Logical Reasoning

PrepTest 142 Section 2 Explanations

PrepTest 142 Section 2 is a Logical Reasoning section with 25 questions. It covers Flaw, Weaken, and Paradox questions, spanning Easy to Hard difficulty. Each explanation breaks down the right answer, the wrong-answer traps, and what to practice next.

Question 1

Mary to Jamal: You acknowledge

Question 2

Since there is no survival value

EasyPrinciple-Conform

Question 3

Commentator: If a political administration

EasyMust be True

Question 4

The legislature is considering a proposed bill

Question 5

Vandenburg: This art museum

EasyPrinciple-Strengthen

Question 6

Over the last five years

Question 7

Talbert: Chess is beneficial for

EasyAgree/Disagree

Question 8

Marcia: Not all vegetarian diets

Question 9

Musicologist: Classification of a musical instrument

MediumMain Conclusion

Question 10

In a vast ocean region

EasyMust be True

Question 11

Psychologists observing a shopping mall

Question 12

Shark teeth are among the most

Question 13

Critic: Photographers, by deciding

MediumSufficient Assumption

Question 14

Geologists recently discovered marks

Question 15

Often a type of organ

MediumMost Supported

Question 16

Engineer: Thermophotovoltaic generators

HardNecessary Assumption

Question 17

Herbalist: While standard antibiotics

Question 18

To find out how barn owls

Question 19

As often now as in the past

Question 20

When people show signs

Question 21

A government study indicates

HardPrinciple-Strengthen

Question 22

Psychiatrist: In treating first-year students

MediumStrengthen

Question 23

Every brick house on River Street

HardParallel Flaw

Question 24

Historian: It is unlikely that someone

HardSufficient Assumption

Question 25

A recent poll revealed that most students