LSAC LSAC Certifications LSAT-TEST Questions & Answers

• Question 441:

  At a concert, exactly eight compositions--F, H, L, O, P, R, S, and T--are to be performed exactly once each, consecutively and one composition at a time. The order of their performance must satisfy the following conditions: T is performed either immediately before F or immediately after R. At least two compositions are performed either after F and before R, or after R and before F. O is performed either first or fifth. The eighth composition performed is either L or H. P is performed at some time before S. At least one composition is performed either after O and before S, or after S and before O.

  If exactly two compositions are performed after F but before O, then R must be performed

  A. first

  B. third

  C. fourth

  D. sixth

  E. seventh

  Correct Answer: D

  Use your pencil to jot down what you are told, without freezing up. There are two compositions (slots!) between F and O, in that order. So it's: F______O

• Question 442:

  At a concert, exactly eight compositions -- F, H, L, O, P, R, S, and T -- are to be performed exactly once

  each, consecutively and one composition at a time. The order of their performance must satisfy the

  following conditions:

  T is performed either immediately before F or immediately after R.

  At least two compositions are performed either after F and before R, or after R and before F. O is

  performed either first or fifth. The eighth composition performed is either L or H. P is performed at some

  time before S. At least one composition is performed either after O and before S, or after S and before O.

  If S is performed fourth, which one of the following could be an accurate list of the compositions performed

  first, second, and third, respectively?

  A. F, H, P

  B. H, P, L

  C. O, P, R

  D. O.P.T

  E. P, R,T

  Correct Answer: C

  We are asked to choose a possible 1-2-3 trio given that S is in slot 4: _________S_________L or H 12345678 The mention of S should conjure up O, and our Master Sketch helps us out. O can't be placed next to S (Rule 6), so O will have to take slot 1 (Rule 3). Choices [F, H, P], [B. H, P, L], [E. P, R,T], all bite the dust: O is definitely first, here. Now that it's down to two choices, why mess around? Sketch in both options [O, P, R] and [O.P.T] and decide which one works. If we put option [O, P, R] into the first three slots, no problem: T and F will take slots 6 and 7, in that order, leaving slots 5 and 8 for L and H. But [O.P.T] won't fly. Making the first three "O, P, T" leaves R and F unacceptably close together towards the far end of the sequence.

• Question 443:

  At a concert, exactly eight compositions--F, H, L, O, P, R, S, and T--are to be performed exactly once

  each, consecutively and one composition at a time. The order of their performance must satisfy the

  following conditions:

  T is performed either immediately before F or immediately after R.

  At least two compositions are performed either after F and before R, or after R and before F. O is

  performed either first or fifth. The eighth composition performed is either L or H. P is performed at some

  time before S. At least one composition is performed either after O and before S, or after S and before O.

  If O is performed immediately after T, then F must be performed either

  A. first or second

  B. second or third

  C. fourth or sixth

  D. fourth or seventh

  E. sixth or seventh

  Correct Answer: E

  The fact that O is performed right after T ought to draw your eye right back to the Master Sketch, where both O and Tare explicitly mentioned in concrete rules. If O comes after T, then clearly O (Rule 3) will occupy slot 5 rather than slot 1; and if T precedes O, then clearly T (Rule 1) will have to follow immediately after R, for: ______RTO______L or H 12345678 The question concerns F, which conjures up Rule 2. Under these circumstances, the only way to keep F the requisite distance from R is to assign F to slot 6 or 7.

• Question 444:

  At a concert, exactly eight compositions -- F, H, L, O, P, R, S, and T -- are to be performed exactly once

  each, consecutively and one composition at a time. The order of their performance must satisfy the

  following conditions:

  T is performed either immediately before F or immediately after R.

  At least two compositions are performed either after F and before R, or after R and before F. O is

  performed either first or fifth. The eighth composition performed is either L or H. P is performed at some

  time before S. At least one composition is performed either after O and before S, or after S and before O.

  If T is performed fifth and F is performed sixth, then S must be performed either

  A. fourth or seventh

  B. third or sixth

  C. third or fourth

  D. second or seventh

  E. first or fourth

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 445:

  At a concert, exactly eight compositions--F, H, L, O, P, R, S, and T--are to be performed exactly once

  each, consecutively and one composition at a time. The order of their performance must satisfy the

  following conditions:

  T is performed either immediately before F or immediately after R.

  At least two compositions are performed either after F and before R, or after R and before F. O is

  performed either first or fifth. The eighth composition performed is either L or H. P is performed at some

  time before S. At least one composition is performed either after O and before S, or after S and before O.

  P CANNOT be performed

  A. second

  B. third

  C. fourth

  D. sixth

  E. seventh

  Correct Answer: E

• Question 446:

  At a concert, exactly eight compositions -- F, H, L, O, P, R, S, and T -- are to be performed exactly once

  each, consecutively and one composition at a time. The order of their performance must satisfy the

  following conditions:

  T is performed either immediately before F or immediately after R.

  At least two compositions are performed either after F and before R, or after R and before F. O is

  performed either first or fifth. The eighth composition performed is either L or H. P is performed at some

  time before S. At least one composition is performed either after O and before S, or after S and before O.

  Which one of the following lists the compositions in an order in which they could be performed during the

  concert, from first through eighth?

  A. L, P, S, R, O, T, F, H

  B. O, T, P, F, S, H, R, L

  C. P, T, F, S, L, R, O, H

  D. P, T, F, S, O, R, L, H

  E. T, F, P, R, O, L, S, H

  Correct Answer: A

  The only potential snag in this Acceptability question - and believe us, it's not much of a snag - is that we have many more rules here than we have wrong choices, so we can't be sure which of the rules are going to knock out the four losers. No matter; the approach is the same. As it turns out, all five choices have either L or H 8th (Rule 4), and all have P preceding S (Rule 5). But Rule 1 knocks out option [O, T, P, F, S, H, R, L]. by separating T from either R or F. Rule 2 knocks out option [T, F, P, R, O, L, S, H]. by placing R and F too close together. Option [P, T, F, S, L, R, O, H] unacceptably places F and R too close together (Rule 3), and [P, T, F, S, O, R, L, H] does likewise with O and S (Rule 6).

• Question 447:

  The organizer of a reading club will select at least five and at most six works from a group of nine works.

  The group consists of three French novels, three Russian novels, two French plays, and one Russian play.

  The organizer's selection of works must conform to the following requirements:

  No more than four French works are selected.

  At least three but no more than four novels are selected.

  At least as many French novels as Russian novels are selected.

  If both French plays are selected, then the Russian play is not selected.

  Any one of the following could be true about the organizer's selection of works EXCEPT:

  A. No Russian novels and exactly one play are selected.

  B. Exactly one Russian novel and both French plays are selected.

  C. Exactly two French novels and the Russian play are selected.

  D. Exactly two French novels and exactly two plays are selected.

  E. Exactly two Russian novels and exactly one play are selected.

  Correct Answer: A

  Four of the five choices are acceptable, and one is not, meaning that one of these choices violates a rule. Now that you undoubtedly know this game's rules so well, the quickest approach might be to use your pencil to work out each choice. Doing so reveals option [No Russian novels and...] right off. If, in line with option [No Russian novels and...]'s dictates, you list the nine entities and cross off all the R's while circling only one lower-case letter, you should realize very quickly that you're stuck. At best you can have a total of 4 - the three French novels and the one play. But that won't cut it, so option [No Russian novels and...] is correct.

• Question 448:

  The organizer of a reading club will select at least five and at most six works from a group of nine works.

  The group consists of three French novels, three Russian novels, two French plays, and one Russian play.

  The organizer's selection of works must conform to the following requirements:

  No more than four French works are selected.

  At least three but no more than four novels are selected.

  At least as many French novels as Russian novels are selected.

  If both French plays are selected, then the Russian play is not selected.

  The organizer must at least select

  A. one French novel and one French play

  B. one French novel and one Russian play

  C. one Russian novel and one French play

  D. two French novels

  E. two Russian novels

  Correct Answer: D

  The very appearance of this question might have suggested to you, at the outset, that there's at least one fact about the selection process that is inferable from the rules alone. But whether you worked it out up front or now, how come? Because to choose a single French novel would restrict us to a single Russian novel (Rule 3), and that plus Rule 4 would ensure that we could never meet our quota of five works mandated in the opening ? At most we'd be restricted to four: the French novel, the Russian novel, and two plays. In order to meet the requirement of five works minimum, we must choose at least two French novels at all times. And if you look back over the first three questions, we've done just that all along.

• Question 449:

  The organizer of a reading club will select at least five and at most six works from a group of nine works.

  The group consists of three French novels, three Russian novels, two French plays, and one Russian play.

  The organizer's selection of works must conform to the following requirements:

  No more than four French works are selected.

  At least three but no more than four novels are selected.

  At least as many French novels as Russian novels are selected.

  If both French plays are selected, then the Russian play is not selected.

  If the works selected include three French novels, which one of the following could be a complete and

  accurate list of the remaining works selected?

  A. one Russian novel

  B. two French plays

  C. one Russian novel, one Russian play

  D. one Russian novel, two French plays

  E. two Russian novels, one French play

  Correct Answer: C

  In a new roster for this question you could circle F F F and build from there, realizing that either we choose 0 or 1R's (2 is impossible, given Rule 2).

• Question 450:

  The organizer of a reading club will select at least five and at most six works from a group of nine works.

  The group consists of three French novels, three Russian novels, two French plays, and one Russian play.

  The organizer's selection of works must conform to the following requirements:

  No more than four French works are selected.

  At least three but no more than four novels are selected.

  At least as many French novels as Russian novels are selected.

  If both French plays are selected, then the Russian play is not selected.

  Which one of the following could be true about the organizer's selection of works?

  A. No Russian novels are selected.

  B. Exactly one French novel is selected.

  C. All three plays are selected.

  D. All three Russian novels are selected.

  E. All five French works are selected.

  Correct Answer: A

  The correct answer could be true, meaning the 4 wrong choices cannot be true, and your best bet here is either to try out each choice until you find the winner, or skip the question for now. The former option works out well here, because we discern option [No Russian novels are selected] as possible right away. If no Russian novels are selected, we can still get an acceptable group like so: F F F f r. Having seen that as possible, we can quickly ascertain the problems with the others because they violate rules almost as quickly as the wrong answers in a standard Acceptability question.