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PrepTest 159 Explanations
PrepTest 159 has 4 sections (2 Logical Reasoning and 2 Reading Comprehension) with 104 explained questions. Its reading passages cover Torchy Brown, Microloans, Expanding Universe, and Defining Ownership. Choose a section to browse LSAT Lab's explanations.
Section 1Logical Reasoning· 25 questions
- 1Columnist: The dangers of drinking are greatly exaggerated
- 2Some have argued that using food crops
- 3Hernandez: Celebrities' public pronouncements can warp
- 4A process of extracting caffeine from coffee without
- 5Researchers gave each of eighteen subjects
- 6Prominent government officials have denied
- 7Critic: It generally holds true of concert pianists
- 8Scientists found the remains of several species of mites
- 9Market studies confirm that consumers shopping for
- 10A recent study found that most individuals believe
- 11Ross: Many governments have attempted to regulate
- 12Many hikers now carry cell phones
- 13A cognitive psychologist has claimed that intelligence
- 14Environmentalist: The adoption of genetically engineered
- 15Faculty member: The university’s financially minded
- 16A recent study carefully tracked the specific behaviors
- 17Essayist: It would be wrong to defend current testing
- 18Putting a tap in a healthy maple that has a trunk
- 19Company spokesperson: Although our products are
- 20It should be illegal to patent an organism’s genes
- 21Professor O’Brien: Any of my students who heard
- 22Some moral virtues, such as honesty, tend to benefit
- 23During last year’s flu season no one who was vaccinated
- 24Advertising agencies are often wrongly criticized for
- 25Artist: I have never won a prize at the Art Competition,
Section 2Reading Comprehension· 27 questions
Passage 1Torchy Brown
Passage 2Microloans
Passage 3Expanding Universe
Passage 4Defining Ownership
Section 3Logical Reasoning· 25 questions
- 1Critic: While the political message in this short
- 2Entertainment reporter: Unlike most major motion pictures,
- 3Anthropology professor: The new class I’m offering has been
- 4Toy manufacturer: Our competitors argue that we should withdraw our KlopperKidz
- 5Researcher: Some scholars maintain that the first government
- 6A tiny crab that lives 550 meters below the surface
- 7Last year a local advertising agency produced many
- 8Sinking large, obsolete pieces of equipment in coral areas
- 9Having cameras at traffic intersections to automatically ticket cars
- 10For years, Glenville had the highest apartment rents
- 11The crocodiles of Lake Victoria, in East Africa,
- 12When the annual period of daylight saving time begins
- 13Every human’s brain contains a mental representation
- 14Generally, open discussion of a false and pernicious idea
- 15Schmidt: In enforcing township rules on how homeowners
- 16Some have argued that once it becomes necessary for us to think
- 17Manufacturer: If our biggest competitor were to go out of business
- 18Jack’s dog howls whenever a train goes by.
- 19When plants are growing quickly, they take more carbon dioxide
- 20Essayist: Since ancient times humans have relied on myths
- 21Sodium nitrate is frequently added to sausages
- 22For a zoo to make a valuable contribution to the community
- 23Principal: All of our school’s rural students participate
- 24Principle: An author of an article that has appeared in a magazine
- 25Paleontologist: Most biologists accept that birds evolved from
Section 4Reading Comprehension· 27 questions
Passage 1Condorcet And Gouges
Passage 2Athletic Performances
Passage 3Indigenous Rights In Belize
Passage 4Predicting Behavior of Complicated Systems