Logical Reasoning

PrepTest 118 Section 3 Explanations

PrepTest 118 Section 3 is a Logical Reasoning section with 25 questions. It covers Flaw, Necessary Assumption, and Principle-Conform questions, spanning Easy to Hard difficulty. Each explanation breaks down the right answer, the wrong-answer traps, and what to practice next.

Question 1

Yuriko: Our city’s campaign to

EasyMethod

Question 2

The process by which nylon

EasyWeaken

Question 3

John: It was wrong of

EasyPrinciple-Conform

Question 4

Psychiatrist: Take any visceral emotion

EasySufficient Assumption

Question 5

Cigarette companies claim that manufacturing

MediumParadox

Question 6

Editorial: The premier’s economic advisor

EasyFlaw

Question 7

Figorian Wildlife Commission: The development

EasyNecessary Assumption

Question 8

Figorian Wildlife Commission: The development

MediumPrinciple-Strengthen

Question 9

High blood cholesterol levels are

MediumStrengthen

Question 10

Every moral theory developed in

HardMost Supported

Question 11

Biologist: Humans have five fingers

HardStrengthen

Question 12

Surrealist: Many artists mistakenly think

MediumMain Conclusion

Question 13

Harrold Foods is attempting to

HardFlaw

Question 14

Theoretically, analog systems are superior

EasyMost Supported

Question 15

Psychologist: Doctors should never prescribe

MediumFlaw

Question 16

Numerous paintings and engravings representing

EasyNecessary Assumption

Question 17

An antidote for chicken pox

MediumParadox

Question 18

The tendency toward overspecialization in

MediumPrinciple-Conform

Question 19

Editorial: Medical schools spend one

HardNecessary Assumption

Question 20

Dana: It is wrong to

HardAgree/Disagree

Question 21

Experimental psychology requires the application

HardParallel Flaw

Question 22

In 1988 the government of Country X

HardMust be True

Question 23

Some vegetarians have argued that

MediumRole

Question 24

The increasing complexity of scientific

HardMust be True

Question 25

Helena: Extroversion, or sociability, is

HardFlaw