{"id":30226,"date":"2021-10-03T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?p=30226"},"modified":"2022-07-25T02:31:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T06:31:00","slug":"all-about-critical-reasoning-questions-on-the-gmat-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/all-about-critical-reasoning-questions-on-the-gmat-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"All About Critical Reasoning Questions on the GMAT (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

With regard to the GMAT, raw intellectual horsepower helps, but it is not everything.\u00a0<\/em>Manhattan Prep<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>Stacey Koprince<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0teaches you how to perform at your best on test day by using some common sense.<\/em><\/p>\n

In\u00a0Part 1<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0of this article, we talked about the overall process for solving Critical Reasoning (CR) problems and reviewed the four major CR question types (the ones that show up most often on the test).<\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s take a look at the five minor types.<\/p>\n

The Assumption Family<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Assumption Family questions always involve a conclusion. This group consists of five subtypes, two of which are minor types:<\/p>\n

Flaw:<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>This is the \u201cflip\u201d of Find the Assumption. The author assumes something, but that thing might not be true. What is the\u00a0flaw<\/em>\u00a0in the author\u2019s reasoning?<\/p>\n

Evaluate the Argument:<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0What information would help to determine\u00a0whether<\/em>\u00a0the conclusion is more or less likely to be valid?<\/p>\n

The Evidence Family<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Evidence Family questions really do not have conclusions (never \u201cbig\u201d conclusions, like the Assumption arguments, and usually no conclusions at all). This group consists of two subtypes overall, but only one of these is a minor type:<\/p>\n

Explain a Discrepancy:<\/strong>\u00a0The argument contains some surprising information or outcome. Which answer choice provides some new information that clears up this surprising situation?<\/p>\n

The Structure Family<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Like Assumption questions, Structure questions do involve conclusions. The answer choices are usually in more \u201cabstract\u201d form, discussing characteristics of pieces of the argument. Both question types here are minor types.<\/p>\n

Describe the Role:<\/strong>\u00a0These are also known as\u00a0boldface<\/strong>. The boldface portion plays what kind of role in the overall argument?<\/p>\n

Describe the Argument:<\/strong>\u00a0These are a variant of the boldface question, and they are so rare that I do not have an article for you. If you are really worried about these, you can take a look at our CR Strategy guide\u2014but my best advice for you is not to worry about these.<\/p>\n

Now what? Soon, we will talk about overall CR study strategies based on your scoring goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With regard to the GMAT, raw intellectual horsepower helps, but it is not everything.\u00a0Manhattan Prep\u2019s\u00a0Stacey Koprince\u00a0teaches you how to perform at your best on test day by using some common sense. In\u00a0Part 1\u00a0of this article, we talked about the overall process for solving Critical Reasoning (CR) problems and reviewed the four major CR question types … Read More  <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[268,104,175],"class_list":["post-30226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gmat","tag-critical-reasoning","tag-gmat","tag-manhattan-prep"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAll About Critical Reasoning Questions on the GMAT (Part 2)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In\u00a0Part 1\u00a0of this article, we talked about the overall process for solving Critical Reasoning (CR) problems and reviewed the four major CR question types (the ones that show up most often on the test).\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/all-about-critical-reasoning-questions-on-the-gmat-part-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"All About Critical Reasoning Questions on the GMAT (Part 2)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In\u00a0Part 1\u00a0of this article, we talked about the overall process for solving Critical Reasoning (CR) problems and reviewed the four major CR question types (the ones that show up most often on the test).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/all-about-critical-reasoning-questions-on-the-gmat-part-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"mbaMission - 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