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