Free LSAT-Test – Law School Admission Test: Logical Reasoning, Reading Comprehension, Analytical Reasoning Practice Test Question

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  Long hours of practice are necessary for developing musical skill. One must develop one's musical skill in order to perform difficult music. But long hours of practice are tedious. So performing difficult music is tedious.

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  You have to advertise to run an expanding business, but advertising is expensive. Hence, it is expensive to run a business.

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  It is permissible to sit on the park benches. To sit on the park benches one must walk to them. One way to walk to them is by walking on the grass. So it is permissible to walk on the grass.

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  It is impossible to be a manager without evaluating people. The process of evaluation is necessarily subjective. Thus, people resent managers because they resent being evaluated subjectively.
  

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  Some farming on the plains requires irrigation. This irrigation now uses water pumped from aquifers. But aquifers have limited capacity and continued pumping will eventually exhaust them.
  Thus, a new source of water will have to be found in order for such farming to continue indefinitely.
  
  

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  Used jazz is not on sale.

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  Used opera is not on sale.

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  Used rap is not on sale.

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  Neither type of jazz is on sale.

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  Neither type of rap and neither type of soul is on sale.
  
  
  in no time. If all the rap and soul (R, r, S, s) are crossed out, then we cannot fulfill the requirement that 4 out of 5 used CDs be on sale.
  We’re down to options [Used opera is not on sale.] and [Used rap is not on sale.]. Suppose option [Used opera is not on sale.] is the statement that “could be true”; suppose used opera is not on sale. Can the four on-sale CDs be “p, j, r, s”? No way! Putting both a rap and a soul CD on sale simultaneously is a blatant violation of Rule 5. And indeed, if “p, j, o, s” are all on sale and everything else is not, no rules are violated.
  
  

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  The duties of the two newest employees are not less complex than any others in the company.

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  It is because of the complex duties assigned that the two newest employees are being paid more than is usually paid to newly hired employees.

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  The two newest employees are not experienced at their occupations.

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  Barnes was not hired at a higher-than-average starting salary.

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  The salaries of the two newest employees are no higher than the salaries that other companies pay for workers with a similar level of experience.
  
  

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  The effective use of computer programs that provide solutions to mathematical problems in engineering requires an understanding of mathematical principles.

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  Many of the computer programs that provide solutions to mathematical problems in engineering are already in routine use.

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  Development of composites and other such new materials has meant that the curriculum for engineers who will work in industry must allow time for teaching the properties of these materials.

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  Most of the computer programs that provide solutions to mathematical problems in engineering can be run on the types of computers available to most engineering firms.

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  The engineering curriculum already requires that engineering students be familiar with and able to use a variety of computer programs.
  
  

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  Mike

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  David

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  Richie

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  Don

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  Terry
  
  

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  The social and historical circumstances that give rise to a culture's values cannot be understood by members of a culture with different values.

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  The historical and social circumstances of a culture can play an important role in the development of that culture's values.

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  It is impossible for one culture to successfully study another culture unless it does so from more than one cultural perspective.

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  Genuine understanding of another culture is impossible unless that culture shares the same cultural values.

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  The values of liberalism cannot be adequately understood if we approach them solely through the methods of Western science.
  
  

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  all Italian greyhounds are slender

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  some greyhounds are nervous

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  no Italian greyhounds are slow

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  No Italian greyhounds are predictable

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  all Italian greyhounds are graceful
  
  

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  Y is a metropolitan area with a population density of less than 2000 people per square kilometer.

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  X is a metropolitan area with a population density of more than 2000 people per square kilometer.

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  Z is a metropolitan area with a population of more than 10 million.

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  X is a metropolitan area with a population of more than 10 million.

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  At least some metropolitan areas of the United States have a population density of more than 2000 people per square kilometer.
  
  

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  Ordinances that restrict the recreational activities of a town's inhabitants should not be passed unless those activities pose a danger to participants.

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  Since the town could be legally liable for accidents that occur on public property, town ordinances should restrict any unnecessarily dangerous activities in publicly owned areas.

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  Since safety in a recreational activity depends on the level of skill of the participant in that activity, the regulation of children's recreational activities should be left to the discretion of the children's parents.

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  If recreational activities constitute a danger to the participants in those activities, then the town council should enact ordinances prohibiting those activities.

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  Ordinances that seek to eliminate dangers should not be enacted if their enactment would lead to dangers that are greater than those they seek to eliminate.
  
  

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  Green lights decorate store 1.

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  Red lights decorate store 7.

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  Red lights decorate store 10.

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  Yellow lights decorate store 2.

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  Yellow lights decorate store 8.
  
  

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  orange

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  black

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  yellow

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  red

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  gray
  
  

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  Edible fish cannot be found in areas where there are no pesticide controls.

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  If there are pesticide controls, there will be many edible fish.

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  Without adequate pesticide controls, the fish population will rapidly decline.

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  If there are pesticide controls, there will be some edible fish.

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  With pesticide controls, the fish population will rapidly increase.
  
  

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  The UN Security Council cannot legally commit the military of a member nation to armed intervention in other countries.

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  In the parliamentary leader's nation, it is the constitutional prerogative of the parliament, not of the prime minister, to initiate foreign military action.

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  The parliament would be responsible for providing the funding necessary in order to contribute military personnel to the UN intervention.

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  The public would not support the military action unless it was known that the parliament supported the action.

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  Members of the parliament traditionally are more closely attuned to public sentiment, especially with regard to military action, than are prime ministers.
  
  

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  attempting to demonstrate that the reasoning used to reach a certain conclusion leads to another conclusion that is undesirable

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  trying to show that a certain conclusion contradicts some of the evidence used to support it

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  questioning an opponent's authority to address the issue under discussion

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  offering an alternative explanation of the facts used to arrive at a specific conclusion

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  agreeing with the conclusion of a particular argument while rejecting the evidence used to support the conclusion
  
  

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  F and G are both selected.

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  F and X are both selected.

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  G and H are both selected.

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  G and K are both selected.

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  Y and Z are both selected.
  
  

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  Bob

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  Chad

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  Dom

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  Grant

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  Fischer

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  An increase in the standard of living in developing countries will be accompanied by a decrease in the standard of living in industrialized countries.

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  It is likely that the standard of living of both industrialized and developing countries will decrease substantially by the year 2030.

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  The current standard of living of industrialized countries cannot be sustained if the population of the world increases.

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  All countries could enjoy a high standard of living without depleting natural resources if industrialized and developing countries implemented an ideal industrial ecosystem.

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  Supplies of critical natural resources will be in serious danger of depletion by the year 2030 unless the current standard of living of both industrialized and developing countries is reduced.
  
  

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  The price that video rental stores pay for movies recorded on videocassettes is considerably less than the retail price of those movies.

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  A significant proportion of the movies on videocassette purchased by video rental stores are bought as replacements for worn-out copies of movies the stores already have in stock.

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  The royalty fee included in the price that video rental stores pay for movies on the new kind of videocassette will be half that included in the price of movies on the old kind.

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  Given a choice, customers are more likely to buy a movie on videocassette than to rent it if the rental fee is more than half of the purchase price.

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  Many of the movies rented from video rental stores, particularly children's movies, average several viewings per rental fee.
  
  

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  An increase in muscle mass produces an increase in strength.

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  People who are not athletes require neither stronger connective tissue nor muscle strength.

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  If an engineered food does not improve muscle strength, there is no other substantial advantage to athletes from consuming it.

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  Consuming engineered foods that provide nutrients that can be obtained more easily elsewhere is unhealthy.

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  Growth of muscle mass enhances muscle strength only when accompanied by growth of connective tissue.
  
  

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  It purports to establish its conclusion by making a claim that, if true, would actually contradict that conclusion.

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  It mistakenly assumes that the quality of a person's character can legitimately be taken to guarantee the accuracy of the claims that person has made.

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  It mistakes something that is necessary for its conclusion to follow for something that ensures that the conclusion follows.

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  It uses the term "provable" without defining it.

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  It fails to distinguish between a true claim that has mistakenly been believed to be false and a false claim that has mistakenly been believed to be true.