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Question Stem: "Which one of the following must be true?" Correct answer: must be true Wrong answers: Must be false Question Stem: "Which one of the following must be true, EXCEPT?" Correct ... Answer: Could be false Wrong answer: Must be true Sufficient Term immediately follows if goes to the left of the arrow "trigger" or "if" term Necessary Term Immediately follows then goes to the right of the arrow * Necessary is required whenever sufficient is present * Always assume it is possible to have the necessary term without having the sufficient * simple synonyms of necessary (essential, require, rely) must point to the necessary conditions When is the necessary term present? whenever sufficient is present Is it possible to have the necessary term without the sufficient? Yes, always assume unless told otherwise Ex: If J volunteers, then R does too" What does this tell us? If J volunteers this is sufficient to know that R must J cannot be the only one to volunteer R can volunteer without J IF x and y then Z both x and y must be true to apply the conditional statement If A, then B and C Whenever we have A, we must have both B and C IF G OR H, then J either G/H by itself is sufficient to ensure that we must have J If you have both G and H, you still must have J "Neither X nor Y" Not X and Not Y Sufficient Key Words All Any (anytime, anyplace, anybody) every (every time, everybody) whenever each The only If When In order to IF statement includes negative, how do you notate it? example: no one who is in Europe is in NY If a, not b If in NY, not in EU Necessary Indicators Only Only If Then Must Always Unless/Without signals necessary Think about it as if unless is the same as then How to notate unless/without 1. what happens after unless/without goes on right hand side of arrow 2. take the remaining part of the statement and negate it then put it on the left No X unless Y IF x, then Y A unless B If not a, then B "no X are y" If x, then not y What is a sequencing game? most common type of game asks you to put things in order - chronologically (units of time) - Spatially (vertical or horizontal) - Rank (top 10) - Size/amt (list of prices - cheapest to most expensive) Require you to determine the order of a number of entities Limitations to look out for in sequencing games? usually related to how many entities can go into each slot Loose sequencing Rules involve only variables and related those variables only to each other * no rules that affirmatively tie variables to particular spaces or that dictate a set # of spaces to appear between entities Selection Game Given a group of entities, asked to choose some of those entities to make a smaller group (some in and some out) Key Limits in Selection Games number of entities to select * Often gaps in info Distribution Games Key Task - formation of groups main task: given a larger group of entities, sort them into 2+ smaller groups Distribution v. Selection Selection entails choosing a single, smaller group from a larger one Matching v. Distribution Similarities: Both game types call for you to group entities under a number of headings Conceptual Difference * Distribution Game is similar to putting individuals on teams - in distribution games, you place each entity just one time into just one group * Matching Game is similar to assigning attributes to individuals - in matching games, you are usually allowed to reuse entities [Show More]

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