LSAC LSAC Certifications LSAT-TEST Questions & Answers

• Question 621:

  The six messages on an answering machine were each left by one of Fleure, Greta, Hildy, Liam,

  Pasquale, or Theodore, consistent with the following:

  At most one person left more than one message.

  No person left more than three messages.

  If the first message is Hildy's, the last is Pasquale's.

  If Greta left any message, Fleure and Pasquale did also.

  If Fleure left any message, Pasquale and Theodore did also, all of Pasquale's preceding any of

  Theodore's.

  If Pasquale left any message, Hildy and Liam did also, all of Hildy's preceding any of Liam's

  Each of the following must be true EXCEPT:

  A. Liam left at least one message.

  B. Theodore left at least one message.

  C. Hildy left at least one message.

  D. Exactly one person left at least two messages.

  E. At least four people left messages.

  Correct Answer: D

  If you made the Key Deductions we described above (and few did), then you could have quickly eliminated options [Liam left..], [Theodore left...] and [Hildy left...], [At least four...] basically a combination of Rules 1 and 2, is another statement you could have deduced up front. So option [Exactly one person left at least two messages.] is the winner. We could hear once from each of the six people, in which case we'd have no repeat callers.

• Question 622:

  The six messages on an answering machine were each left by one of Fleure, Greta, Hildy, Liam,

  Pasquale, or Theodore, consistent with the following:

  At most one person left more than one message.

  No person left more than three messages.

  If the first message is Hildy's, the last is Pasquale's.

  If Greta left any message, Fleure and Pasquale did also.

  If Fleure left any message, Pasquale and Theodore did also, all of Pasquale's preceding any of

  Theodore's.

  If Pasquale left any message, Hildy and Liam did also, all of Hildy's preceding any of Liam's.

  The first and last messages on the answering machine could be the first and second messages left by

  which one of the following?

  A. Fleure

  B. Hildy

  C. Liam

  D. Pasquale

  E. Theodore

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 623:

  The six messages on an answering machine were each left by one of Fleure, Greta, Hildy, Liam,

  Pasquale, or Theodore, consistent with the following:

  At most one person left more than one message.

  No person left more than three messages.

  If the first message is Hildy's, the last is Pasquale's.

  If Greta left any message, Fleure and Pasquale did also.

  If Fleure left any message, Pasquale and Theodore did also, all of Pasquale's preceding any of

  Theodore's.

  If Pasquale left any message, Hildy and Liam did also, all of Hildy's preceding any of Liam's.

  If Greta left the fifth message, then which one of the following messages CANNOT have been left by

  Theodore?

  A. the first message

  B. the second message

  C. the third message

  D. the fourth message

  E. the sixth message

  Correct Answer: A

  G leaving the fifth message triggers Rule 4, so we have to hear from F and P, which in turn means that we have to hear from T, and all P's must precede all T's (Rule 5). So we can't put a T in 1, since there would be no way to get a P message before it.

• Question 624:

  The six messages on an answering machine were each left by one of Fleure, Greta, Hildy, Liam,

  Pasquale, or Theodore, consistent with the following:

  At most one person left more than one message.

  No person left more than three messages.

  If the first message is Hildy's, the last is Pasquale's.

  If Greta left any message, Fleure and Pasquale did also.

  If Fleure left any message, Pasquale and Theodore did also, all of Pasquale's preceding any of

  Theodore's.

  If Pasquale left any message, Hildy and Liam did also, all of Hildy's preceding any of Liam's.

  Which one of the following could be a complete and accurate list of the messages left on the answering machine, from first to last?

  A. Fleure's, Pasquale's, Theodore's, Hildy's,Pasquale's, Liam's

  B. Greta's, Pasquale's, Theodore's, Theodore's,Hildy's, Liam's

  C. Hildy's, Hildy's, Hildy's, Liam's, Pasquale's,Theodore's

  D. Pasquale's, Hildy's, Fleure's, Liam's,Theodore's, Theodore's

  E. Pasquale's, Hildy's, Theodore's, Hildy's, Liam's,Liam's

  Correct Answer: D

  This game wasn't easy, but this was the easiest question. Take the rules and use them to eliminate choices. Rule 1 kills E.. Rule 2 doesn't help, but Rule 3 eliminates [Hildy's, Hildy's, Hildy's, Liam's, Pasquale's,Theodore's]. Rule 4 axes [Greta's, Pasquale's, Theodore's, Theodore's,Hildy's, Liam's]., Rule 5 kills [Fleure's, Pasquale's, Theodore's, Hildy's,Pasquale's, Liam's], and we're down to [Pasquale's, Hildy's, Fleure's, Liam's,Theodore's, Theodore's], the correct answer.

• Question 625:

  This morning, a bakery makes exactly one delivery, consisting of exactly six loaves of bread. Each of the loaves is exactly one of three kinds: oatmeal, rye, or wheat, and each is either sliced or unsliced. The loaves that the bakery delivers this morning must be consistent with the following:

  If the bakery delivers exactly four wheat loaves, then the bakery could also deliver

  A. one sliced rye loaf and one unsliced rye loaf

  B. one sliced oatmeal loaf and one unsliced oatmeal loaf

  C. two unsliced rye loaves

  D. two unsliced oatmeal loaves

  E. two sliced oatmeal loaves

  Correct Answer: B

  If four wheat loaves are delivered, then those wheat loaves are sliced (Rule 3). One unsliced oatmeal loaf is always included, and that kills options [one sliced rye loaf and one unsliced rye loaf]., [two unsliced rye loaves], and [two sliced oatmeal loaves]. So what could the sixth loaf be? It can't be an unsliced oatmeal, since that would violate Rule 5. That kills option [two unsliced oatmeal loaves].

• Question 626:

  This morning, a bakery makes exactly one delivery, consisting of exactly six loaves of bread. Each of the loaves is exactly one of three kinds: oatmeal, rye, or wheat, and each is either sliced or unsliced. The loaves that the bakery delivers this morning must be consistent with the following:

  Which one of the following statements CANNOT be true?

  A. The only unsliced loaves are oatmeal loaves.

  B. The only sliced loaves are rye loaves.

  C. The only unsliced loaves are rye loaves.

  D. The number of sliced loaves is exactly one greater than the number of sliced oatmeal loaves.

  E. The number of unsliced loaves is exactly one greater than the number of unsliced oatmeal loaves.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 627:

  This morning, a bakery makes exactly one delivery, consisting of exactly six loaves of bread. Each of the loaves is exactly one of three kinds: oatmeal, rye, or wheat, and each is either sliced or unsliced. The loaves that the bakery delivers this morning must be consistent with the following:

  Which one of the following statements must be true?

  A. At least one of the loaves is rye.

  B. At least one of the loaves is wheat.

  C. At least one of the loaves is sliced.

  D. No more than four oatmeal loaves are sliced.

  E. No more than four wheat loaves are sliced.

  Correct Answer: D

  This is another one that must be checked choice by choice, but you can (and should!) do so strategically. The best place to start is with the correct choice for Acceptability question 1: There we saw that we could have all unsliced loaves, and no wheat loaves, which proves that neither option [At least one of the loaves is wheat.] nor option [At least one of the loaves is sliced.] must be true.

• Question 628:

  This morning, a bakery makes exactly one delivery, consisting of exactly six loaves of bread. Each of the loaves is exactly one of three kinds: oatmeal, rye, or wheat, and each is either sliced or unsliced. The loaves that the bakery delivers this morning must be consistent with the following:

  Each of the following could be a complete and accurate list of the unsliced loaves that the bakery delivers EXCEPT:

  A. three oatmeal loaves

  B. three oatmeal loaves, one rye loaf

  C. two oatmeal loaves, two rye loaves

  D. two oatmeal loaves, three rye loaves

  E. one oatmeal loaf, one rye loaf

  Correct Answer: A

  The reference to unsliced loaves should point you to Rules 3, 4, and 5. Each choice has at least one unsliced oatmeal loaf, and there's no unsliced wheat loaf among the choices, but option [three oatmeal loaves] is a straightforward violation of Rule 5. With more than one unsliced loaf, this option needs to have an unsliced rye loaf as well, but it isn't there.

• Question 629:

  This morning, a bakery makes exactly one delivery, consisting of exactly six loaves of bread. Each of the loaves is exactly one of three kinds: oatmeal, rye, or wheat, and each is either sliced or unsliced. The loaves that the bakery delivers this morning must be consistent with the following:

  There are at least two kinds of loaves.

  There are no more than three rye loaves.

  There is no unsliced wheat loaf.

  There is at least one unsliced oatmeal loaf.

  If two or more of the loaves are unsliced, then at least one of the unsliced loaves is rye.

  Which one of the following could be a complete and accurate list of the loaves that the bakery delivers?

  A. six unsliced oatmeal loaves

  B. five unsliced oatmeal loaves, one sliced rye loaf

  C. five unsliced oatmeal loaves, one unsliced wheat loaf

  D. four unsliced oatmeal loaves, two unsliced rye loaves

  E. four unsliced oatmeal loaves, two sliced wheat loaves

  Correct Answer: D

  As it turns out, Rule 5 eliminates all the wrong choices, but if you tackled the rules in order, here's what you would have found: Rule 1 kills option [six unsliced oatmeal loaves], which has only oatmeal loaves. Rule 2 doesn't help, but Rule 3 kills option [five unsliced oatmeal loaves, one unsliced wheat loaf]., which has the for bidden unsliced wheat loaf. Rule 4 doesn't help, but Rule 5 knocks off options [five unsliced oatmeal loaves, one sliced rye loaf] and [four unsliced oatmeal loaves, two sliced wheat loaves], which each have two or more unsliced loaves but no unsliced rye loaf.

• Question 630:

  Formal performance evaluations in the professional world are conducted using realistic situations. Physicians are allowed to consult medical texts freely, attorneys may refer to law books and case records, and physicists and engineers have their manuals at hand for ready reference. Students, then, should likewise have access to their textbooks whenever they take examinations.

  The reasoning in the argument is questionable because the argument

  A. cites examples that are insufficient to support the generalization that performance evaluations in the professional world are conducted in realistic situations

  B. fails to consider the possibility that adopting its recommendation will not significantly increase most students' test scores

  C. neglects to take into account the fact that professionals were once students who also did not have access to textbooks during examinations

  D. neglects to take into account the fact that, unlike students, professionals have devoted many years of study to one subject

  E. fails to consider the possibility that the purposes of evaluation in the professional world and in school situations are quite dissimilar

  Correct Answer: E

  This is a Flaw question. For these questions, it's usually possible to form a prephrase of the answer, which should save you time in reviewing answer choices. Put simply, the argument says that students should be allowed to have open book tests. Why? Because in performance evaluations in the professional world, doctors, lawyers, etc. are allowed to refer to their books. This is nothing more than an argument by analogy. The operating assumption in all arguments by analogy is that the two things that are compared are, in fact, comparable. Therefore, the best way to weaken them is to show how the two things are not comparable. Or, in this case, where you must determine why the reasoning is questionable, look for an answer choice that says something along the lines of "the reasoning is flawed because it tries to compare apples and oranges." Option [fails to consider the possibility that the purposes of...] does just that by saying that the author hasn't considered the possibility that the purposes of the two tests mentioned in the stimulus are in fact quite dissimilar.