Logical Reasoning

PrepTest 101 Section 3 Explanations

PrepTest 101 Section 3 is a Logical Reasoning section with 26 questions. It covers Flaw, Necessary Assumption, and Weaken questions, spanning Easy to Hard difficulty. Each explanation breaks down the right answer, the wrong-answer traps, and what to practice next.

Question 1

Francis: Failure to become properly

EasyAgree/Disagree

Question 2

Advertisement: Anyone who thinks

Question 3

M: The Greek alphabet must have been invented

Question 4

P’s argument is vulnerable to which

Question 5

Bacteria from food can survive

EasyNecessary Assumption

Question 6

Asthmagon was long considered the

Question 7

In response to requests made by

EasyMost Supported

Question 8

Jones is selling a house to Smith.

MediumMust be True

Question 9

The play Mankind must have been

Question 10

All material bodies are divisible

HardSufficient Assumption

Question 11

Special kinds of cotton that grow

HardMust be True

Question 12

People in the tourist industry

Question 13

Health officials claim that because

EasyNecessary Assumption

Question 14

In an effort to boost sales during

Question 15

Dr. Z: Many of the characterizations

HardMust be True

Question 16

K, a research scientist, was accused

EasyParallel Flaw

Question 17

The argument in the passage proceeds

Question 18

The widespread staff reductions

HardNecessary Assumption

Question 19

Every student who walks to school

MediumSufficient Assumption

Question 20

When the Pinecrest Animal Shelter,

HardPrinciple-Strengthen

Question 21

The amount of electricity consumed

EasyParallel Flaw

Question 22

Letter to the editor: After Baerton’s

Question 23

Historians of North American architecture

Question 24

Ethicist: A society is just when,

HardPrinciple-Conform

Question 25

Economist: In order to decide what

Question 26

Columnist on the arts: My elected

HardPrinciple-Strengthen