Logical Reasoning

PrepTest 142 Section 1 Explanations

PrepTest 142 Section 1 is a Logical Reasoning section with 25 questions. It covers Most Supported, Strengthen, 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

Children should be discouraged

EasyMost Supported

Question 2

Archaeologist: How did the Parthenon's

Question 3

Editorial: The government should

EasyPrinciple-Conform

Question 4

Scientist: Rattlesnakes prey on young

Question 5

Critic: Fillmore, an influential television

Question 6

While grapefruit juice is a healthy

Question 7

A landlord needed to replace

EasyPrinciple-Conform

Question 8

Editorial: Our political discussion

EasyNecessary Assumption

Question 9

Many calcium supplements contain

Question 10

Principle: People should buy

EasyPrinciple-Strengthen

Question 11

Critic: In her presentation of important

EasyMost Supported

Question 12

Archaeologists are discovering

MediumSufficient Assumption

Question 13

Community organizations wanting to enhance

MediumMain Conclusion

Question 14

Currently, no satellite orbiting Earth

Question 15

Researcher: Salmonella bacteria are

Question 16

Debater: As a pedagogical practice

Question 17

How the pigment known as Han

Question 18

Medical researcher: A survey of more

Question 19

If temperatures had dropped below

Question 20

If the city builds the proposed convention

HardSufficient Assumption

Question 21

In a study, pairs of trained dogs

Question 22

A study of 20,000 20- to 64-year-olds

MediumMost Supported

Question 23

Geologist: The dominant view that

Question 24

Any driver involved in an accident

HardMust be True

Question 25

Student: If a person has an immunity

HardParallel Flaw