Logical Reasoning

PrepTest 16 Section 3 Explanations

PrepTest 16 Section 3 is a Logical Reasoning section with 26 questions. It covers Flaw, Weaken, and Necessary 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

The painted spider spins webs

Question 2

Despite the best efforts of astronomers

Question 3

Bart: A mathematical problem that

EasyNecessary Assumption

Question 4

Bart: A mathematical problem that

EasyAgree/Disagree

Question 5

It is commonly held among marketing experts

EasyMost Supported

Question 6

Recent unexpectedly heavy rainfalls in

Question 7

John: In 80 percent of car accidents

Question 8

Reasonable people adapt themselves to

MediumMust be True

Question 9

Theater critic: The theater is in

Question 10

Michelangelo’s sixteenth-century Sistine Chapel

Question 11

A controversial program rewards prison inmates

Question 12

The retina scanner, a machine

MediumNecessary Assumption

Question 13

There are just two ways a moon

Question 14

Caffeine can kill or inhibit

HardNecessary Assumption

Question 15

The only plants in the garden

HardParallel Flaw

Question 16

Scientific research will be properly

EasyMust be True

Question 17

A new silencing device for domestic appliances

Question 18

Because dinosaurs were reptiles, scientists

Question 19

Maria: Calling any state totalitarian

HardMain Conclusion

Question 20

Maria: Calling any state totalitarian

Question 21

The similarity between ichthyosaurs and fish

EasyMust be True

Question 22

Further evidence bearing on Jamison’s

HardParallel Flaw

Question 23

Reporting on a civil war

HardPrinciple-Strengthen

Question 24

A birth is more likely to be

Question 25

The government has no right

Question 26

The government has no right