Logical Reasoning

PrepTest 143 Section 3 Explanations

PrepTest 143 Section 3 is a Logical Reasoning section with 25 questions. It covers Necessary Assumption, Flaw, and Most Supported questions, spanning Easy to Hard difficulty. Each explanation breaks down the right answer, the wrong-answer traps, and what to practice next.

Question 1

When industries rapidly apply

EasyMost Supported

Question 2

While sales of other highly fuel-efficient

EasyNecessary Assumption

Question 3

Louise McBride, a homeowner

EasyPrinciple-Strengthen

Question 4

The size of the spleen is a good

EasyMost Supported

Question 5

Home ownership is a sign of

EasyParadox

Question 6

If newly hatched tobacco hornworms

EasyStrengthen

Question 7

Employee: My boss says that my

EasyFlaw

Question 8

The local news media have long

EasyMain Conclusion

Question 9

We know that if life ever existed

MediumParallel

Question 10

Television host: While it's true that

MediumFlaw

Question 11

Literature professor: Critics charge that

HardMethod

Question 12

Policy: The factory's safety inspector

MediumSufficient Assumption

Question 13

University administrator: Graduate students

HardWeaken

Question 14

Branson: Most of the air pollution

MediumParallel Flaw

Question 15

Ninety percent of recent car buyers

MediumSufficient Assumption

Question 16

Theorist: To be capable of planned

EasyFlaw

Question 17

Rocket engines are most effective

HardNecessary Assumption

Question 18

Consumer advocate: Manufacturers of

MediumFlaw

Question 19

A recent study showed that the immune

HardNecessary Assumption

Question 20

Engineer: Semiplaning monohulls are

HardRole

Question 21

Mate is a beverage found in much

HardStrengthen

Question 22

From 1996 to 2004, the average

HardWeaken

Question 23

Amateur gardeners who plant based

EasyNecessary Assumption

Question 24

Columnist: On average, about 70 percent

MediumMost Supported

Question 25

The populations of certain species

HardNecessary Assumption