Logical Reasoning

PrepTest 112 Section 1 Explanations

PrepTest 112 Section 1 is a Logical Reasoning section with 26 questions. It covers Weaken, Paradox, and Flaw questions, spanning Easy to Hard difficulty. Each explanation breaks down the right answer, the wrong-answer traps, and what to practice next.

Question 1

Joanna: The only way for

Question 2

Nutritionist: Recently a craze has

Question 3

Finnish author Jaakko Mikkeli was

MediumNecessary Assumption

Question 4

Most antidepressant drugs cause weight gain.

EasyMost Supported

Question 5

Company policy: An employee of

MediumMust be False

Question 6

It is widely believed that

HardMain Conclusion

Question 7

It is widely believed that

Question 8

It has been claimed that

Question 9

Raisins are made by drying grapes

Question 10

Cotrell is, at best, able

Question 11

Any sale item that is purchased

MediumMust be True

Question 12

The consumer price index is

Question 13

When astronomers observed the comet

Question 14

If Slater wins the election,

MediumMust be True

Question 15

In one study, engineering students

EasyPrinciple-Strengthen

Question 16

A number of measures indicate

MediumMost Supported

Question 17

The best way to write

EasyPrinciple-Conform

Question 18

Moderate exercise lowers the risk

HardSufficient Assumption

Question 19

Although it has been suggested

Question 20

Editorialist: To ensure justice in

EasyNecessary Assumption

Question 21

Kostman’s original painting of Rosati

HardParallel Flaw

Question 22

Any writer whose purpose is personal

HardSufficient Assumption

Question 23

It is clear that humans

Question 24

Columnist: George Orwell’s book 1984

Question 25

A 1991 calculation was made

Question 26

In the paintings by seventeenth-century

HardSufficient Assumption