Logical Reasoning
PrepTest 15 Section 2 Explanations
PrepTest 15 Section 2 is a Logical Reasoning section with 24 questions. It covers Flaw, Necessary Assumption, 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
Walter: Although cigarette smoking
EasySufficient Assumption
Question 2
Physicist: The claim that low-temperature
EasyFlaw
Question 3
A certain strain of bacteria
MediumStrengthen
Question 4
A recent study monitored the blood pressure
EasyParallel Flaw
Question 5
Of the five bill collectors
EasyParadox
Question 6
A primate jawbone found in Namibia
EasyNecessary Assumption
Question 7
Workers may complain about many things
MediumWeaken
Question 8
Would it be right for the
HardMain Conclusion
Question 9
Over the past twenty-five years
MediumMost Supported
Question 10
Ten thousand years ago many communities
EasyParadox
Question 11
Should a journalist’s story begin
HardMain Conclusion
Question 12
Individual pyrrole molecules readily join
MediumMust be True
Question 13
Pedigreed dogs, including those officially
HardPrinciple-Strengthen
Question 14
Pedigreed dogs, including those officially
MediumRole
Question 15
In rheumatoid arthritis, the body’s immune system
MediumMost Supported
Question 16
In their native habitat, amaryllis
HardNecessary Assumption
Question 17
Most people believe that yawning
HardFlaw
Question 18
Everyone who is a gourmet cook
MediumParallel
Question 19
Without information that could only
HardFlaw
Question 20
S. R. Evans: A few critics have dismissed
MediumFlaw
Question 21
Claim: Country X’s government lowered tariff
HardPrinciple-Strengthen
Question 22
A scientist made three observations:
EasyEvaluate
Question 23
No computer will ever be able
EasyNecessary Assumption
Question 24
People were asked in a survey
MediumMethod