LSAT Logical Reasoning Flaws

Who administers the LSAT?

• ABA
• LSAC
• ETS
• College Board

The Logical Reasoning section requires outside subject knowledge to answer.

• True
• False

Assuming one event causes another just because they occur together is confusing ____.

• claim with proof
• cause with effect
• correlation with causation
• fact with opinion

Criticizing the person instead of the argument is the ____ attack.

• red herring
• straw man
• false dilemma
• ad hominem

An argument that assumes as a premise the thing it tries to prove is a ____ argument.

• sampling
• circular
• causal
• equivocation

If a necessary assumption were false, the argument would collapse.

• True
• False

Which question type asks for a statement that guarantees the conclusion?

• Flaw
• Necessary assumption
• Sampling
• Sufficient assumption

The ____ test checks if negating a statement destroys the argument.

• equivocation
• negation
• sampling
• causal

Drawing a group conclusion from too small a sample is the ____ flaw.

• false dilemma
• sampling
• circular
• equivocation

Using one word with two different meanings is the ____ flaw.

• circular
• equivocation
• ad hominem
• sampling

A false dilemma presents more options than actually exist.

• True
• False

What should students identify separately when reading an argument?

• Conclusion and evidence
• Words and grammar
• Topic and length
• Author and date

The LSAT is used in the U.S., Canada, and where else?

• Only the U.S.
• Other countries
• Only Europe
• Only Asia

A logical flaw exists when the premises do not adequately ____ the conclusion.

• shorten
• contradict
• repeat
• support

A necessary assumption question asks for a statement the argument must have to work.

• True
• False