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