LSAC LSAT-TEST Exam Questions & Answers

Correct Answer: A

Three classes must be scheduled before G's class (n/s . . . K, and I+l), and so G cannot be second or

third. That kills options [the second, the fourth, the fifth], [the third, the fifth, the sixth] and [the second, the

third, the fourth]. p and o come after G, and so G cannot be last.

That kills option [the fourth, the sixth].

稺hen you get a "complete and accurate" question, you can use the choices strategically. Any choice that

is wrong in any respect can be eliminated. Sometimes, you can eliminate many choices at once! 稩f the

testmakers had been more sadistic, they might have made one of the choices merely "fourth." That would

have trapped anyone that didn't see that o and p could be together in the triple class, allowing one of the

H/n/s trio to push G into the fifth position.

Correct Answer: A

Here's the story: The monthly sales of cars in Calistan were constant for a ten-month period, during which monthly sales of Marvel cars doubled, with a corresponding market share increase. This is a little vague, so perhaps some actual numbers would clarify: The same number of new cars were sold each month in the country as a whole, so let's say 1000 are sold each month. Marvel, however, has doubled sales from month 1 to month 10, so let's say they sold 100 in month 1 (a 10% market share) and 200 in month 10 (a 20% market share). After this period, emission standards went into effect. In the following three months, Marvel's monthly sales remained constant (200), but its market share dropped a lot. Market share is a company's percentage of sales relative to total sales, so a decrease in market share for Marvel means an increase in market share of all other companies combined. The only way for that to happen is if total sales for all companies other than Marvel increased during this three-month period -- again, this is the only way Marvel's market share can plummet while its sales stay constant. A., which states the opposite, is therefore the impossibility we seek.

Correct Answer: B

Argument construction

Palmistry is the art of understanding an individual's personality and predicting his future state through the

study of the shape, size, and lines of the hands. But it is an unscientific technique. Many palmists'

predictions about the present financial status of the individuals in the sample population were purely smart

guesstimates and not scientific deductions.

Predict an Assumption

As per the given definition, Palmistry is the art of:

1.

Understanding the personality

2.

Foretelling the future state

Of an individual.

By seeing your hand, a palmist will both:

be able to understand the kind of person that you are today (A) and predict what's going to happen in your

future (B)

The Conclusion is: Palmistry is Unscientific.

Why: Because the study shows that Palmists' assertions about the present Financial Status failed (were

merely intelligent guesses).

Predictive Assumption(s): Here are the assumptions that this argument makes:

Predictive Assumption 1: The study is correct, with no major flaw in its design or calculations.

Predictive Assumption 2: Financial status is related to personality (Palmistry is about understanding the

present personality whereas the study tested assertions about present financial status. So, the

researchers must have thought that present financial status is related to/ a part of personality).

Predictive Assumption 3: If Palmistry cannot do A, it cannot do B too. (Though the report only concerns a

present attribute of a person (his present financial status), the author makes a conclusion about Palmistry

in general, including its ability to predict future states.)

Predictive Assumption 4: Scientific things never behave unexpectedly.

Answer choices Explanation:

[Individuals with the same financial status usually do not have a similar personality.] This is incorrect.

Palmistry seeks to understand the (present) personality, not the financial status, of an individual. The

relation between personalities of individuals with same financial status, or between the financial statuses of

individuals with a similar personality is not covered or hinted at in the argument.

[There is a stable correlation between an individual's personality...] This is correct. This matches our

second predictive assumption.

[Palmistry is an effective means of predicting how personalities...] This is incorrect. This is irrelevant.

[There are numerous other methods for understanding the personality...] This is incorrect. This is out of

scope. The argument is not concerned about the other techniques.

[The financial future of a person is one of the most important concerns that palmists address.] This is

incorrect. This is irrelevant. The argument is not concerned about the type of issues palmists address.