In the following question, consider the base word REPRESENTATION. From the alternative words given below, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of REPRESENTATION, assuming no letter is used more times than it occurs in the base word.

Introduction / Context:
This is another word formation question designed to test attention to detail and ability to track letter counts. You are given the longer base word REPRESENTATION and asked to find which option cannot be formed from its letters. Good performance requires you to check that every letter of an option is present in the base word and that no option demands a letter that does not exist or that occurs too many times.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• Base word: REPRESENTATION.
• Letters available, counting frequency: R (2), E (3), P (1), S (1), N (2), T (2), A (1), I (1), O (1).
• Options: Paint, Senator, Trees, Strict.
• Each letter in the base word can be used at most as many times as it appears there.

Concept / Approach:
We follow a systematic letter-counting approach. First, list the letters and frequencies in the base word. Then, for each option word, check every letter against this pool. If an option contains any letter that is missing from the base word, that word is impossible to form. If all letters appear within allowed frequencies, that option is possible. Only one option should fail this check and that will be our answer.

Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: Confirm letters in REPRESENTATION: R, E, P, R, E, S, E, N, T, A, T, I, O, N. Step 2: Check Paint: P, A, I, N, T are all available within the base word's letter pool, so Paint can be formed. Step 3: Check Senator: S, E, N, A, T, O, R all occur in the base word and none exceed their allowed frequency, so Senator can be formed. Step 4: Check Trees: T, R, E, E, S appear in the base word and enough copies of E, R and T are available, so Trees can be formed. Step 5: Check Strict: S, T, R, I, C, T require the letter C, which does not appear anywhere in REPRESENTATION. Therefore Strict cannot be formed.

Verification / Alternative check:
A quick visual verification is to write the alphabet and tick off which letters appear in the base word. You will see that C never appears in REPRESENTATION. Scanning the options, only Strict uses the letter C, so this immediately identifies it as impossible. All other options use only the letters P, A, I, N, T, S, E, N, O, R, which are clearly present in the base word, confirming our conclusion that Strict is the odd one out.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:
Paint uses P, A, I, N and T, all safely drawn from the base word. Senator uses S, E, N, A, T, O and R, each of which is available. Trees uses T, R, E and S, and the base word has enough instances of E, R and T to support this. Since all of these can be formed, none of them satisfies the requirement of being impossible, so they are not correct answers.

Common Pitfalls:
Candidates sometimes ignore letter frequency and only check presence, but in this question the key trap is the completely absent letter C. Another issue is mental fatigue from longer base words, leading to misreading. Writing out the base letters once and reusing that list avoids mistakes. In time-pressured tests, it helps to first look for obviously absent letters in options (such as C, L, V, etc.) to quickly identify the impossible word before doing detailed counts.

Final Answer:
The only option that cannot be formed from the letters of REPRESENTATION is Strict, so Strict is the correct answer.