Logical Reasoning

PrepTest 156 Section 4 Explanations

PrepTest 156 Section 4 is a Logical Reasoning section with 26 questions. It covers Flaw, Strengthen, and Sufficient Assumption questions, spanning Easy to Hard difficulty. Each explanation breaks down the right answer, the wrong-answer traps, and what to practice next.

Question 1

Montoya: Many industrial chemical processes

EasyWeaken

Question 2

The relationship between money and things

EasyMost Supported

Question 3

James: The world is increasingly divided

EasyAgree/Disagree

Question 4

Overcrowding inclines human beings toward

EasyStrengthen

Question 5

Gahagan's Greenstore sells a large volume

EasyMost Supported

Question 6

Anthropologist: During the last ice age

EasyRole

Question 7

A truly visual art form

EasyMust be True

Question 8

Actors generally learn their lines by

EasyStrengthen

Question 9

Journalists often claim that their investigation

HardRole

Question 10

While the population of city X is approximately

HardParadox

Question 11

A law is futile unless most of the parties

MediumNecessary Assumption

Question 12

Ecologist: El Niño, a global weather

HardWeaken

Question 13

If the natural history museum stays within

HardSufficient Assumption

Question 14

Science writer: Scientists often accept a

HardFlaw

Question 15

Historian: Scholars writing histories of

HardStrengthen

Question 16

Manager: I plan to put together

MediumFlaw

Question 17

Different cultures have independently reached

EasyParallel

Question 18

Land developer: In a certain nation

HardFlaw

Question 19

I promised Bernie that I would

HardSufficient Assumption

Question 20

Azalea bushes flourish in acidic soil

HardNecessary Assumption

Question 21

Company policy: Eligible employees will be

EasyPrinciple-Conform

Question 22

An effective acting performance

HardSufficient Assumption

Question 23

The computer software industry is

HardFlaw

Question 24

A movie studio's script readers

HardParallel Flaw

Question 25

Translator: Dr. Abner, apparently scornful

EasyFlaw

Question 26

Letter to the editor: In calling

HardPrinciple-Strengthen