Curve: −9 for a 170 · First given December 1997
Section 1 · RCReading Comprehension
Passage 1 · Humanities
To many developers of technologies that affect public health…
Passage 2 · Humanities
In April 1990 representatives of the Pico Korea Union of…
Passage 3 · Law
In recent years, scholars have begun to use social science…
Passage 4 · Art
A fake can be defined as an artwork intended to deceive. The…
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Section 2 · LRLogical Reasoning
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1Press release: A comprehensive review…
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2All people prefer colors that they can…
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3A group of unusual meteorites was found…
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4Because quitting smoking is very…
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5Altogether, the students in Ms.…
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6Several excellent candidates have been…
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7A neighborhood group plans to protest…
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8Sociologist: The claim that there is a…
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9Historian: Anyone who thinks that the…
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10Economist: The economy seems to be…
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11Not surprisingly, there are no…
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12For years scientists have been scanning…
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13Carl's Coffee Emporium stocks only two…
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14Steven: The allowable blood alcohol…
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15The authors of a recent article examined…
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16The authors of a recent article examined…
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17After the Second World War, the charter…
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18Environmental scientist: It is true that…
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19In Australia the population that is of…
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20Anthropological studies indicate that…
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21Newspaper editor: Law enforcement…
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22Copernicus's astronomical system is…
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23Essayist: The existence of a moral order…
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24No mathematical proposition can be…
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25The publisher of a best-selling…
Section 3 · LRLogical Reasoning
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1Francis: Failure to become properly…
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2Advertisement: Anyone who thinks…
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3M: The Greek alphabet must have been…
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4M: The Greek alphabet must have been…
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5Bacteria from food can survive for…
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6Asthmagon was long considered the most…
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7In response to requests made by the…
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8Jones is selling a house to Smith. The…
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9The play Mankind must have been written…
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10All material bodies are divisible into…
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11Special kinds of cotton that grow fibers…
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12People in the tourist industry know that…
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13Health officials claim that because the…
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14In an effort to boost sales during the…
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15Dr. Z: Many of the characterizations of…
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16K, a research scientist, was accused of…
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17The widespread staff reductions in a…
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18The widespread staff reductions in a…
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19Every student who walks to school goes…
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20When the Pinecrest Animal Shelter, a…
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21The amount of electricity consumed in…
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22Letter to the editor: After Baerton's…
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23Historians of North American…
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24Ethicist: A society is just when, and…
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25Economist: In order to decide what to do…
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26Columnist on the arts: My elected…
Section 4 · RCReading Comprehension
UnscoredPassage 1 · Art
Wherever the crime novels of P. D. James are discussed by…
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1Which one of the following best states…
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2The author refers to the " patinas and…
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3The second paragraph serves primarily to
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4The passage supports which one of the…
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5The passage suggests that both Waugh and…
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6It can be inferred from the passage…
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7The author characterizes the position of…
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8Which one of the following quotations…
Passage 2 · Law
Many Native Americans view the archaeological excavation and…
Passage 3 · Science
When the same habitat types (forests, oceans, grasslands,…
Passage 4 · Humanities
Two impressive studies have reexamined Eric Williams'…
How hard is PT 101?
About average. LSAC sets each test's curve so a score means the same thing on every test: the harder the questions, the more you can miss for the same score. PT 101's curve is more forgiving than 47% of the new-format PrepTests, right in the middle.
| To get a | You can miss on PT 101 | On a typical PT |
|---|---|---|
| 180 | 1 | 1 |
| 175 | 5 | 4 |
| 170 | 9 | 8 |
| 165 | 14 | 13 |
| 160 | 20 | 20 |
| 155 | 26 | 27 |
| 150 | 33 | 34 |
The hardest questions
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Section 3, Question 24Ethicist: A society is just when, and…19%got it right
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29%got it right
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Section 2, Question 18Environmental scientist: It is true that…29%got it right
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Section 3, Question 18The widespread staff reductions in a…30%got it right
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31%got it right
PT 101 score conversion
Out of 78 scored questions, you can miss 9 and still get a 170, 20 for a 160, and 33 for a 150.
| Missed | Raw | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 78 | 180 |
| −1 | 77 | 180 |
| −2 | 76 | 179 |
| −3 | 75 | 178 |
| −4 | 74 | 176 |
| −5 | 73 | 175 |
| −6 | 72 | 173 |
| −7 | 71 | 172 |
| −8 | 70 | 171 |
| −9 | 69 | 170 |
| −10 | 68 | 169 |
| −11 | 67 | 168 |
| −12 | 66 | 167 |
| −13 | 65 | 166 |
| −14 | 64 | 165 |
| −15 | 63 | 164 |
| −16 | 62 | 163 |
| −17 | 61 | 162 |
| −18 | 60 | 161 |
| −19 | 59 | 161 |
| Missed | Raw | Score |
|---|---|---|
| −20 | 58 | 160 |
| −21 | 57 | 159 |
| −22 | 56 | 158 |
| −23 | 55 | 157 |
| −24 | 54 | 156 |
| −25 | 53 | 156 |
| −26 | 52 | 155 |
| −27 | 51 | 154 |
| −28 | 50 | 153 |
| −29 | 49 | 153 |
| −30 | 48 | 152 |
| −31 | 47 | 151 |
| −32 | 46 | 150 |
| −33 | 45 | 150 |
| −34 | 44 | 149 |
| −35 | 43 | 148 |
| −36 | 42 | 147 |
| −37 | 41 | 147 |
| −38 | 40 | 146 |
| −39 | 39 | 145 |
| Missed | Raw | Score |
|---|---|---|
| −40 | 38 | 144 |
| −41 | 37 | 144 |
| −42 | 36 | 143 |
| −43 | 35 | 142 |
| −44 | 34 | 141 |
| −45 | 33 | 141 |
| −46 | 32 | 140 |
| −47 | 31 | 139 |
| −48 | 30 | 138 |
| −49 | 29 | 138 |
| −50 | 28 | 137 |
| −51 | 27 | 136 |
| −52 | 26 | 135 |
| −53 | 25 | 134 |
| −54 | 24 | 134 |
| −55 | 23 | 133 |
| −56 | 22 | 132 |
| −57 | 21 | 131 |
| −58 | 20 | 130 |
| −59 | 19 | 129 |
| Missed | Raw | Score |
|---|---|---|
| −60 | 18 | 128 |
| −61 | 17 | 127 |
| −62 | 16 | 126 |
| −63 | 15 | 125 |
| −64 | 14 | 124 |
| −65 | 13 | 123 |
| −66 | 12 | 122 |
| −67 | 11 | 120 |
| −68 | 10 | 120 |
| −69 | 9 | 120 |
| −70 | 8 | 120 |
| −71 | 7 | 120 |
| −72 | 6 | 120 |
| −73 | 5 | 120 |
| −74 | 4 | 120 |
| −75 | 3 | 120 |
| −76 | 2 | 120 |
| −77 | 1 | 120 |
| −78 | 0 | 120 |
About PrepTest 101
Which section of PT 101 is experimental?
Section 4 (Reading Comprehension) is the experimental section on PrepTest 101. It's unscored: it's there so the test has four sections, like the real LSAT, but it doesn't count toward your score. The other three sections make up the 78 scored questions.
When is PT 101 from?
Most of PrepTest 101 was first given in December 1997. LSAC rebuilt it from two older tests, with no logic games: Sections 1–3 from PrepTest 24 (December 1997) and Section 4 from PrepTest 19 (June 1996).