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