Logical Reasoning

PrepTest 140 Section 2 Explanations

PrepTest 140 Section 2 is a Logical Reasoning section with 26 questions. It covers Necessary Assumption, Flaw, and Principle-Strengthen questions, spanning Easy to Hard difficulty. Each explanation breaks down the right answer, the wrong-answer traps, and what to practice next.

Question 1

The quantity and type of pollution

EasyPrinciple-Strengthen

Question 2

Depression is a serious problem

EasyMost Supported

Question 3

Humorous television advertisements

Question 4

Physician: Stories of people developing

Question 5

Sharita: Anyone who owns a cat

EasyAgree/Disagree

Question 6

Detective: People who repeatedly commit

MediumNecessary Assumption

Question 7

If grain prices double

Question 8

Mark: The decongestant drug

Question 9

CEO: We have been falsely

Question 10

A recent study showed that people

MediumNecessary Assumption

Question 11

A science class stored

Question 12

Though Earth's human population

Question 13

Consultant: The dramatic improvements

Question 14

Professor: The most important function

HardMust be True

Question 15

Letter to the editor: You say that

HardPrinciple-Strengthen

Question 16

Some heartburn-medication advertisements

HardMain Conclusion

Question 17

We can be sure

Question 18

Psychologists have found that

HardMost Supported

Question 19

Viewers surveyed immediately after

Question 20

Recent medical and anthropological

HardNecessary Assumption

Question 21

Editor: Most of the books

HardMust be True

Question 22

If the budget does not allow

HardSufficient Assumption

Question 23

Company president: Almost every really

HardParallel Flaw

Question 24

Biologist: Scientists have discovered

Question 25

At one time, many astronomers

HardNecessary Assumption

Question 26

People may praise the talent