UMAT 2010 Question Thread

[kenhung123]

Problem solving you mean sec 1?

[stonecold]

Anyone know how to do these two?

[stonecold]

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[kenhung123]

Lol don't worry stonecold, these questions are nearly impossible.
There are too many identical elements=>too many possibilities to test
Some possibility work until the 3rd sequence which is really bs, meaning you gotta go till the 4th sequence
Dunno if this is only medentry though..

[Boots]

Hey guys can u help me with this problem solving question. I chose B, if u arrive somewhere late, you will leave late right?

[shinny]

Hey guys can u help me with this problem solving question. I chose B, if u arrive somewhere late, you will leave late right?

Not necessarily. The arrival time could be an hour before the departure time. Think of planes that have stop overs. You can't automatically assume that the train leaves immediately. The answer which doesn't involve any assumptions is obviously A. The stimulus clearly states that if the train leaves Adelaide on time, then it will arrive in Alice Springs on time. This didn't occur. Therefore it didn't leave Adelaide on time.

[Boots]

Hey guys can u help me with this problem solving question. I chose B, if u arrive somewhere late, you will leave late right?

Not necessarily. The arrival time could be an hour before the departure time. Think of planes that have stop overs. You can't automatically assume that the train leaves immediately. The answer which doesn't involve any assumptions is obviously A. The stimulus clearly states that if the train leaves Adelaide on time, then it will arrive in Alice Springs on time. This didn't occur. Therefore it didn't leave Adelaide on time.

I never thought of it that way!

[kenhung123]

Lol I remember this drill! It seemed so easy but I ended up with 11/20! They are tricky in that you can make absolutely no assumptions at all. The paper one was really tricky!

[Boots]

HOW THE HELL CAN WE SOLVE THIS WITHOUT USING A CALC?

[shinny]

I don't know why they bothered to calculate the actual populations, but you don't really need to. Just add the percentages up, or given that it looks to scale, on the actual UMAT you could even use a ruler and add the distances of each bar together to figure out which make the greatest population potentially even faster. The only part where you might need a calculator is in the male/female ratio, but just consider them separately and you'll see that the answer is greater in both the male and female populations individually anyway so it doesn't matter. The only part where it would get confusing and quite unfair is if the male population of one answer was greater than another, but not the female.

[Stroodle]

Just roughly add up the percentages. Highest is the answer.

[stonecold]

does that mean just make up your own population shinny, like 196 people, 100 female + 96 male ?

[shinny]

does that mean just make up your own population shinny, like 196 people, 100 female + 96 male ?

That'd make it easier, but it'd still be a bitch regardless.

[Boots]

In this question the correct answer is D, however don't you think even D is sort of wrong. The graph shows the DEATH of people from diabetes not the number of ppl with diabetes. So isn't the answer itself wrong, or am I misreading the graph?

[stonecold]

you're somewhat right, but D is still the best answer.  option B is too much of an inference.  you have to understand that this is medentry, and they really have NFI and are only interested in taking our money.

they are really starting to piss me off with some of their ridiculous questions, along with their inability to spell accurately or word questions properly. worse, they never respond to my calls or emails.  

i look forward to reproducing their overpriced product and selling it at a reasonable price or possibly giving it away for free.