LSAT-TEST Online Practice Questions and Answers

A chess tournament is occurring in the local community school, and the players at all four of the tables are

engaged in their fourth game against their prospective opponents.

The players with white pieces are: David, Gerry, Lenny and Terry

The players with black pieces are: Don, Mike, Richie and Stephen

The scores are 3:0, 2.5:0.5, 2:1, 1.5:1.5

[note: tied games result in a score of 0.5 points for each player]

Lenny is playing at the table to the right of Stephen, who has lost all of his games until now.

Gerry is playing against Mike.

At least one game at table 1 has resulted in a tie.

Richie, who is not in the lead over his opponent, has not been in a tied game.

The player who is using the white pieces at table 4 is Terry, however, the current score at table 4 is not

2:1.

Don is leading his match after his last three games.

Whose score is highest?

A. Mike

B. Stephen

C. Richie

D. David

E. Lenny

Plant manager: We could greatly reduce the amount of sulfur dioxide our copper-smelting plant releases into the atmosphere by using a new process. The new process requires replacing our open furnaces with closed ones and moving the copper from one furnace to the next in solid, not molten, form. However, not only is the new equipment expensive to buy and install, but the new process also costs more to run than the current process, because the copper must be reheated after it has cooled. So overall, adopting the new process will cost much but bring the company no profit. Supervisor: I agree with your overall conclusion, but disagree about one point you make, since the latest closed furnaces are extremely fuel-efficient.

The plant manager's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on which one of the following grounds?

A. The overall conclusion is about a net effect but is based solely on evidence about only some of the factors that contribute to the effect.

B. The support for the overall conclusion is the authority of the plant manager rather than any independently verifiable evidence.

C. The overall conclusion reached merely repeats the evidence offered.

D. Evidence that is taken to be only probably true is used as the basis for a claim that something is definitely true.

E. Facts that are not directly relevant to the argument are treated as if they supported the overall conclusion

Exactly seven toy-truck models ?F, G, H, J, K, M, and S ?are assembled on seven assembly lines, exactly

one model to a line. The seven lines are arranged side by side and numbered consecutively F through 7.

Assignment of models to lines must meet the following conditions:

F is assembled on a lower-numbered line than J.

M is assembled on the line numbered one lower than the line on which G is assembled.

H is assembled on line 1 or else line 7.

S is assembled on line 4.

If M is assembled on line 1, which one of the following could be true?

A. F is assembled on a line numbered one lower than the line on which H is assembled.

B. F is assembled on a line numbered one lower than the line on which K is assembled.

C. G is assembled on a line numbered one lower than the line on which J is assembled.

D. G is assembled on a line numbered one lower than the line on which K is assembled.

E. K is assembled on a line numbered one lower than the line on which G is assembled.

A running track with a hard surface makes for greater running speed than a soft one, at least under dry

conditions, because even though step length is shorter on ' a hard surface, the time the runner's foot

remains in contact with the running surface is less with a hard surface.

Which one of the following, if true, is evidence that the explanation given above is only a partial one?

A. Dry running conditions can be guaranteed for indoor track races only.

B. In general, taller runners have greater average step length than shorter runners do.

C. Hard tracks enhance a runner's speed by making it easier for the runner to maintain a posture that minimizes wind resistance.

D. The tracks at which the world's fastest running times have been recorded are located well above sea level, where the air is relatively thin.

E. To remain in top condition, a soft track surface requires different maintenance procedures than does a hard one.

Tina: For centuries oceans and human eccentricity have been linked in the literary and artistic imagination. Such linkage is probably due to the European Renaissance practice of using ships as asylums for the socially undesirable. Sergio: No. Oceans have always been viewed as mysterious and unpredictable -qualities that people have invariably associated with eccentricity.

Tina's and Sergio's statements lend the most support to the claim that they disagree about which one of the following statements?

A. Eccentric humans were considered socially undesirable during the European Renaissance.

B. Oceans have always been viewed as mysterious and unpredictable.

C. The linkage between oceans and eccentricity explains the European Renaissance custom of using ships as asylums.

D. People have never attributed the same qualities to oceans and eccentrics.

E. The linkage between oceans and eccentricity predates the European Renaissance.

A music store carries exactly ten types of CDs -- both new and used of each of jazz, opera, pop, rap, and

soul. The store is having a sale on some of these types of CDs. The following conditions must apply:

Used pop is on sale; new opera is not.

If both types of pop are on sale, then all soul is.

If both types of jazz are on sale, then no rap is.

If neither type of jazz is on sale, then new pop is.

If either type of rap is on sale, then no soul is.

If neither type of jazz is on sale, then each of the following must be true EXCEPT:

A. Used opera is on sale.

B. New rap is not on sale.

C. Used rap is not on sale.

D. New soul is on sale.

E. Used soul is on sale

Ashley: Words like "of" and "upon," unlike "pencil" and "shirt," do not refer to anything. Joshua: I agree; and since such words are meaningless, they should be abandoned.

Joshua's remarks indicate that he interpreted Ashley's statement to imply that

A. only words that refer to something have meaning

B. words that are not useful are meaningless

C. words that refer to something are meaningful

D. if a word is not useful, it should be abandoned

E. all words that refer to something are useful

The Trojan War is one of the most famous wars in history. It is well known for the ten year duration, for the heroism of a number of legendary characters, and for the Trojan horse. What may not be familiar, however, is the story of how the war began. According to Greek myth, the strife between the Trojans and the Greeks started at the wedding of Peleus, King of Thessaly, and Thetis, a sea nymph. All of the gods and goddesses had been invited to the wedding celebration in Troy except Eris, goddesses of discord. She had been omitted from the guest list because her presence always embroiled mortals and immortals alike in conflict. To take revenge on those who had slighted her, Eris decided to cause a skirmish. Into the middle of the banquet hall, she threw a golden apple marked "for the most beautiful." All of the goddesses began to haggle over who should possess it. The gods and goddesses reached a stalemate when the choice was narrowed to Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. Someone was needed to settle the controversy by picking a winner. The job eventually fell to Paris, son of King Priam of Troy, who was said to be a good judge of beauty. Paris did not have an easy job. Each goddess, eager to win the golden apple, tried aggressively to bribe him. "I'll grant you vast kingdoms to rule," promised Hera. "Vast kingdoms are nothing in comparison with my gift," contradicted Athena. "Choose me and I'll see that you win victory and fame in war." Aphrodite outdid her adversaries, however. She won the golden apple by offering Helen, Zeus' daughter and the most beautiful mortal, to Paris. Paris, anxious to claim Helen, set off for Sparta in Greece. Although Paris learned that Helen was married, he accepted the hospitality of her husband, King Menelasu of Sparta, anyway. Therefore, Menelaus was outraged for a number of reasons when Paris departed, taking Helen and much of the king's wealth back to Troy. Menelaus collected his loyal forces and set sail for Troy to begin the war to reclaim Helen.

Eris was known for ________________ both mortals and immortals.

A. scheming against

B. involving in conflict

C. feeling hostile toward

D. ignoring

E. comforting

In studying the autobiographies of Native Americans, most scholars have focused on as-told-to life histories that were solicited, translated, recorded, and edited by non-Native American collaborators ?that emerged from";bicultural composite authorship." Limiting their studies to such written documents, these scholars have overlooked traditional, preliterate modes of communicating personal history. In addition, they have failed to address the cultural constructs of the highly diverse Native American peoples, who prior to contact with non indigenous cultures did not share with Europeans the same assumptions about self, life, and writing that underlie the concept of an autobiography ?that indeed constitute the English word's root meaning.

The idea of self was, in a number of pre-contact Native American cultures, markedly inclusive: identity was not merely individual, but also relational to a society, a specific landscape, and the cosmos. Within these cultures, the expression of life experiences tended to be oriented toward current events: with the participation of fellow tribal members, an individual person would articulate, reenact, or record important experiences as the person lived them, a mode of autobiography seemingly more fragmented than the European custom of writing down the recollections of a lifetime. Moreover, expression itself was not a matter of writing but of language, which can include speech and signs. Oral autobiography comprised songs, chants, stories, and even the process whereby one repeatedly took on new names to reflect important events and deeds in one's life. Dance and drama could convey personal history; for example, the advent of a vision to one person might require the enactment of that vision in the form of a tribal pageant. One can view as autobiographical the elaborate tattoos that symbolized a warrior's valorous deeds, and such artifacts as a decorated shield that communicated the accomplishments and aspirations of its maker, or a robe that was emblazoned with the pictographic history of the wearer's battles and was sometimes used in reenactments. Also autobiographical, and indicative of high status within the tribe, would have been a tepee painted with symbolic designs to record the achievements and display the dreams or visions of its owner, who was often assisted in the painting by other tribal members. A tribe would, then, have contributed to the individual's narrative not merely passively, by its social codes and expectations, but actively by joining in the expression of that narrative. Such intracultural collaboration may seem alien to the European style of autobiography, yet any autobiography is shaped by its creator's ideas about the audience for which it is intended; in this sense, autobiography is justly called a simultaneous individual story and cultural narrative. Autobiographical expressions by early Native Americans may additionally have been shaped by the cultural perspectives of the people who transmitted them.

Which one of the following most accurately conveys the meaning of the phrase "bicultural composite authorship" as it is used in 1st paragraph of the passage?

A. written by a member of one culture but based on the artifacts and oral traditions of another culture

B. written by two people, each of whom belongs to a different culture but contributes in the same way to the finished product

C. compiled from the writings of people who come from different cultures and whose identities cannot be determined

D. written originally by a member of one culture but edited and revised by a member of another culture

E. written by a member of one culture but based on oral communication by a member of another culture

A new bank has decided to stay open only on weekends - all day Saturday and Sunday - and no other

days. The bank has hired two managers (U and V), Four tellers (W,X,Y, and Z), and two operation officers

(S and T), for a total of exactly eight full-time employees.

No part-time employees are hired.

Each employee works a complete day when working.

A manager must be on duty each day.

The managers cannot work on the same day.

At least two tellers must be working on the same day.

W and X will not work on the same day.

S and Z will only work on Saturday.

No employee can work on consecutive days, but each employee must work on Saturday or Sunday.

If W works on Sunday, then which one of the following must be true?

A. X works on Saturday

B. Y works on Saturday

C. T works on Sunday

D. Z works on Sunday

E. U works on Sunday