Logical Reasoning
PrepTest 17 Section 3 Explanations
PrepTest 17 Section 3 is a Logical Reasoning section with 25 questions. It covers Flaw, Must be True, 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
If a country’s manufacturing capacity
MediumMust be True
Question 2
A certain type of insect trap uses
HardParadox
Question 3
The current move to patent computer
MediumNecessary Assumption
Question 4
Larissa responds to Walter by doing
EasyMethod
Question 5
Walter and Larissa are logically
EasyAgree/Disagree
Question 6
Three major laundry detergent manufacturers
EasyStrengthen
Question 7
The critic objects that the advocate’s
MediumMethod
Question 8
Political advocate: Campaigns for elective office
EasyPrinciple-Strengthen
Question 9
Novice bird-watcher: I don’t know
EasyFlaw
Question 10
Psychologists have claimed that
HardMethod
Question 11
Unless the residents of Glen Hills
HardMust be True
Question 12
One year ago a local government
HardStrengthen
Question 13
No projects that involve historical
MediumParallel
Question 14
Many artists claim that art critics
MediumSufficient Assumption
Question 15
Babies who can hear and have hearing
HardMust be False
Question 16
Each of the elements of Girelli’s
EasyFlaw
Question 17
Although tales of wonder
EasyWeaken
Question 18
Although tales of wonder
EasyStrengthen
Question 19
Of all the houses in the city’s
MediumParallel Flaw
Question 20
Morton: In order to succeed in
MediumFlaw
Question 21
Even the earliest known species
HardNecessary Assumption
Question 22
On Saturday Melvin suggested that
MediumFlaw
Question 23
Arnold: I was recently denied a
HardPrinciple-Strengthen
Question 24
Ditrama is a federation made up
HardMust be True
Question 25
By examining fossilized beetles,
MediumNecessary Assumption