PrepTest 158

Review

Curve: −8 for a 170 · First given May 2020

Section 1 · RC

27 questions

Already took PT 158?

Add your answers for a breakdown of your weaknesses and analysis by Sage AI.

Subscribe to auto-import from LawHub

Section 2 · LR

25 questions
  1. 1
    Many people who simply enjoy listening…
  2. 2
    Council president: Councilmember Smith…
  3. 3
    Bovine remains found in a certain region…
  4. 4
    Cerrato: Economists argue both that the…
  5. 5
    On the plains where it lives, an…
  6. 6
    Dark honey tends to have a higher…
  7. 7
    Researcher: In a recent study of…
  8. 8
    Sociologist: Some anthropologists claim…
  9. 9
    Scholar: The purpose of a law is to…
  10. 10
    Historian: In the fourteenth and…
  11. 11
    The chorus in a play, like a narrator in…
  12. 12
    Some of the rare pygmy bears should be…
  13. 13
    The widespread use of encryption…
  14. 14
    Unlike stars, planets do not generate…
  15. 15
    Psychologist: We measured the “cognitive…
  16. 16
    Historians have found that significant…
  17. 17
    To establish a human colony on Mars…
  18. 18
    Records reveal that of physical therapy…
  19. 19
    The differences in distance from Earth…
  20. 20
    A research psychologist used a…
  21. 21
    A geologist recently claimed to have…
  22. 22
    Devan has never bothered to be kind to…
  23. 23
    Journalist: Drivers of sport utility…
  24. 24
    Filmmaker: Many people feel that…
  25. 25
    If you complete 24 graduate credits and…

Section 3 · LR

Unscored
25 questions
  1. 1
    In the previous two years, significantly…
  2. 2
    Educator: Few problems faced in daily…
  3. 3
    Newspaper columnist: What caused the…
  4. 4
    Generally, it is important that people…
  5. 5
    Domesticated animals, such as dogs, have…
  6. 6
    Surprisingly, a new study has revealed…
  7. 7
    Ethicist: This hospital's ethics code…
  8. 8
    Student: My paper was not graded in…
  9. 9
    Consumer advocate: Even relatively minor…
  10. 10
    Radioactive elements may have been…
  11. 11
    There is evidence that a certain ancient…
  12. 12
    Professor Shanaz: People generally…
  13. 13
    Psychotherapist: The troubles from which…
  14. 14
    Some freelance journalists sell their…
  15. 15
    Selling syndicated reruns of a popular…
  16. 16
    If a belief is based on information from…
  17. 17
    Situation: A physical therapist wants…
  18. 18
    Classicist: Our mastery of Latin and…
  19. 19
    For there to be a thriving population of…
  20. 20
    The study of primates is interesting for…
  21. 21
    Professor: Many scientists hypothesize…
  22. 22
    Some researchers claim that people tend…
  23. 23
    According to rational-choice theory,…
  24. 24
    Scientist: Some consumer groups claim…
  25. 25
    A government is justified in interfering…

Section 4 · LR

26 questions
  1. 1
    The government's tax collection agency…
  2. 2
    Columnist: Making some types of products…
  3. 3
    Physician: We are constantly bombarded…
  4. 4
    A club wanted to determine whether it…
  5. 5
    The railway authority inspector who…
  6. 6
    If the proposed air pollution measures…
  7. 7
    Newspaper article: Recently discovered…
  8. 8
    Climatologist: The waters off the…
  9. 9
    Robin: Archaeologists can study the…
  10. 10
    Railroads rely increasingly on…
  11. 11
    In the past, infants who were not…
  12. 12
    The only effective check on grass and…
  13. 13
    Medical researcher: A new screening test…
  14. 14
    Psychologist: Most people's blood…
  15. 15
    One should only buy a frying pan that…
  16. 16
    Journalist: When judges do not maintain…
  17. 17
    Mateo: Global warming has caused…
  18. 18
    Lindsey: Several people claim that our…
  19. 19
    It is widely known that the rescue…
  20. 20
    Paula: Earthlike planets seem to be the…
  21. 21
    Developer: The builders of the Glen Veil…
  22. 22
    Historian: Because medieval epistemology…
  23. 23
    Official: Six months ago, the fines for…
  24. 24
    Consumer advocate: Some agricultural…
  25. 25
    Most of the members of Bargaining Unit…
  26. 26
    Every Labrador retriever in my…

How hard is PT 158?

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 158's curve is more forgiving than 64% of the new-format PrepTests, right in the middle.

To get a You can miss on PT 158 On a typical PT
180 1 1
175 4 4
170 8 8
165 13 13
160 20 20
155 28 27
150 35 34

The hardest questions

  1. Section 4, Question 22
    Historian: Because medieval epistemology…
    22%
    got it right
  2. Section 3, Question 22 (unscored section)
    Some researchers claim that people tend…
    36%
    got it right
  3. Section 2, Question 18
    Records reveal that of physical therapy…
    37%
    got it right
  4. Section 2, Question 20
    A research psychologist used a…
    38%
    got it right
  5. Section 3, Question 23 (unscored section)
    According to rational-choice theory,…
    39%
    got it right

PT 158 score conversion

Out of 78 scored questions, you can miss 8 and still get a 170, 20 for a 160, and 35 for a 150.

Missed Raw Score
0 78 180
−1 77 180
−2 76 179
−3 75 177
−4 74 175
−5 73 173
−6 72 172
−7 71 171
−8 70 170
−9 69 169
−10 68 168
−11 67 167
−12 66 166
−13 65 165
−14 64 164
−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 56 159
−23 55 158
−24 54 157
−25 53 157
−26 52 156
−27 51 155
−28 50 155
−29 49 154
−30 48 153
−31 47 153
−32 46 152
−33 45 151
−34 44 151
−35 43 150
−36 42 149
−37 41 148
−38 40 148
−39 39 147
Missed Raw Score
−40 38 146
−41 37 146
−42 36 145
−43 35 144
−44 34 143
−45 33 142
−46 32 142
−47 31 141
−48 30 140
−49 29 139
−50 28 138
−51 27 137
−52 26 136
−53 25 135
−54 24 134
−55 23 133
−56 22 131
−57 21 130
−58 20 129
−59 19 127
Missed Raw Score
−60 18 125
−61 17 122
−62 16 121
−63 15 120
−64 14 120
−65 13 120
−66 12 120
−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 158

Which section of PT 158 is experimental?

Section 3 (Logical Reasoning) is the experimental section on PrepTest 158. 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 158 from?

Most of PrepTest 158 was first given in May 2020. LSAC rebuilt it from two older tests, with no logic games: Sections 1, 2 and 4 from PrepTest 90 (May 2020) and Section 3 from PrepTest 91 (May 2020).

Confirm action

Are you sure?