GMAT Verbal Section | Re: Past Perfect vs Past Perfect Continuous

Need help in understanding one more point-
If the dependent clause or any other clause has Present perfect form of the verb- ( Have Verb+ed), will the main clause have the past perfect form??

Reason for asking is that the present perfect presents a time frame in which something happened in past and is still continuing. Ans some action happened in more past than the above mentioned action- so shouldn't it be in past perfect?

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