LSAT - Logical Reasoning Test Questions and Answers Rated A
Premise - -A fact, proposition or statement phrase following the "then") and the consequent
from which a conclusion is made is the necessary condition for the antecedent.
Conclusion - -A statement or judgment that Contra-positive - -a conditional statement
follows from one or more reasons. derived from another by negating and
interchanging antecedent and consequent
Conditional Reasoning - -A conditional
statement is, in its most easily recognized form, Premise Indicators - -Because
an "if...then..." statement. The following is, for Since
example, a conditional statement. Conditional For
statements are also described in terms of For example
sufficient and necessary conditions. For that reason that In that
Given that
As indicated by
Sufficient - -An event or circumstance Due to
whose occurrence indicates that a necessary Owing to
condition must also occur. This can be seen from
We know this by
Necessary - -An event or circumstance
whose occurrence is required in order for a Conclusion Indicators - -Thus
sufficient condition to occur. Therefore
Hence
Consequently
As a result
Explain Sufficient Necessary - -If a
So
sufficient condition occurs, you automatically
Accordingly
know that the necessary condition also occurs. If
Clearly
a necessary condition occurs, then it is possible
Must be that
that the sufficient condition will occur, but not
Shows that
certain.
Conclude that
Follows that
For this reason
Example of Sufficient Necessary - -
Banging my shin on the table is all that is needed
for me to scream in pain (i.e. it is sufficient), so
Thirteen Logical Reasoning Types - -1.
banging my shin is considered the sufficient
Must Be True / Most Supported
condition. I cannot bang my shin on the table
2. Main Point
without screaming in pain (screaming necessarily
3. Point at issue
follows the banging of my shin), so screaming in
4. Assumption
pain is the necessary condition. You should be
5. Justify the conclusion
fine if you can simply remember that the
6. Strengthen / support
antecedent (the phrase following the "if") is the
7. Resolve the paradox
sufficient condition for the consequent (the
8. Weaken
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, LSAT - Logical Reasoning Test Questions and Answers Rated A
9. Method of reasoning
10. Flaw in the reasoning
11. Parallel reasoning Main Point - -Main Point questions are
12. Evaluate the argument variant of Must Be True questions. As you might
13. Cannot be true expect, a main point question asks you to find the
primary conclusion made by the author. Question
stem example - "the main point of the argument
Four Family Types - -1. Prove is that"
2. Help
3. Hurt
4. Disprove Point at issue - -Point at issue questions
require you to identify a point of contention
between two speakers, and thus these questions
Reasoning Types - Family - Prove - -a. appear almost exclusively with two-speaker
Must Be True / Most Supported stimulus. Question stem example: "larew and
b. Main Point Mendota disagree about whether"
c. Point at issue
d. Method of reasoning
e. Flaw in the reasoning Assumption - -These questions ask you to
f. Parallel reasoning identify an assumption of the author's argument.
Question stem example: "which one of the
following is an assumption required by the
Reasoning Types - Family - Help - -a. argument above?"
Assumption
b. Justify the conclusion
c. Strengthen / support Justify the conclusion - -Justify the
d. Resolve the paradox conclusion questions ask you to supply a piece of
information that, when added to the premises,
proves the conclusion. Question stem example:
Reasoning Types - Family - Hurt - -a. "which one of the following, if assumed, allows
Weaken the conclusion above to be properly drawn?"
Reasoning Types - Family - Disprove - -a.
Strengthen / support - -These questions
Cannot be true ask you to select the answer choice that provides
support for the author's argument or strengthens
it in some way. Question stem example: "which of
Must Be True / Most Supported - -This the following, if true, most strengthens the
category is simply known as "must be true". Must argument?" - "which one of the following, if true,
be true questions ask you to identify the answer most strongly supports the statement above?"
choice that is best proven by the information in
the stimulus. Question stem examples - "if the
statements above are true, which one of the Resolve the paradox - -Every resolve the
following must also be true?" - which one of the paradox stimulus contains a discrepancy or
following can be properly inferred from the seeming contradiction. You must find the answer
passage?" choice that best resolves the situation. Question
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Premise - -A fact, proposition or statement phrase following the "then") and the consequent
from which a conclusion is made is the necessary condition for the antecedent.
Conclusion - -A statement or judgment that Contra-positive - -a conditional statement
follows from one or more reasons. derived from another by negating and
interchanging antecedent and consequent
Conditional Reasoning - -A conditional
statement is, in its most easily recognized form, Premise Indicators - -Because
an "if...then..." statement. The following is, for Since
example, a conditional statement. Conditional For
statements are also described in terms of For example
sufficient and necessary conditions. For that reason that In that
Given that
As indicated by
Sufficient - -An event or circumstance Due to
whose occurrence indicates that a necessary Owing to
condition must also occur. This can be seen from
We know this by
Necessary - -An event or circumstance
whose occurrence is required in order for a Conclusion Indicators - -Thus
sufficient condition to occur. Therefore
Hence
Consequently
As a result
Explain Sufficient Necessary - -If a
So
sufficient condition occurs, you automatically
Accordingly
know that the necessary condition also occurs. If
Clearly
a necessary condition occurs, then it is possible
Must be that
that the sufficient condition will occur, but not
Shows that
certain.
Conclude that
Follows that
For this reason
Example of Sufficient Necessary - -
Banging my shin on the table is all that is needed
for me to scream in pain (i.e. it is sufficient), so
Thirteen Logical Reasoning Types - -1.
banging my shin is considered the sufficient
Must Be True / Most Supported
condition. I cannot bang my shin on the table
2. Main Point
without screaming in pain (screaming necessarily
3. Point at issue
follows the banging of my shin), so screaming in
4. Assumption
pain is the necessary condition. You should be
5. Justify the conclusion
fine if you can simply remember that the
6. Strengthen / support
antecedent (the phrase following the "if") is the
7. Resolve the paradox
sufficient condition for the consequent (the
8. Weaken
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, LSAT - Logical Reasoning Test Questions and Answers Rated A
9. Method of reasoning
10. Flaw in the reasoning
11. Parallel reasoning Main Point - -Main Point questions are
12. Evaluate the argument variant of Must Be True questions. As you might
13. Cannot be true expect, a main point question asks you to find the
primary conclusion made by the author. Question
stem example - "the main point of the argument
Four Family Types - -1. Prove is that"
2. Help
3. Hurt
4. Disprove Point at issue - -Point at issue questions
require you to identify a point of contention
between two speakers, and thus these questions
Reasoning Types - Family - Prove - -a. appear almost exclusively with two-speaker
Must Be True / Most Supported stimulus. Question stem example: "larew and
b. Main Point Mendota disagree about whether"
c. Point at issue
d. Method of reasoning
e. Flaw in the reasoning Assumption - -These questions ask you to
f. Parallel reasoning identify an assumption of the author's argument.
Question stem example: "which one of the
following is an assumption required by the
Reasoning Types - Family - Help - -a. argument above?"
Assumption
b. Justify the conclusion
c. Strengthen / support Justify the conclusion - -Justify the
d. Resolve the paradox conclusion questions ask you to supply a piece of
information that, when added to the premises,
proves the conclusion. Question stem example:
Reasoning Types - Family - Hurt - -a. "which one of the following, if assumed, allows
Weaken the conclusion above to be properly drawn?"
Reasoning Types - Family - Disprove - -a.
Strengthen / support - -These questions
Cannot be true ask you to select the answer choice that provides
support for the author's argument or strengthens
it in some way. Question stem example: "which of
Must Be True / Most Supported - -This the following, if true, most strengthens the
category is simply known as "must be true". Must argument?" - "which one of the following, if true,
be true questions ask you to identify the answer most strongly supports the statement above?"
choice that is best proven by the information in
the stimulus. Question stem examples - "if the
statements above are true, which one of the Resolve the paradox - -Every resolve the
following must also be true?" - which one of the paradox stimulus contains a discrepancy or
following can be properly inferred from the seeming contradiction. You must find the answer
passage?" choice that best resolves the situation. Question
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