LOTS of irks with AAMC8...but still completely stoked on my score!!
If you guys could help me out I'd appreciate it.
PS: Question 50: I thought frequency was the 1 thing that couldn't change in a wave.
Is the "imperfect" reflector an indication that everything changes except the speed? I'm not sure what an "imperfect" reflector is. The explanation doesn't do it for me...
VR: Question 61: I chose answer "A." The explanation says the answer is D, which I was going to put, however, the passage NEVER mentions Red Riding Hood, and choice D FORCES you to assume that Red Riding Hood has enduring popularity (which it does, but my VR muscle has been toned to never pick answer that force you to assume things), so why would they all of sudden make you assume this?
Question 80: I chose answer "D." I had it down to C and D and picked C but reviewing I put D. The author obviously understands the historical significance, but he refers to classic approach as being around "ever since", thus up until this day. IE- it has endured through history and will continue to endure, so he accepts that it will forever be dominated by religion and politics. Then again "religion" shouldve been replaced with spirituality for this to be more right...
Question 86: I put "C"...why would anyone replace the original rope if they were influenced by beliefs that had nothing to do with the original rope...
Question 88: I answer choice "B" based on the explicitly stated "Learning activities are more limited to their usefulness in beginners..."
BS: Question 121: I put choice "B" and the answer is "D". The most plausible explanation is for you to assume that one of the fatty chains was unsaturated? I know fatty chains can be unsaturated, but this answer is better than a glycerol losing a proton to form a fatty acid salt? Then again, it's really not a fatty acid salt, just a glycerol soap...ehh.
Question 135: At which concentration will the + grow faster than the - ... I put "D" at any concentration, because it states in the passage "During microfilament growth, the + end grows faster than the - end." and the fact that growth (which is a rate) of "+" has a greater slope than "-" at all concentrations...
Thanks in advance to anyone who actually spends time to read this and help me out.
50. (Difficulty-MEDIUM)Yea because the reflector is moving towards you, some of the light energy is absorbed. But the easiest way to answer the question is that because it doesn't change media, the velocity of the light can't change.
61.(Difficulty-MEDIUM) Answer choice A talks about the context of the story without discussing the story itself, which would not be an analysis of Red Riding Hood. I understand why you were hesitant with D, and so was I, but the passage wants the students to isolate story elements to create a coherent rational analysis. I think it is assumed that it has enduring popularity because otherwise why would literature students analyze it? (its not like the book was a random romance novel or anything)
80. (Difficulty-EASY)No, the passage never says athletics is dominated by religon or politics. It states that through sports there is some sort of a 'spiritual awakening" in fans and athletes. Answer choice D is too strongly worded with dominated also.
86. (Difficulty-NORMAL) The author least likely believes that mental dispositions are a result of direct physical reasons. So in this case switching the rope could be because the other rope was stronger or because of some other reason. It doesn't have to be because the rope hes on is weak/going to break. Thats too direct a relationship like behaviorism.
88. Learning is of limited use to beginners is stated, but that is the opposite of what the question is asking. They want to know in what situation is it of the MOST use. This is stated in the next 2 paragraphs to be during grammar tests. This is a relatively easy question because it is grabbed straight from the passage without any inference. Make sure you read the question stem carefully.
121. (Difficulty-NORMAL)Work through the answers. A is wrong because triacylglyercol only has 3 FA. B is wrong because for glyercol to be transformed into a FA it would have to somehow lose 3 hydroxyl groups, which would not dissociate if there was a strong base (NaOH) already present. Between C and D, D is more true because there is a small amount of unsaturated FA that isomerizes back and forth. If all of the FA isomerized, then there would still be only 3 FA. So D is the most plausible and correct answer.
135.(Difficulty-EASY)This is a simple read from the graph question. Before 1 uM, the + end is losing subunits. At 1uM, the +end is not adding/losing subunits. After 1 uM the + end is adding subunits. Until 4 uM the - end is losing subunits. After 4uM the - end is adding subunits. Yet it never adds more than the the rate of the +end (this is easy to see if you check out their slopes).
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I feel like I read the question not wrong but not in the way that the MCAT test writers were looking for me to read it. However, I guess if you think about it, while C is true in information, choice A is more ...specific to the actual mechanism of antibody B. Yes, it is very specific, but WHY is it more effective at BLOCKING the beta subunit? What is the antibody able to do that protease inhibitors cannot? Yes, they will reduce the amount of proteases and free-radicals released, but what about prostaglandins as well as the other products? Antibody B prevents the entire cascade from happening, vs. SOME of the EFFECTS of the cascade. It's one of those "true but another answer is STRONGER" questions.
