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If an answer choice is missing one of the original pieces or includes an extra piece, you should:

Correct answer

Eliminate it — the correct answer must use exactly the given pieces, no more and no less

  1. A Choose it anyway
  2. B Eliminate it — the correct answer must use exactly the given pieces, no more and no less
  3. C Resize the pieces to make it fit
  4. D Ignore the piece count

Why this is the answer

ELIMINATE any answer that is MISSING an original piece or includes an EXTRA piece — the correct answer must use EXACTLY the given pieces (no more, no less). ASVAB Assembling Objects strategy: count and account for every piece. A correct assembly uses all the provided pieces, each appearing once, with none added or removed. Quickly checking the NUMBER and IDENTITY of pieces in each answer is an efficient elimination step. Wrong answers that drop a piece or sneak in an extra are common distractors; verifying the piece count narrows your choices fast.
Source: ASVAB Assembling Objects — Piece Count Check

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