
Give these a try using the approach above. The sample passage below is followed by both non-CTE questions and their CTE counterparts. In this manner, CTE questions can actually help you answer both questions at once! Though it’s preferable to work on the CTE question after you’ve answered its non-CTE counterpart (among other things, this gives you confirmation that you’re thinking about the passage correctly), there is still a good chance you can get both right if you keep calm. Locate the places in the passage referenced by the CTE choices, and ask yourself which one provides an answer to the previous question. 3-SAT: A version of the SAT problem in which every clause has 3 literals. If the Reading question is followed by a CTE question, you’re in luck! You can use the answer choices to the CTE question to your advantage. (One assignment is u1 false, u2 false, u3 false (irrelevant),u4 false (irrelevant)).

Maybe more than one answer seems possible.

Occasionally, you’ll feel completely stumped on a Reading question. Using this approach, you will have no problem with the CTE questions because you would have already found the lines supporting your answer. Recall that the Satisfiability problem is to decide, given a SAT formula (we will assume it is in CNF ), whether it is satisfiable (or consistent ) or not. Because Reading Test answers are always based on direct information from the passages, you should literally be able to put your finger on a place in the passage to support your answer to any given question.

First of all, your Reading Test Day success hinges on using evidence from the passages as you answer all questions. The SAT(isfiability) problem consists in determining whether such an expres- sion is true for some assignment of Boolean values to the variables p1.,pn.
