UMAT 2010 Question Thread

[mikee65]

ok whats up with this question. Its says "Participation rates for those with bone tumours were not significantly different in the different age groups compared to brain and tissue tumours." meaning participation levels for different age groups and diff tumors, more or less the same in each catagory of ages. and the second sentence "Over the past 50 years, survival has improved more in children with cancer than in older adolescents and young adults." because 46% of those <16 participated helping confirm A).But answer is D)

btw i may have completely misread the question and gone off on a tangent because im reallly tired.
but yeah.

[andy456]

ok whats up with this question. Its says "Participation rates for those with bone tumours were not significantly different in the different age groups compared to brain and tissue tumours." meaning participation levels for different age groups and diff tumors, more or less the same in each catagory of ages. and the second sentence "Over the past 50 years, survival has improved more in children with cancer than in older adolescents and young adults." because 46% of those <16 participated helping confirm A).But answer is D)

btw i may have completely misread the question and gone off on a tangent because im reallly tired.
but yeah.

Im guessing its because it doesnt say that the survival rate has improved because they attended clinical trials.

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[pooshwaltzer]

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In 1928 the Republic Party used a telephone survey, what was then considered cutting edge technology, to conduct a sample poll of voting public sentiments in relation to their preferential choices in the upcoming general election. Party members and delegates would ring residents within the phone register and simply ask their party preferences.

To ensure national consistency, poll was carried out across continental United States with the exception of the Mid-West which had yet to develop its telephony and communications infrastructure. Analysts decided that the impact of such an exclusion is statistically insignificant given that the region represent barely 5% of the aggregate pool of eligible voters.

THE FINDING: 95% of those polled indicated their preference for the Republican party thereby forecasting a landslide Republican victory.

THE RESULT: Later that year, Democrat Herbert Hoover was sworn into presidency following an unprecedented and largely uncontested majority in the actual polls.

What went wrong?

[Stroodle]

MORE SECTION 3 QUESTIONS NOW!

In 1928 the Republic Party used a telephone survey, what was then considered cutting edge technology, to conduct a sample poll of voting public sentiments in relation to their preferential choices in the upcoming general election. Party members and delegates would ring residents within the phone register and simply ask their party preferences.

To ensure national consistency, poll was carried out across continental United States with the exception of the Mid-West which had yet to develop its telephony and communications infrastructure. Analysts decided that the impact of such an exclusion is statistically insignificant given that the region represent barely 5% of the aggregate pool of eligible voters.

THE FINDING: 95% of those polled indicated their preference for the Republican party thereby forecasting a landslide Republican victory.

THE RESULT: Later that year, Democrat Herbert Hoover was sworn into presidency following an unprecedented and largely uncontested majority in the actual polls.

What went wrong?

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[mikee65]

ok whats up with this question. Its says "Participation rates for those with bone tumours were not significantly different in the different age groups compared to brain and tissue tumours." meaning participation levels for different age groups and diff tumors, more or less the same in each catagory of ages. and the second sentence "Over the past 50 years, survival has improved more in children with cancer than in older adolescents and young adults." because 46% of those <16 participated helping confirm A).But answer is D)

btw i may have completely misread the question and gone off on a tangent because im reallly tired.
but yeah.

Im guessing its because it doesnt say that the survival rate has improved because they attended clinical trials.

but b/c like 50% of kids did it and later it says more improvement was shown in kids as opposed to adults who didnt participate more in trials,
so we still cant assume so?

[stonecold]

To anyone struggling in true/false statement questions (like me ), it may be worth reading up on 'Paradoxes'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_paradox#Explanation_of_the_paradox_and_variants
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_paradox

[kenhung123]

Could someone explain how they would have approached this question:

[pooshwaltzer]

B --> A --> E --> C --> D

[Stroodle]

Looks like you may have got that one wrong Poosh  

*Edit - I chose a when I did that question cause from the other four one star has a circle on the left, one on the right, one on the bottom left, and one on the bottom right; leaving a as the odd one out with a circle at the top.

Obviously got lucky though, I find it so hard to work out where these patterns start and end, so I usually just resort to
3-2/symmetry..

[samiira]

do u guys finish the drills on time? i cant!

All but section 1. Well I guess it's because I hate section one and I always get up and do something else while I'm meant to be doing the drill... LOL


i agree wif u one dat one.. section one kills me.. and i cant stand da massive amounts of reading

EDIT: @liv
Lol that's stupid medentry for you :knuppel2:

[mikee65]

B --> A --> E --> C --> D

A is the middle lol

[sir0004]

Order is C B A E D. There are two circles in all, in some patterns these are covered while not so in others. The movement of one of the balls starting from C is half a turn clockwise each turn. The other ball moves moves anti clockwise 1, clockwise 2, anti clockwise 3 and finally clockwise 4 times. 

[kenhung123]

Well, the problem is how you managed to choose position 1. I mean the pattern of course is apparent after you know the order.

[sir0004]

I didn't know the order, I had to figure it out from scratch. It did take about double the time that a section 3 question in the real UMAT is meant to take (but it's one of the harder ones). First thing I saw was the presence of one ball at exterior edge in all of the shapes and another ball either in the exterior or 'in-between' edges. The one that was at the outer edge is likely to be moving either clockwise or anticlockwise, and the number of turns it takes can be same or increase/decrease. However, having done countless number of these questions when I did the UMAT last year, I know that, most often, the FIRST turn is only one movement. The ball at the 'interior-edges' is not found throughout the shape (i.e. it is isolated at the top half of the shape). Thus, it is reasonable to think that it is moving only one turn at a time throughout. After identifying these, the problem becomes easy, and you just try different combinations till you find one that follows this logic/trend.