/lsat/foru ... t8376.html

nightblade354 hey! I went back and looked again and absolutely loathed myself for not noticing the strengthens Except part of the Question Stem.
Anyway, I just read your strategy of BlindReview for CR Questions. I've made it a point to start Blind Reviewing today and hopefully I'll PM you and say wow it really helped after Test Day.

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Happens to the best of us, so don't worry about it. And I hope that day comes.

Hey nkhl.goyal,

I do understand your question. Usually, the correct option tells us why we won't obtain the required result.
But if you have a particular question in mind, share the link.

Hi VeritasKarishma

Please help in solving this one: https://gmatclub.com/forum/according-to ... l#p2070098

please explain why is option A better than option B

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Good Evening VeritasKarishma,

I have already finished reading Powerscore CR bible, solved all the included problem sets with >80% accuracy(powerscore problems seem easy). But while solving tough questions(from Magoosh and OG), I still face difficulties like after eliminating 3 options I often choose the wrong of the two remaining choices.

So what should I do to improve? Read another theory book(I have Manhattan CR), re-read Powerscore or any other thing?

I will appreciate any advice or help.

Thank you.
DV

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