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# of Questions: MANY
Topics: LSAT MATH & WRITING
Time: About 180-210 minutes
TBCB: NEXT LESSON
Instructions: LAW SCHOOLS OVERVIEW
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complete them.
PRACTICING SETUP
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CW1
MORE PRACTICE
QUIZ 1
HW1
HW2
THE “RULES”
HW3
LOGICAL REASONING
LET’S DO THIS!
3 Some relationships are NOT explicitly stated but instead are implied
Counter Premise Indicators: but yet, however, on the other hand, admittedly, in
contrast, although, even though, still whereas, in spite of, despite, after all
Introduce a sufficient condition: if, when, whenever, every, all, any, people who, in
order to
Introduce a necessary condition: then, only, only if, must, required, unless, except,
until, without
Terms that introduce cause and effect relationships: caused by, because of,
responsible for, reason for, leads to, induced by, promoted by, determined by, produced
by, product of, played a role in, was a factor in, in an effect of
Front Row: 1 2
Back Row: 3 4 5
Only seats in the same row as each other are considered to be immediately beside
each other. Seat assignments must meet the following conditions:
Back
Row:
(seat #) 3 4 5
WE1 If Ernie sits in seat 3, which of the WE3 If David must sit in the back row, then
following must be true? all of the following are true except
(A) Carlos must be sitting in seat 5 (A) Carlos must be sitting in seat 1
(B) Bobby must be sitting in seat 2 (B) Ernie will be in either seat 3 or 5
(C) Alex could be sitting in seat 5 (C) Bobby must be in seat 2
(D) David must be sitting in seat 1 (D) David must be in seat 3
(E) Carlos must be sitting in seat 1 (E) Alex must be in seat 4
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Natalia, I've got a brilliant idea - LET'S PRACTICE SOME MORE:
There are actually only 4 possible starting
P4 Each of six travelers - Alex, Bobby, scenarios if we correctly interpret the rules.
Carlos, David, Ernie, and Frank - will be Here are four tables…set up the four scenarios,
assigned to exactly one of six airplane Alex, using the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F for
seats. The seats are numbered from 1 the six travelers:
through 6 and are arranged in rows as
follows: SCENARIO 1:
Front Row: _____ _____ _____
Front Row: 1 2 3
(seat #) 1 2 3
Back Row: 4 5 6
Only seats in the same row as each Back Row: _____ _____ _____
other are considered to be immediately
(seat #) 4 5 6
beside each other. Seat assignments
must meet the following conditions:
SCENARIO 2:
Bobby must sit in the back row and Front Row: _____ _____ _____
(seat #) 1 2 3
next to Carlos.
Alex cannot sit next to Carlos.
Alex and David must always have
someone sitting between them. Back Row: _____ _____ _____
Frank must sit in seat 6. (seat #) 4 5 6
(A) Bobby must be in seat 4 (A) Alex, David and Carlos would all be
sitting in odd-numbered seats
(B) Carlos must be in seat 4
(B) Carlos would be sitting in seat 5 while
(C) Ernie must be in seat 2 Alex or David could be in seats 1 or 3
(D) Alex must be in seat 2
(C) The person sitting in seat 5 would
(E) David must be in seat 3 have to be Carlos
P4.2 If Carlos is sitting next to Frank, then (E) Ernie would be in seat 2
which of the following must be true?
Mo Tu We R
AM O O T C
PM L L L T HW1.3 Which of the following is true if Dr. Ortiz
consults with patients on Monday morning?
OR
(A) He also consults with them on Monday
Mo Tu We R
afternoon.
AM C T T
(B) He also consults with them on
PM L L L Thursday morning.
(C) He trains medical students on Monday
HW1.1 afternoon.
(D) He operates on patients on Monday
afternoon.
(A) he operates Thursday morning
(E) none of the above
(B) he operates Monday and Tuesday
mornings
(C) he lectures Thursday afternoon HW1.4 If Dr. Ortiz adheres strictly to his schedule
requirements, which of the following two
(D) he consults Tuesday morning activities could occur on consecutive
(E) he trains on Wednesday afternoon mornings?
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and II only
(E) I, II, and III
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HW 2
HW2 Carlos is coordinating a race in which HW2.2 The runners that are running farthest apart
four runners - Peter, Otto, Wilbert, and (their lanes are farthest apart, that is) are
Barry - will be assigned to one of four
numbered lanes - 1, 2, 3, or 4. (A) Peter and Otto
(B) Wilbert and Peter
Each runner will also be running for a (C) Wilbert and Barry
charity. The charities are C1, C2, C3,
and C4 and they are randomly assigned (D) Otto and Wilbert
to each runner. (E) Otto and Barry
Andy.
3. What must be true?
All of the following can be false EXCEPT (or
How would we represent this by itself? "could be false")
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Natalia, practice a setup and all scenarios:
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HW 3
HW3.2 Among the people selected to attend the
HW3 From a group of 7 people - Jackie, Keith,
retirement dinner there must be
Linda, Mary, Nina, Pedro and Quischa -
exactly four will be selected to attend a (A) Keith or Quischa or both
diplomat's retirement dinner.
(B) Linda or Mary or both
Selection must conform to the following (C) Nina or Mary or both
conditions: (D) Nina or Quischa or both
Either Jackie or Keith must be (E) Pedro or Quischa or both
selected, but Jackie and Keith
cannot both be selected.
HW3.3 Which one of the following is a pair of
Either Nina or Pedro must be
people who CANNOT both be selected to
selected, but Nina and Pedro attend the retirement dinner?
cannot both be selected.
Nina cannot be selected unless (A) Jackie and Nina
Linda is selected.
(B) Jackie and Quischa
Quischa cannot be selected unless
Keith is selected. (C) Keith and Linda
(D) Keith and Nina
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HW3.6 There is only one acceptable group of four
that can be selected to attend the
retirement dinner if which one of the
following pairs of people is selected?
LOGICAL REASONING
A) Scores on different intelligence tests are likely statistically similar for both individuals
with Williams syndrome and Down’s syndrome
B) People with Down’s syndrome show rare abilities in the realms of music and vocabulary
but are rarely recognized for these abilities because intelligence test scoring shows
otherwise.
C) People with Williams syndrome have uniformly limited cognitive abilities because they
are not allowed opportunities to develop their innate skills.
D) Conventional intelligence testing is lacking in allowing researchers to distinguish
between people with Williams syndrome and people with Down’s syndrome.
E) People with Down’s syndrome tend to be more inhibited than people with Williams
syndrome.
With which of the following would the author most likely agree?
A) Governments should deprioritize health funding when considering yearly budgets for
their citizens’ welfare.
B) Proper immunization can have detrimental side effects and should therefore be carefully
considered and possibly stopped if enough members of the population are affected in
less than positive ways.
C) Research has shown that early immunization of young children leads to greater abilities
to combat the spread of disease early on as well as when they grow older.
D) Governments should always be mindful of costs, making conscious efforts to keep them
at a minimum with regard to the healthcare of its citizens.
E) Proper immunization early on in an individual’s life is the only way a government can
ensure that individual’s health in the long term.
A) Teen sex has been a problem for years and only now with the spread of STDs has its
prevalence been brought to the forefront.
B) People have been traditionally opposed to curbing the spread of STDs but now with
their epidemic status, they are more willing to consider their efforts.
C) Current education about sex contains misinformation which is leading to
misunderstandings about some of its ramifications such as the spread of STDs.
D) Generally speaking, because of their very nature, quotidian conversations about sex
tend to be few and far between among people.
E) Members of a society must be willing to embrace education and communal efforts to
tackle problems that plague them.
The assertion that suicide rates have increased dramatically in Travonia in recent years
would be not be justified if which of the following is assumed?
A) Elderly suicides are often the result of decisions made by individuals who learn they
have terminal illnesses.
B) The percentages of suicide by category (e.g. elderly, teen, women, men) are lower
today than they were in recent years.
C) Teen suicides are often difficult to characterize as such because drug use in teens often
leads to accidental, not purposeful, deaths.
D) Travonia’s historical suicide rate for all of its citizens hovers at about 40%.
A) Adele Richardson is attempting to keep her seat on the school board, so she must be
willing to withhold information from her voters.
B) Political candidates can only succeed if they strike a balance between what their party’s
national leadership promotes and what they ultimately decide to believe.
C) Conservative voters in Adele Richardson’s district would likely welcome input from
federal agencies on improving their school district’s curricula.
D) Federal agencies in general are always interested in having a hand at influencing the
policies of small districts.
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6 LOGICAL REASONING - BASICS
Recently, the research and development departments at major pharmaceutical companies
have been experimenting with new drugs that provide for greater focus in children
diagnosed with attention deficit disorders. These companies have expressed confidence that
children who are suffering from these disorders will be cured relatively simply through the
use of such biochemical supplements.
Which of the following, if true, best supports the pharmaceutical companies’ claim?
A) Attention deficit disorders are genetic in nature and therefore require pharmaceutical
intervention.
B) Attention deficit disorders have been indisputably linked to diets lacking in nutritional
value so pharmaceutical intervention becomes the only viable solution for their cure.
C) Attention deficit disorders are genetic in nature and cannot be treated with proper diet
so pharmaceutical intervention would be an alternative for their cure.
D) Previous drugs aimed at curing attention deficit disorders have been unsuccessful, so
the new drugs should now work.
E) Biochemical supplements have traditionally served as the only option for curing most
diseases and disorders.
A) used McTell to help him finalize his theories and then published them, taking all the
credit for himself and not acknowledging McTell’s contribution.
B) was only able to formulate his psychosocial theory under the guidance and tutelage of
McTell.
C) did not agree with McTell’s theories on psychosocial phenomena and therefore worked
on formulating his own.
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8 LOGICAL REASONING - BASICS
Dean: Anything that hinders the students hinders the University. Anything that hinders the
University hinders the students. Therefore, the Senator's proposal, which includes a
provision to restrict student admissions by considering race in admissions decisions hinders
the University.
The above argument depends logically on which of the following assumptions?
A) News of the race consideration in admissions will lead to student tensions of students
already on campus.
B) Consideration of race in admissions will help increase student diversity on campus.
C) The Senator’s previous proposals have never included race as a factor for student
admissions to the University.
D) Political maneuvering is never healthy for University policies and practices.
E) Race has traditionally been a topic of discussion among University scholars so the
Senator’s proposal will engender even more scholarly discourse about it.
A) Morton no longer wants San Hernan to send its elementary school students to its
schools.
B) Parents have been asked by their local politicians to show loyalty to San Hernan and its
services by sending their elementary school students to a San Hernan school.
C) One of the Morton schools will be closing, forcing some San Hernan students to go to
school in a San Hernan elementary school instead.
D) San Hernan schools have been academically deficient but will not be any more next
year.
E) an elementary school is either being renovated or newly constructed in San Hernan.