Equivalent Conditional Meanings

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1. Question 1 · Multiple choice

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   Choose TWO correct statements based on the information given. Entry is permitted only if you have a ticket.

   1. You can enter whether or not you have a ticket.
   2. You cannot enter unless you have a ticket.
   3. Having a ticket is necessary for entry.
   4. Having no ticket guarantees entry.
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   Answer

   You cannot enter unless you have a ticket.; Having a ticket is necessary for entry.

   Only if makes a ticket necessary; it does not by itself guarantee entry.

2. Question 2 · Multiple choice

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   Choose TWO correct statements based on the information given. You will get a refund if the event is cancelled.

   1. If the event is cancelled, you will receive a refund.
   2. Cancellation of the event guarantees a refund.
   3. You receive a refund only when you cancel your plans.
   4. The event will be cancelled if you get a refund.
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   Answer

   If the event is cancelled, you will receive a refund.; Cancellation of the event guarantees a refund.

   The stated condition is sufficient for the refund, without reversing the implication.

3. Question 3 · Multiple choice

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   Choose TWO correct statements based on the information given. Without your advice, I would have accepted.

   1. I accepted because you advised me.
   2. If you hadn't advised me, I would have accepted.
   3. If you advised me tomorrow, I accepted yesterday.
   4. I would have accepted but for your advice.
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   If you hadn't advised me, I would have accepted.; I would have accepted but for your advice.

   The counterfactual condition identifies the advice as preventing acceptance.

4. Question 4 · Multiple choice

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   Choose TWO correct statements based on the information given. You may use the room provided that you leave it tidy.

   1. You may use the room despite refusing to tidy it.
   2. You may use the room as long as you leave it tidy.
   3. Leaving the room tidy is a condition of using it.
   4. You may use the room unless you leave it tidy.
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   Answer

   You may use the room as long as you leave it tidy.; Leaving the room tidy is a condition of using it.

   Provided that and as long as introduce the same condition.

5. Question 5 · Multiple choice

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   Choose TWO correct statements based on the information given. The software works only with an internet connection.

   1. An internet connection is necessary for it to work.
   2. It works unless it has an internet connection.
   3. An internet connection alone guarantees it works.
   4. It won't work without an internet connection.
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   An internet connection is necessary for it to work.; It won't work without an internet connection.

   Only with states necessity rather than sufficiency.

6. Question 6 · Multiple choice

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   Choose TWO correct statements based on the information given. If I had left earlier, I would have caught the train.

   1. I left earlier and caught the train.
   2. I didn't leave early enough to catch the train.
   3. Leaving earlier would have enabled me to catch the train.
   4. If I leave earlier tomorrow, I caught the train.
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   Answer

   I didn't leave early enough to catch the train.; Leaving earlier would have enabled me to catch the train.

   The past counterfactual implies the earlier departure and catch did not happen.

7. Question 7 · Multiple choice

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   Choose TWO correct statements based on the information given. We will go ahead unless the funding is withdrawn.

   1. We will proceed only if funding is withdrawn.
   2. We won't proceed unless funding is withdrawn.
   3. We will proceed if the funding is not withdrawn.
   4. Withdrawal of funding is the stated exception to proceeding.
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   We will proceed if the funding is not withdrawn.; Withdrawal of funding is the stated exception to proceeding.

   Unless introduces the exception that prevents proceeding.

8. Question 8 · Multiple choice

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   Choose TWO correct statements based on the information given. If the figures are correct, the plan is affordable.

   1. Incorrect figures necessarily make the plan unaffordable.
   2. The plan's affordability proves the figures are correct.
   3. Correct figures would mean the plan is affordable.
   4. The plan is affordable on the assumption that the figures are correct.
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   Correct figures would mean the plan is affordable.; The plan is affordable on the assumption that the figures are correct.

   The condition supports a conclusion without asserting its converse or inverse.

9. Question 9 · Multiple choice

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   Choose TWO correct statements based on the information given. Had she asked, I would have helped.

   1. She asked and I refused.
   2. If she asks next week, I helped yesterday.
   3. She didn't ask, so the hypothetical help did not occur.
   4. I would have helped if she had asked.
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   She didn't ask, so the hypothetical help did not occur.; I would have helped if she had asked.

   Inverted had she asked is a past counterfactual condition.

10. Question 10 · Multiple choice

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    Choose TWO correct statements based on the information given. You can extend the loan on condition that no one has reserved the book.

    1. You can extend it provided that nobody has reserved it.
    2. You can extend it even if someone has reserved it.
    3. If someone has reserved it, extension is not permitted.
    4. You can extend it only when someone reserves it.
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    Answer

    You can extend it provided that nobody has reserved it.; If someone has reserved it, extension is not permitted.

    The absence of a reservation is the explicit condition for extension.

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