LSAT Practice Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Every proposal receiving a community grant is reviewed by the funding panel. No proposal submitted late is reviewed by the panel. Some neighborhood garden proposals receive community grants. Which statement must be true?
Only neighborhood garden proposals received community grants.
Every neighborhood garden proposal was reviewed by the panel.
Some neighborhood garden proposals were not submitted late.
Some late proposals received grants without panel review.
2. All fellows at the institute are attorneys. Some fellows are mediators. No mediator is a judge. Which statement must be true?
No attorney is a judge.
Some attorneys are not judges.
Every attorney at the institute is a fellow.
Some judges are neither fellows nor attorneys.
3. Every successful appeal in this court cites controlling precedent. This appeal cites controlling precedent. Therefore, this appeal will be successful. What error does the reasoning make?
It assumes that no unsuccessful appeal can contain a well-written argument.
It treats a condition required for success as though that condition were sufficient to guarantee success.
It concludes that controlling precedent is never open to interpretation.
It confuses the timing of the appeal with the timing of the cited precedent.
4. A critic says a proposed park will not benefit residents because it contains no sports fields. A planner replies that the neighborhood already has several sports fields but lacks shaded walking paths and quiet outdoor seating, which the proposed park would provide. How does the planner respond?
By arguing that every useful park must contain walking paths
By denying that the proposed park lacks sports fields
By showing that residents rarely use existing sports fields
By challenging the assumption that sports fields are the only park features that can benefit residents
5. Which argument uses reasoning most similar to this argument: “If the permit was approved, construction began. Construction did not begin. Therefore, the permit was not approved”?
If a document is certified, it bears a seal. This document bears a seal, so it is certified.
If the alarm sounds, the guard checks the door. The alarm sounded, so the guard checked the door.
If the shop is open, its lights are on. The lights are not on, so the shop is not open.
If the soil is dry, the sprinkler runs. The soil is not dry, so the sprinkler did not run.
6. Remote court hearings can reduce travel time and make brief procedural appearances easier to attend. In-person hearings, however, may help judges assess complex testimony and allow attorneys to confer more naturally. Courts should therefore select the format according to the needs of each proceeding rather than require
Remote hearings are appropriate only for people who live far from a courthouse.
Courts should choose between remote and in-person hearings based on the demands of the particular proceeding.
Judges assess testimony more accurately during every in-person hearing.
All procedural appearances should be conducted remotely.
7. Consider this principle: A person should not be penalized for violating a rule that the person could not reasonably have known. Which situation most clearly follows the principle?
A tenant is not fined under a new building rule that was never posted, delivered, or otherwise made available to residents.
A driver receives a reduced fine because paying the full amount would be inconvenient.
An employee is excused from a familiar rule because several colleagues also violated it.
A student receives no penalty for ignoring an announced deadline because the assignment was difficult.
8. A survey conducted outside a downtown fitness center found that 78% of respondents support additional public recreation funding. The survey organizer concludes that 78% of all city residents support the funding. What is the main flaw?
It assumes that public recreation funding must be approved by a citywide vote.
It treats support for recreation funding as support for every possible recreation project.
It fails to establish that fitness-center members use public recreation facilities.
It generalizes from a sample whose location may make respondents unusually interested in recreation.
9. A neighboring city added protected bicycle lanes, and bicycle commuting increased the following year. A council member concludes that bicycle commuting will also increase if Riverton installs similar lanes. Which assumption is required by the argument?
Riverton does not differ from the neighboring city in a way that would prevent the lanes from increasing bicycle commuting.
Most Riverton residents already own bicycles suitable for commuting.
Protected bicycle lanes are less expensive than every other transportation project.
The neighboring city installed its lanes primarily to reduce traffic congestion.
10. An evaluator writes: “The proposal is ambitious, and its early results deserve attention. However, the study involved only twelve participants, so broader conclusions would be premature.” Which description best captures the evaluator’s attitude?
Qualified interest combined with caution about the evidence
Unreserved enthusiasm for the proposal’s proven success
Indifference toward both the proposal and the study
Hostility based on the proposal’s cost
11. If the municipal archive is open, Lina visits it. If Lina visits the archive, she requests the harbor manuscript. Lina did not request the harbor manuscript. Which conclusion follows logically?
The municipal archive was not open.
Lina visited the archive but requested a different manuscript.
The harbor manuscript was unavailable.
Lina visits the archive only when the harbor manuscript is available.
12. A café served more customers this month than last month, yet its total revenue declined. Which option best resolves the apparent discrepancy?
The café hired an additional server this month.
Several nearby cafés raised their prices this month.
The café received more positive online reviews this month.
A large share of this month’s customers used promotions that substantially reduced the average amount paid per order.
13. Read the short argument: “Some residents object that the waterfront pilot program will be too expensive. However, a comparable pilot in Brookdale cost less than its approved budget and reduced annual maintenance expenses.” What role does the first sentence play?
It states the argument’s final conclusion.
It supplies evidence that the pilot will reduce maintenance expenses.
It describes the Brookdale example used to support the proposal.
It introduces an objection that the argument then attempts to answer.
14. A manufacturer introduced a remote-work policy in January. Employee output rose by 20% during the next quarter, so the company president concludes that remote work caused the increase. Which fact most weakens that conclusion?
Many employees reported enjoying the remote-work policy.
Output had remained stable during the previous quarter.
The company also introduced automation that independently produced approximately the same output increase.
Some employees continued working at the company’s offices.
15. A college extended library hours in September. Average first-year grades were higher that term than during the previous fall, so an administrator argues that the extended hours improved grades. Which fact most strengthens the argument?
Several professors changed the textbooks assigned to first-year students that term.
First-year students who regularly used the additional hours improved more than comparable students who did not.
The library hired additional staff to cover the longer schedule.
Some upper-year students preferred studying in their residences.
16. A court’s published opinions bind lower courts within its jurisdiction. Its unpublished orders do not bind those courts, although attorneys sometimes cite such orders because their reasoning may still be persuasive. Which statement is supported by the passage?
Lower courts must follow every order issued by the court.
Attorneys may cite only decisions that bind the court hearing their case.
A decision can offer persuasive reasoning even when it is not binding.
Published opinions are persuasive but never binding.