Logical Reasoning

PrepTest 159 Section 1 Explanations

PrepTest 159 Section 1 is a Logical Reasoning section with 25 questions. It covers Flaw, Strengthen, and Most Supported questions, spanning Easy to Hard difficulty. Each explanation breaks down the right answer, the wrong-answer traps, and what to practice next.

Question 1

Columnist: The dangers of drinking are greatly exaggerated

Question 2

Some have argued that using food crops

Question 3

Hernandez: Celebrities' public pronouncements can warp

EasyAgree/Disagree

Question 4

A process of extracting caffeine from coffee without

Question 5

Researchers gave each of eighteen subjects

Question 6

Prominent government officials have denied

EasyNecessary Assumption

Question 7

Critic: It generally holds true of concert pianists

Question 8

Scientists found the remains of several species of mites

Question 9

Market studies confirm that consumers shopping for

Question 10

A recent study found that most individuals believe

MediumMost Supported

Question 11

Ross: Many governments have attempted to regulate

Question 12

Many hikers now carry cell phones

EasyMost Supported

Question 13

A cognitive psychologist has claimed that intelligence

Question 14

Environmentalist: The adoption of genetically engineered

HardPrinciple-Strengthen

Question 15

Faculty member: The university’s financially minded

Question 16

A recent study carefully tracked the specific behaviors

Question 17

Essayist: It would be wrong to defend current testing

HardNecessary Assumption

Question 18

Putting a tap in a healthy maple that has a trunk

HardMust be True

Question 19

Company spokesperson: Although our products are

Question 20

It should be illegal to patent an organism’s genes

HardPrinciple-Strengthen

Question 21

Professor O’Brien: Any of my students who heard

Question 22

Some moral virtues, such as honesty, tend to benefit

HardMust be True

Question 23

During last year’s flu season no one who was vaccinated

Question 24

Advertising agencies are often wrongly criticized for

HardMost Supported

Question 25

Artist: I have never won a prize at the Art Competition,

HardParallel Flaw