STRATEGY #5: REPHRASE THE QUESTION
(TYPE A AND C QUESTIONS)
In the questions seen in Parts A and C on the exam, the test writers will obscure
the information in the question to make it harder to read. They are trying to mess
you up! Don’t fall for it.
To understand this type of trap, read the two sentences below.
In any dynamic chemical equilibrium, the removal of product will drive
the equilibrium to the right and thus increase the concentration of product,
while the concentration of reactants will decrease.
- If a dynamic chemical equilibrium is subjected to withdrawal of
product, the concentration of reactants will diminish, and the concentration
of product will become greater.
These two statements mean exactly the same thing, but their wording is very
different. Many of the words and phrases in statement 2 have the same meaning
as those in statement 1, but they’re disguised—they’re camouflaged.