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Confusing Verbal Reasoning Question

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:00 pm
by apprentice
Hi,

I'm trying to figure out verbal reasoning questions and could you guys help me out?

For example, let's think of a sentence like "The Y theorists assume employees may be ambitious and self-motivated and exercise self-control."

According to the sentence above, the claim such as "The Y theorists assume employees are ambitious and self-motivated." is;

(a) True
(b) False
(c) Cannot say

Re: Confusing Verbal Reasoning Question

Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 5:08 pm
by JamesDean
(b) false - for the same reason Kenyancowgirl gave for the other question VR posted. First sentence says may be; second says are. By saying may be, you must assume some are not!

HTH,

JD

Re: Confusing Verbal Reasoning Question

Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:38 am
by apprentice
Thank you, JamesDean!