Logical Reasoning
PrepTest 158 Section 4 Explanations
PrepTest 158 Section 4 is a Logical Reasoning section with 26 questions. It covers Flaw, Weaken, and Strengthen questions, spanning Easy to Hard difficulty. Each explanation breaks down the right answer, the wrong-answer traps, and what to practice next.
Question 1
The government's tax collection agency
MediumWeaken
Question 2
Columnist: Making some types of products
EasyFlaw
Question 3
Physician: We are constantly bombarded
HardRole
Question 4
A club wanted to determine
MediumFlaw
Question 5
The railway authority inspector who
EasyParallel Flaw
Question 6
If the proposed air pollution
HardFlaw
Question 7
Newspaper article: Recently discovered
MediumNecessary Assumption
Question 8
Climatologist: The waters off the Pacific
HardMain Conclusion
Question 9
Robin: Archaeologists can study the
HardAgree/Disagree
Question 10
Railroads rely increasingly on automation
MediumMain Conclusion
Question 11
In the past, infants who
MediumMost Supported
Question 12
The only effective check on
HardParadox
Question 13
Medical researcher: A new screening
HardNecessary Assumption
Question 14
Psychologist: Most people's blood
HardStrengthen
Question 15
One should only buy a frying
HardStrengthen
Question 16
Journalist: When judges do not
HardWeaken
Question 17
Mateo: Global warming has caused
EasyPrinciple-Strengthen
Question 18
Lindsey: Several people claim that
HardFlaw
Question 19
It is widely known that the
HardParadox
Question 20
Paula: Earthlike planets seem to
HardAgree/Disagree
Question 21
Developer: The builders of the
HardStrengthen
Question 22
Historian: Because medieval epistemology (theory
HardWeaken
Question 23
Official: Six months ago, the fines
HardFlaw
Question 24
Consumer advocate: Some agricultural crops
HardWeaken
Question 25
Most of the members of
HardSufficient Assumption
Question 26
Every Labrador retriever in my
HardParallel Flaw