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The modern aptitude test has grown progressively less
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The modern aptitude test has grown progressively less ________ since its early incarnations: whereas early psychometricians sought to plumb the murky depths of innate reasoning through elaborate, multi-layered problem sets, today's assessments are engineered to isolate a narrow band of quantifiable cognitive markers.
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| A. labyrinthine |
| B. predictive |
| C. rigorous | D. rudimentary | E. byzantine |
| F. accessible |
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Re: The modern aptitude test has grown progressively less
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The sentence contrasts two eras:
Early tests: “elaborate, multi-layered problem sets,” “murky depths” ------> highly complex
Modern tests -----> simplified, streamlined, focused on measurable markers
So the blank must describe something that means very complex, intricate, or convoluted, since modern tests are said to be less of that.
Best fits:
labyrinthine ------> intricate, maze-like complexity
byzantine ------> excessively complicated and convoluted systems
B. predictive: about forecasting, not complexity
C. rigorous: means strict/precise, not complex
D. rudimentary: means simple/basic (opposite direction of contrast)
F. accessible → also about ease, not structural complexity
Answer: A,E
The sentence contrasts two eras:
Early tests: “elaborate, multi-layered problem sets,” “murky depths” ------> highly complex
Modern tests -----> simplified, streamlined, focused on measurable markers
So the blank must describe something that means very complex, intricate, or convoluted, since modern tests are said to be less of that.
Best fits:
labyrinthine ------> intricate, maze-like complexity
byzantine ------> excessively complicated and convoluted systems
B. predictive: about forecasting, not complexity
C. rigorous: means strict/precise, not complex
D. rudimentary: means simple/basic (opposite direction of contrast)
F. accessible → also about ease, not structural complexity
Answer: A,E
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