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Im sure theres been a thousand topics on this already, but I havn't been able to dig them up and I just finished Dec 2009 practice exam. Although I can see E as an answer, I have one dispute to make.
The prompt says that the keyboard was designed to prevent jamming. What if computer keyboards would have jammed too if keys were struck in quick succession? I don't think E takes that into consideration.
Any thoughts? Personally, I chose A, crossed out B, C, and D, but was pretty dissatisfied with A too.
The prompt says that the keyboard was designed to prevent jamming. What if computer keyboards would have jammed too if keys were struck in quick succession? I don't think E takes that into consideration.
Any thoughts? Personally, I chose A, crossed out B, C, and D, but was pretty dissatisfied with A too.
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computer keyboards can't jam. electronic v. mechanical. Invalid assumption
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I am not sure if this ia against the rules to dicuss. But I believe the passage makes mention of the fact that it is a typewrite specific design flaw. There would be no reason it would occur in a computer.7ED wrote:Im sure theres been a thousand topics on this already, but I havn't been able to dig them up and I just finished Dec 2009 practice exam. Although I can see E as an answer, I have one dispute to make.
The prompt says that the keyboard was designed to prevent jamming. What if computer keyboards would have jammed too if keys were struck in quick succession? I don't think E takes that into consideration.
Any thoughts? Personally, I chose A, crossed out B, C, and D, but was pretty dissatisfied with A too.
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ever see a trypewriter? its not the keys that jam its the rods/levers they are attached to.
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Cupidity wrote:computer keyboards can't jam. electronic v. mechanical. Invalid assumption
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Yeah, a lot of people found this to be a very hard question (there's even a discussion of it somewhere else).7ED wrote:I don't think E takes that into consideration.... Any thoughts? Personally, I chose A, crossed out B, C, and D, but was pretty dissatisfied with A too.
In terms of (A): This is your standard "extreme" wrong answer choice, just better packaged. "Most" is way more extreme than anything you'll find in the stimulus ("Experiments have shown ... CAN" do such and such).
In terms of (E): Remember, this isn't must be true, it's most strongly supported. It doesn't have to take everything into consideration to be more strongly supported than any other answer.
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- Jackie O
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last week I was very surprised to find that qwerty is a valid word in scrabble
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you're right; but the stimulus doesn't mention this. it's an assumption you have to bring in from the "outside" world (at least that's what I recall)DCD wrote:ever see a trypewriter? its not the keys that jam its the rods/levers they are attached to.
thisCupidity wrote:computer keyboards can't jam. electronic v. mechanical. Invalid assumption
also, I always thought most supported/inference=must be true
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Yeah, this is a common fallacy even among LSAT prep companies. It's often true that the answers are MBT, but just look at the word "MOST" -- that, all by itself, suggests that we're talking in relative instead of absolute terms about the answer choice.klussy wrote:also, I always thought most supported/inference=must be true
There's a good post on this subject on an lsat blog I just found on Google: http://lsatblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/mo ... gical.html
It's an inference question. You must have evidence to support your answer choice, but that's it.
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Thank God I found that old type-writer in the trash.
it is now part of a musical ensemble.
it is now part of a musical ensemble.
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interesting. way to fail, LR bible (and Kaplan, for that matter)dynomite wrote:Yeah, this is a common fallacy even among LSAT prep companies. It's often true that the answers are MBT, but just look at the word "MOST" -- that, all by itself, suggests that we're talking in relative instead of absolute terms about the answer choice.klussy wrote:also, I always thought most supported/inference=must be true
There's a good post on this subject on an lsat blog I just found on Google: http://lsatblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/mo ... gical.html
It's an inference question. You must have evidence to support your answer choice, but that's it.
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