Clarity of DAT questions

[mochafreak]

---

Members don't see this ad.

Hey guys, I've been worried about this for awhile. Are the DAT's questions worded pretty clearly or are they easy to read into. In other words, if you know your stuff will there be one obvious correct answer? I asked about this on another thread and didn't really get any replies. Two examples:

Kaplan says the stomach secretes pepsin, but the stomach secretes pepsinogen. Does the DAT differentiate between this, or does the stomach secrete pepsin for the DAT?

Second, Kaplan connsiders 14-annulene to be aromatic because it satisfies Huckel's Rule. But, it's not planar due to Van der Waal's interactions of the inner hydrogens. Is any molecule that satisfies Huckel's Rule aromatic on the DAT, regardless of whether it's planar or not?

I'd really appreciate some replies. I need a really good score so reading too much into a couple of questions could ruin me.

 

[kelbal10]

Hey guys, I've been worried about this for awhile. Are the DAT's questions worded pretty clearly or are they easy to read into. In other words, if you know your stuff will there be one obvious correct answer? I asked about this on another thread and didn't really get any replies. Two examples:

Kaplan says the stomach secretes pepsin, but the stomach secretes pepsinogen. Does the DAT differentiate between this, or does the stomach secrete pepsin for the DAT?

Second, Kaplan connsiders 14-annulene to be aromatic because it satisfies Huckel's Rule. But, it's not planar due to Van der Waal's interactions of the inner hydrogens. Is any molecule that satisfies Huckel's Rule aromatic on the DAT, regardless of whether it's planar or not?

I'd really appreciate some replies. I need a really good score so reading too much into a couple of questions could ruin me.

Don't freak out so much. My DAT was very clear. If a molecule satisfies Huckel's Rule, it is aromatic.

 

[r0entgen]

Hey guys, I've been worried about this for awhile. Are the DAT's questions worded pretty clearly or are they easy to read into. In other words, if you know your stuff will there be one obvious correct answer? I asked about this on another thread and didn't really get any replies. Two examples:

Kaplan says the stomach secretes pepsin, but the stomach secretes pepsinogen. Does the DAT differentiate between this, or does the stomach secrete pepsin for the DAT?

Second, Kaplan connsiders 14-annulene to be aromatic because it satisfies Huckel's Rule. But, it's not planar due to Van der Waal's interactions of the inner hydrogens. Is any molecule that satisfies Huckel's Rule aromatic on the DAT, regardless of whether it's planar or not?

I'd really appreciate some replies. I need a really good score so reading too much into a couple of questions could ruin me.

um...i thought the dat was pretty clear...and i think you have a mixup in the pepsin question. the stomach does secrete pepsin as an exocrine secretion...the CHIEF CELLS secrete pepsinogen, and in the acidic environment of the stomach, pepsinogen is converted to pepsin.

 

[mochafreak]

um...i thought the dat was pretty clear...and i think you have a mixup in the pepsin question. the stomach does secrete pepsin as an exocrine secretion...the CHIEF CELLS secrete pepsinogen, and in the acidic environment of the stomach, pepsinogen is converted to pepsin.

That's exactly what I was referring too, the chief cells secrete pepsinogen and the acidic environment turns it into pepsin (didn't write it very clearly though did I). My point is it's secreted as a zymogen, but Kaplan makes it sound like it is secreted in active form.

I just wanted to know if the questions were clear, sounds like they are...I just took a PAT section on DAT Acheiver last night, so I have far bigger things to worry about now.

 

[DesiDentist]

Just remember not to think too deeply into a question. From what I remembered and what people have told me (current predents) most of the time wording is crystal clear, but there are some you just can't figure out what they are talking about. I remember a few photosynthesis questions which still haunt me since I had no clue what they were asking, and the question could have been approved in many ways.

 

[mochafreak]

Thanks for the replies guys 🙂