PrepTest 140, Section 4, Question 19
In certain fields of human endeavor, such as(466 more words not shown)
The passage says that superior(13 more words not shown)
- Asome sequences of(9 more words not shown)
- Bsome types of(5 more words not shown)
- Csome chess games(6 more words not shown)
- Dsome kinds of(4 more words not shown)
- Esome types of(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Superior chess players have exceptional memory for configurations that are typical of chess games. The restriction matters: that advantage doesn't extend to every possible arrangement of pieces. Their expertise is useful for familiar kinds of game patterns, rather than amounting to unlimited memory for anything involving chess.
Working the answers
- A
The author doesn't test memory for moves in other games. This changes the subject from arrangements of chess pieces to sequences in another activity.
- B
No comparison is made between sequences with and without spatial components. That distinction is not the one used to limit the players' memory advantage.
- C
The distinction is typical versus atypical configurations, not challenging versus easy games. A routine position could still be perfectly typical of chess.
- DCorrect
The restriction to arrangements normally encountered in play excludes atypical arrangements from the described exceptional memory (paragraph 2). Some arrangements therefore fall outside the advantage.
- E
We aren't told that competition is necessary for the memory skill or that its absence impairs logical analysis. This adds a different condition instead of using the stated limitation.
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