LSAT Question Stems

Question 1

Weaken Question Stem Example

Answer 1

1. Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
2. Which of the following, if true, tends to most undermine the argument?

Question 2

Weaken Back-Up Plan

Answer 2

Does this answer choice make the conclusion less like to be true?
-If yes, choose it

Question 3

What are you looking for in a Weaken question?

Answer 3

The most powerful thing you can find to destroy the arguments conclusion(your loophole).

Question 4

Strengthen Question Stem Examples

Answer 4

1. Which of the following, if true, most helps to strengthen the argument?
2. Which one of the following principles, if valid, most strongly supports the reasoning above?

Question 5

Strengthen Back-Up Plan

Answer 5

Does this make the conclusion more likely to be true?
-If yes, choose it

Question 6

The most powerful thing you can find to help the argument’s conclusion

Answer 6

What you’re looking for in a Strengthen question?

Question 7

1. The conclusion drawn above follows logically if which of the following is assumed?
2. The argument’s conclusion can be properly drawn if which of the following is assumed?

Answer 7

Sufficient Assumption Question Stem Examples

Question 8

If this is true, is the argument 100% completely valid?

Answer 8

Sufficient Assumption Back-Up Plan

Question 9

The most powerful thing you can find to prove the conclusion is 100% valid.

Answer 9

What you’re looking for in a sufficient assumption question?

Question 10

1. Which one of the following, if true, is the strongest counter Laila can make to Timothys objection?

Answer 10

Counter Question Stem Example

Question 11

Is this something the first speaker would say and does it hurt the second speakers argument?

Answer 11

Counter Back-Up Plan

Question 12

What you’re looking for in a Counter question?

Answer 12

The most powerful thing the first speaker could say to destroy the second speaker’s argument

Question 13

1. If the statements above are true, then on the basis of them, which one of the following cannot be true?
2. If the statements above are true, each of the following could be true EXCEPT:
3. The information above, if accurate, can best be used as evidence against which one of the following hyptothesis?

Answer 13

Contradiction Question Stem Example

Question 14

Does this directly contradict the stimulus?

Answer 14

Contradiction Back-Up Plan

Question 15

The thing that contradicts literal words from the stimulus

Answer 15

What you’re looking for in a Contradiction question?

Question 16

1. Which one of the following would it be most helpful to know in order to:
2. The answer to which one of the following would be most helpful in determining whether:
3. The answer the which of the following questions is most relevant to evaluating the conclusion drawn above?

Answer 16

Evaluate Question Stem Examples

Question 17

Is this crucial for the argument’s validity?

Answer 17

Evaluate Back-Up Plan

Question 18

A powerful pop-quiz for the arguments validity

Answer 18

What you’re looking for in a evaluate question?

Question 19

1. Which one of the following, if true, does most to explain the surprising result?
2. Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the discrepancy above?
3. Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent paradox?

Answer 19

Resolution Question Stem Examples

Question 20

Does this make the paradox make sense?
-If yes, choose it

Answer 20

Resolution Back-Up Plan

Question 21

The most powerful thing you can find to make the paradox make sense

Answer 21

What you’re looking for in a Resolution Question?

Question 22

1. Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion of the argument?
2. Which one of the following most accurately expresses the overall conclusion drawn?

Answer 22

Conclusion Question Stem Examples

Question 23

Is this a translation of the conclusion?

Answer 23

Conclusion Back-Up Plan

Question 24

A provable translation of the conclusion

Answer 24

What you’re looking for in a conclusion question?

Question 25

1. If the statement above is true, which one of the following must also be true? 2. Which one of the following statements follows logically from the statements above? 3. Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the statements above?

Answer 25

Inference Question Stem Examples

Question 26

Does this have to be true? Is this your inference?

Answer 26

Inference Back up Plan

Question 27

The thing you can prove definitely must be true

Answer 27

What you're looking for in an inference question?

Question 28

1. Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the information above? 2. The statements above, if true, support which one of the following? 3. The information above provides the most support for which one of the following statements?

Answer 28

Most Strongly Supported Question Stem Examples

Question 29

Does this pretty much have to be true?

Answer 29

Most Strongly Supported Back-Up Plan

Question 30

The thing you can prove is very, very likely to be true.

Answer 30

What you're looking for in a Most Strongly Supported Question?

Question 31

1. Which one of the following most logically completes the argument? 2. The conclusion of the argument is strongly supported if which one of the following completes the argument?

Answer 31

Fill In Question Stem Examples

Question 32

Does this have to be true?

Answer 32

Fill In Back-Up Plan

Question 33

The thing you can prove completes the authors thoughts. Your inference

Answer 33

What you're looking for in a Fill In question?

Question 34

1. Max and John disagree over whether: 2. The statements above provide the most support for holding that Max would disagree with John about which statement? 3. Which one of the following is the point at issue between Max and John?

Answer 34

Controversy Question Stem Examples

Question 35

Does this first speaker have to believe this is true/false? Does the second speaker have to believe this is true/false? -If you get different answers to each question, choose it.

Answer 35

Controversy Back Up Plan

Question 36

The thing you can prove the two speakers disagree about. The Controversy

Answer 36

What you're looking for in a Controversy Question

Question 37

1. The argument assumes which of the following? 2. Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument? 3. The argument depends on assuming that:

Answer 37

Necessary Assumption Question Stem Example

Question 38

If the conclusion is true, does this have to be true?

Answer 38

Necessary Assumption Back-Up Plan

Question 39

The thing you can prove must be true, if the conclusion is true.

Answer 39

What you're looking for in a Necessary Assumption Question?

Question 40

1. Which one of the following most accurately describes how the argument proceeds? 2. Of the following, which one most accurately describes Tom's strategy of argumentation? 3. Wendell responds to John's argument by:

Answer 40

Method Question Stem Examples

Question 41

Did this happen?

Answer 41

Method Back-Up Plan

Question 42

A provable description of what happened in the stimulus

Answer 42

What you're looking for in a Method question?

Question 43

1. The reference to the complain of several centuries ago that powerful memory and eloquence were being destroyed plays which one of the following roles in the argument? 2. The statement that law should require explicit safety labels on toys serves which one of the following functions in the consumer advocate's argument?

Answer 43

Argument Part Question Stem Examples

Question 44

Is this what the phrase is doing?

Answer 44

Argument Part Back-Up Plan

Question 45

A provable description of what the phrase is doing in the argument.

Answer 45

What are you looking for in Argument Part Questions?

Question 46

1. The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument: 2. Which one of the following most accurately describes a flaw in the reasoning of the argument?

Answer 46

Classic Flaw Question Stem Examples

Question 47

Is this whats wrong with the argument? -If yes, choose it

Answer 47

Classic Flaw Back-Up Plan

Question 48

A provable description of what the argument did wrong

Answer 48

What you're looking for in Classic Flaw questions?

Question 49

1. The scholar's reasoning is flawed because the scholar presumes without giving sufficient justification that: 2. The reasoning in the researchers argument is questionable in that the argument overlooks the possibility that: 3. The advertisement's reasoning is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it fails to consider whether:

Answer 49

Loophole Flaw Question Stem Examples

Question 50

Was it bad that the argument overlooked this? -If yes, choose it

Answer 50

Loophole Flaw Back Up Plan

Question 51

A provable description of how the argument overlooked your loophole

Answer 51

What you're looking for in a Loophole Flaw question?

Question 52

1. Which one of the following conforms most closely to the principle illustrated above? 2. Which one of the following propositions is best illustrated by the situation described in the passage? 3. The reasoning above conforms most closely to which one of the follow propositions?

Answer 52

Principle Conform Question Stem Examples

Question 53

Does this embody the principle or underlie the example?

Answer 53

Principle Conform Back up Plan

Question 54

Matching example or matching principle

Answer 54

What you're looking for in Principle Conform questions

Question 55

1. The reasoning in which one of the following is most similar to the reasoning above? 2. The pattern of reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which of the following?

Answer 55

Principle Conform Question Stem Examples

Question 56

Does this match the stimulus? -If yes, choose it

Answer 56

Principle Conform Back-up Plan

Question 57

The answer thats built around the same skeleton as the stimulus

Answer 57

What you're looking for in Principle Conform Questions

Question 58

1. Which of the following arguments exhibits flawed reasoning that is most parallel to that in the argument above?

Answer 58

Parallel Flaw Question Stem Example

Question 59

Does this match the flaw in the stimulus?

Answer 59

Parallel Flaw Back-Up plan

Question 60

The answer choice that exhibits the same flaw as the stimulus

Answer 60

What you're looking for in Parallel Flaw questions