"assumption" questions

[echoyjeff222]

I've seen a lot of assumption questions in bio and verbal, and I am a bit annoyed by them. To me, a lot of the assumption questions aren't really assumptions but "this happened as a result of x" question. I don't see it as an assumption, so I end up second guessing myself at times. I've learned to just "stay stupid" and go with the obvious one, but does anyone else feel this way too?

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[Romz]

Yeah i've felt this way too. I even have a particular question in mind from AAMC #3 - almost got it wrong because I over-thought it.

I just figure that the assumption answer is looking for a piece of valid information not stated in the passage.

For example:

Passage info: Phosphorylated Proteins are required to transmit signals in the cell. Drug A is administered and signals stop being transferred.
Assumption: Drug A is somehow negatively implicated in the signalling cascade through phosphorylated proteins.

Yeah, the above is what Drug A does. But it follows the assumption criteria in that Information + Assumption = Result. Obviously take my example with a grain of salt, considering the AAMC passages are much more refined, but the general gist of the idea is there.