LSAT - Logical Reasoning Comprehensive Exam
with Revised Questions and Correct Answers
2026/2027
Premise - CORRECT ANSWER-A fact, proposition or statement from which a conclusion is
made
Conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER-A statement or judgment that follows from one or more
reasons.
Conditional Reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER-A conditional statement is, in its most easily
recognized form, an "if...then..." statement. The following is, for example, a conditional
statement. Conditional statements are also described in terms of sufficient and necessary
conditions.
Sufficient - CORRECT ANSWER-An event or circumstance whose occurrence indicates that
a necessary condition must also occur.
Necessary - CORRECT ANSWER-An event or circumstance whose occurrence is required in
order for a sufficient condition to occur.
Explain Sufficient Necessary - CORRECT ANSWER-If a sufficient condition occurs, you
automatically ḳnow that the necessary condition also occurs. If a necessary condition
occurs, then it is possible that the sufficient condition will occur, but not certain.
Example of Sufficient Necessary - CORRECT ANSWER-Banging my shin on the table is all
that is needed for me to scream in pain (i.e. it is sufficient), so banging my shin is
considered the sufficient condition. I cannot bang my shin on the table without screaming
in pain (screaming necessarily follows the banging of my shin), so screaming in pain is the
necessary condition. You should be fine if you can simply remember that the antecedent
(the phrase following the "if") is the sufficient condition for the consequent (the phrase
following the "then") and the consequent is the necessary condition for the antecedent.
Contra-positive - CORRECT ANSWER-a conditional statement derived from another by
negating and interchanging antecedent and consequent
, Premise Indicators - CORRECT ANSWER-Because
Since
For
For example
For that reason that In that
Given that
As indicated by
Due to
Owing to
This can be seen from
We ḳnow this by
Conclusion Indicators - CORRECT ANSWER-Thus
Therefore
Hence
Consequently
As a result
So
Accordingly
Clearly
Must be that
Shows that
Conclude that
Follows that
For this reason
Thirteen Logical Reasoning Types - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Must Be True / Most Supported
2. Main Point
3. Point at issue
4. Assumption
5. Justify the conclusion
6. Strengthen / support
7. Resolve the paradox
8. Weaḳen
9. Method of reasoning
10. Flaw in the reasoning
11. Parallel reasoning
12. Evaluate the argument
13. Cannot be true
with Revised Questions and Correct Answers
2026/2027
Premise - CORRECT ANSWER-A fact, proposition or statement from which a conclusion is
made
Conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER-A statement or judgment that follows from one or more
reasons.
Conditional Reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER-A conditional statement is, in its most easily
recognized form, an "if...then..." statement. The following is, for example, a conditional
statement. Conditional statements are also described in terms of sufficient and necessary
conditions.
Sufficient - CORRECT ANSWER-An event or circumstance whose occurrence indicates that
a necessary condition must also occur.
Necessary - CORRECT ANSWER-An event or circumstance whose occurrence is required in
order for a sufficient condition to occur.
Explain Sufficient Necessary - CORRECT ANSWER-If a sufficient condition occurs, you
automatically ḳnow that the necessary condition also occurs. If a necessary condition
occurs, then it is possible that the sufficient condition will occur, but not certain.
Example of Sufficient Necessary - CORRECT ANSWER-Banging my shin on the table is all
that is needed for me to scream in pain (i.e. it is sufficient), so banging my shin is
considered the sufficient condition. I cannot bang my shin on the table without screaming
in pain (screaming necessarily follows the banging of my shin), so screaming in pain is the
necessary condition. You should be fine if you can simply remember that the antecedent
(the phrase following the "if") is the sufficient condition for the consequent (the phrase
following the "then") and the consequent is the necessary condition for the antecedent.
Contra-positive - CORRECT ANSWER-a conditional statement derived from another by
negating and interchanging antecedent and consequent
, Premise Indicators - CORRECT ANSWER-Because
Since
For
For example
For that reason that In that
Given that
As indicated by
Due to
Owing to
This can be seen from
We ḳnow this by
Conclusion Indicators - CORRECT ANSWER-Thus
Therefore
Hence
Consequently
As a result
So
Accordingly
Clearly
Must be that
Shows that
Conclude that
Follows that
For this reason
Thirteen Logical Reasoning Types - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Must Be True / Most Supported
2. Main Point
3. Point at issue
4. Assumption
5. Justify the conclusion
6. Strengthen / support
7. Resolve the paradox
8. Weaḳen
9. Method of reasoning
10. Flaw in the reasoning
11. Parallel reasoning
12. Evaluate the argument
13. Cannot be true
