LSAT Trainer Logical Reasoning Test

Question 1

The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it…

Answer 1

Flaw

Question 2

The reasoning in the argument is flawed in that it…

Answer 2

Flaw

Question 3

Which of the following is an error in the reasoning?

Answer 3

Flaw

Question 4

Flaw question - what to do?

Answer 4

Understand your job (find an argument and what is wrong with it), find the point/conclusion, find the support, figure our what’s wrong (guess the flaw), get rid of answers and confirm the right answer.

Question 5

The prosecutor assumes that…

Answer 5

Basic assumption (treat like flaw)

Question 6

The author assumes that…

Answer 6

Basic assumption (treat like flaw)

Question 7

What does the argument assume?

Answer 7

Basic assumption (treat like flaw)

Question 8

The pattern of flawed reasoning in which of the following argument is most similar to that in the argument above?

Answer 8

Match the flaw

Question 9

Which one of the following arguments contains flawed reasoning most similar to that above?

Answer 9

Match the flaw

Question 10

Match the flaw - what to do?

Answer 10

Understand your job (to find an argument and what is wrong with it), find the point, find the support, figure out what’s wrong, get rid of answers, confirm the right answer.

Question 11

UNLESS (memorization)

Answer 11

Unless you are at least 16, you cannot drive.
You cannot drive unless you are at least 16.
D -> >16

Question 12

ONLY IF (memorization)

Answer 12

He will eat the fish only if it’s dead.
Only if it’s dead will he eat it.
E -> D

Question 13

The conclusion follows logically if which of the following is assumed…

Answer 13

Sufficient assumption (uses words assumption as in “if assumed” and include some sense that would make argument valid or logical.

Question 14

Which of the following if assumed allows the conclusion to be properly drawn?

Answer 14

Sufficient assumption

Question 15

Sufficient assumption - what to do?

Answer 15

Understand your job (needs to 100% fix, make argument airtight), find the point, find the support, figure out what’s wrong, get rid of answers, confirm the right answer.

Question 16

Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the economist’s reasoning?

Answer 16

Supporting principle - treat same as sufficient assumption. Answers just usually don’t have the same sense of closure.

Question 17

The reasoning above most closely conforms to which of the following principles?

Answer 17

Conform to principle - treat same as sufficient assumption. Main difference is gaps are written less as flaws and more as opinions. Same idea - find the hole and plug it.

Question 18

Which one of the following is most precisely exemplified by the situation presented above?

Answer 18

Conform to principle - treat same as sufficient assumption. Main difference is gaps are written less as flaws and more as opinions. Same idea - find the hole and plug it.

Question 19

Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument?

Answer 19

Required assumption - needed not fix. Always word “assumption,” almost never “if,” and use require/rely/depend.

Question 20

The argument relies on which of the following assumptions?

Answer 20

Required assumption - needed not fix. Always word “assumption,” almost never “if,” and use require/rely/depend.

Question 21

Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?

Answer 21

Required assumption - needed not fix. Always word “assumption,” almost never “if,” and use require/rely/depend.

Question 22

Required assumption - what to do?

Answer 22

Understand your job, find the point, find the support, figure out what’s wrong (cannot anticipate these answers though), get rid of answers (just needs to be needed by argument, not fix), confirm answer (negation test).

Question 23

Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

Answer 23

Strengthen (will always use if true in question stem. don’t need to think about validity of the answer choice)

Question 24

Which one of the following, if true, most weakens the argument?

Answer 24

Weaken (will always use if true in question stem. don’t need to think about validity of the answer choice)

Question 25

Which one of the following, if true, most calls into question the author’s reasoning?

Answer 25

Weaken (will always use if true in question stem. don’t need to think about validity of the answer choice)

Question 26

Strengthen/weaken - what to do?

Answer 26

Understand your job (only 1 answer will s/w), find the point, find the support, figure out what’s wrong, get rid of answers (your job is to s/w the BOND between the support and conclusion).

Fit your answer between support and conclusion and you should see that it bonds or weakens it.

Question 27

Which of the following best expresses the main conclusion of the argument?

Answer 27

Conclusion

Question 28

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion of the argument?

Answer 28

Conclusion

Question 29

Conclusion - what to do?

Answer 29

Understand your job, find the point, find the support, get rid of answers (wrong will not focus on conclusion or will extrapolate from the conclusion), confirm the right answer

Question 30

Which of the following best represents the role made by the claim that….

Answer 30

Identify the role

Question 31

The reference to… plays which of the following roles in the argument…

Answer 31

Identify the role

Question 32

The argument proceeds by…

Answer 32

Reasoning structure

Question 33

X’s argument does which of the following?

Answer 33

Reasoning structure

Question 34

Which one of the following is most similar in its reasoning to the argument above?

Answer 34

Match the reasoning

Question 35

The pattern of reasoning in which of the following is most similar to that in the argument above..

Answer 35

Match the reasoning

Question 36

If the sentences above are true, which of the following must be true?

Answer 36

Inference (must be true 100%, most 90%, fill in the blank 90%) S to A (most are A to S)

Question 37

The information above provides the most support for which of the following?

Answer 37

Inference (must be true 100%, most 90%, fill in the blank 90%) S to A (most are A to S)

Question 38

(following blank spaces) which of the following most logically completes the argument?

Answer 38

Inference (must be true 100%, most 90%, fill in the blank 90%) S to A (most are A to S)

Question 39

Inference - definition

Answer 39

figure out which answer is provable, or closest to provable, based on the stimulus and more importantly which four answers are clearly not provable based on the stimulus

Question 40

Inference - what to do?

Answer 40

Understand your job (must be true - look for answer that is 100% true based on stimulus, is most supported - look for an answer that is almost completely provable based on the text, fill in the blank - the right answer will have similar characteristics to most supported but will commonly represent the MP or the next logical link in a chain of reasoning), read the stimulus, eliminate wrong answer choices, confirm the right answer

Question 41

Which of the following best illustrates the principle mentioned above?

Answer 41

Give an example

Question 42

Which one of the following most closely conforms to the principle that the passage above illustrates?

Answer 42

Give an example

Question 43

Give an example - what to do?

Answer 43

Stimulus presents a principle, and our job is to find an example of the principle in the answer choices.

Understand your job, understand the principle, eliminate wrong choices, confirm right answer.

Question 44

X and Y’s statements provide the most support for holding that they disagree about…

Answer 44

Identify the disagreement

Question 45

X and Y disagree over…

Answer 45

Identify the disagreement

Question 46

Identify the disagreement - explain what it’ll look like

Answer 46

Person 1 makes a variety of points, person 2 will make a statement that either clearly shows disagreement with or strongly hints at disagreement with one of the points that the first person made. Your job is to find the point of disagreement.

Question 47

Identify the disagreement - what to do?

Answer 47

Understand your job, read the stimulus to identify the disagreement, eliminate wrong, confirm right.

Question 48

Which one of the following, if true, most resolves the apparent discrepancy described above?

Answer 48

Explain the discrepancy

Question 49

Which one of the following if true most helps to explain why…?

Answer 49

Explain the discrepancy

Question 50

Explain the discrepancy - what’s your job?

Answer 50

To explain how these 2 things could possibly be true at the same time.

Question 51

Explain the discrepancy - what to do?

Answer 51

Understand your job (to explain how these 2 things could possibly be true at the same time), find discrepancy, eliminate wrong, confirm right. Doesn’t need to be foolproof and usually won’t be.