LSAT Question Types

Question 1

Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the statements above?

Answer 1

Entailment

Question 2

If the arguer’s statements are true, then which one of the following must also be true?

Answer 2

Entailment

Question 3

If the statements above are true, which one of the following CANNOT be true?

Answer 3

Entailment

Question 4

Which one of the following most logically completes the argument?

Answer 4

Strongly supported inferences

Question 5

The arguer’s statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following hypotheses?

Answer 5

Strongly supported inferences

Question 6

Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the information above?

Answer 6

Strongly supported inferences

Question 7

Which one of the following can most reasonably be concluded on the basis of the information above?

Answer 7

Strongly supported inferences

Question 8

Of the following claims, which one can most justifiably be rejected on the basis of the statements above?

Answer 8

Strongly supported inferences

Question 9

X and Y disagree over whether

Answer 9

Dispute

Question 10

The dialogue provides the most support for the claim that X and Y disagree over whether

Answer 10

Dispute

Question 11

X responds to Y’s argument using which one of the following argumentative techniques?

Answer 11

Technique

Question 12

The claim that does X plays which one of the following roles in the argument?

Answer 12

Role

Question 13

Which one of the following most accurately describes the role played in the argument by the claim that does X?

Answer 13

Role

Question 14

Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the reasoning in the argument above?

Answer 14

Principle

Question 15

The person’s reasoning most closely conforms to which one of the following principles?

Answer 15

Principle

Question 16

The situation described above conforms most closely to which one of the following generalizations?

Answer 16

Principle

Question 17

The principle stated above, if valid, most helps to justify the reasoning in which one of the following arguments?

Answer 17

Principle

Question 18

Which one of the following arguments is most similar in its reasoning to the argument above?

Answer 18

Match structure

Question 19

The principle underlying the argument above is most similar to the principle underlying which one of the following arguments?

Answer 19

Match principles

Question 20

The reasoning in the person’s argument is flawed in that the argument

Answer 20

Flaw

Question 21

The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument

Answer 21

Flaw

Question 22

The reasoning in the argument is flawed in that the argument overlooks the possibility that

Answer 22

Flaw

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Match Flaws

Question 24

Which one of the following arguments is most similar in its flawed reasoning to the argument above?

Answer 24

Match Flaws

Question 25

Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument?

Answer 25

Necessary assumptions

Question 26

Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?

Answer 26

Necessary assumptions

Question 27

The conclusion of the argument is strongly supported if which one of the following is assumed?

Answer 27

Sufficient assumptions

Question 28

Which one of the following is an assumption that, if true, would do most to justify X's actions?

Answer 28

Sufficient assumptions

Question 29

Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

Answer 29

Strengthen

Question 30

Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the support for the person's hypothesis?

Answer 30

Strengthen

Question 31

Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

Answer 31

Weaken

Question 32

Which one of the following, if true, most calls into question the efficacy of the traditional treatment described above?

Answer 32

Weaken

Question 33

Which one of the following, if true, is the strongest logical counter that X can make to Y?

Answer 33

Weaken

Question 34

Which one of the following would be most useful to know in order to evaluate the argument?

Answer 34

Helpful to know

Question 35

Which one of the following, if true, does most to justify the doctors' apparently paradoxical belief?

Answer 35

Resolve conflict

Question 36

Mastered (34)

Answer 36

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Question 37

Select these 34

Answer 37

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion drawn in the argument?

Question 38

The conclusion drawn in this person's argument is that

Answer 38

Conclusion

Question 39

Which one of the following statements follows logically from the information above?

Answer 39

Entailment

Question 40

X and Y disagree with each other about which one of the following?

Answer 40

Dispute

Question 41

On the basis of their statements, X and Y are committed to disagreeing over the truth of which one of the following statements?

Answer 41

Dispute

Question 42

The person's argument proceeds by

Answer 42

Technique

Question 43

Which one of the following is a technique of reasoning used in the argument?

Answer 43

Technique

Question 44

X responds to Y's argument by doing which one of the following?

Answer 44

Technique

Question 45

The claim that does X is used in the argument to

Answer 45

Role

Question 46

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

Answer 46

Match structure

Question 47

Which one of the following arguments is most closely parallel in its reasoning to the argument above?

Answer 47

Match structure

Question 48

Which one of the following conforms most closely to the principle illustrated above?

Answer 48

Match principles

Question 49

Which one of the following most accurately describes a flaw in the argument's reasoning?

Answer 49

Flaw

Question 50

The argument commits which one of the following errors of reasoning?

Answer 50

Flaw

Question 51

The argument's reasoning is questionable in that the argument

Answer 51

Flaw

Question 52

Trey's remarks suggest that he is misinterpreting which one of the following words used by X?

Answer 52

Flaw

Question 53

Which one of the following arguments contains flawed reasoning that is most parallel to that in the argument above?

Answer 53

Match Flaws

Question 54

The flawed nature of the argument above can most effectively be demonstrated by noting that, by parallel reasoning, we could conclude that

Answer 54

Match Flaws

Question 55

The argument requires assuming which one of the following?

Answer 55

Necessary assumptions

Question 56

The argument requires the assumption that

Answer 56

Necessary assumptions

Question 57

The argument relies on assuming which one of the following?

Answer 57

Necessary assumptions

Question 58

The conclusion drawn above follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?

Answer 58

Sufficient assumptions

Question 59

The conclusion of X's argument can be properly drawn if which one of the following is assumed?

Answer 59

Sufficient assumptions

Question 60

Which one of the following, if true, adds the most support for the conclusion of the argument?

Answer 60

Strengthen

Question 61

Each of the following, if true, supports the claim above EXCEPT

Answer 61

Strengthen

Question 62

Which one of the following, if true, most undermines the claim made above?

Answer 62

Weaken

Question 63

The answer to which one of the following questions would most help in evaluating the argument above?

Answer 63

Helpful to know

Question 64

The answer to which one of the following questions would LEAST help in evaluating the argument?

Answer 64

Helpful to know

Question 65

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the apparently paradoxical result?

Answer 65

Explain

Question 66

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the failure of the strategy?

Answer 66

Explain

Question 67

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the preference described above?

Answer 67

Explain

Question 68

Each of the following, if true, contributes to an explanation of the change EXCEPT:

Answer 68

Explain

Question 69

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent conflict described above?

Answer 69

Resolve conflict

Question 70

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent discrepancy in the information above?

Answer 70

Resolve conflict