PrepTest 9

Review

Curve: −11 for a 170 · First given October 1993

Section 1 · RC

27 questions

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Section 2 · LR

25 questions
  1. 1
    Crimes in which handguns are used are…
  2. 2
    Tall children can generally reach high…
  3. 3
    Balance is particularly important when…
  4. 4
    Data from satellite photographs of the…
  5. 5
    Advertisement: Northwoods Maple Syrup,…
  6. 6
    In the summer of 1936 a polling service…
  7. 7
    Waste management companies, which…
  8. 8
    Most of the ultraviolet radiation…
  9. 9
    The number of aircraft collisions on the…
  10. 10
    The number of aircraft collisions on the…
  11. 11
    Recently discovered fossil evidence…
  12. 12
    Purebred dogs are prone to genetically…
  13. 13
    Criticism that the press panders to…
  14. 14
    Lucien: Public-housing advocates claim…
  15. 15
    Lucien: Public-housing advocates claim…
  16. 16
    Some people take their moral cues from…
  17. 17
    Certain instruments used in veterinary…
  18. 18
    A local group had planned a parade for…
  19. 19
    A university should not be entitled to…
  20. 20
    A university should not be entitled to…
  21. 21
    English and the Austronesian language…
  22. 22
    Politician: From the time our party took…
  23. 23
    A poor farmer was fond of telling his…
  24. 24
    Journalist: Can you give me a summary of…
  25. 25
    Medical research findings are…

Section 3 · LR

Unscored
25 questions
  1. 1
    A law that is not consistently enforced…
  2. 2
    Physiological research has uncovered…
  3. 3
    All students at Pitcombe College were…
  4. 4
    Lenore: It is naive to think that…
  5. 5
    The museum’s night security guard…
  6. 6
    High-technology medicine is driving up…
  7. 7
    High-technology medicine is driving up…
  8. 8
    Some companies in fields where skilled…
  9. 9
    Mary Ann: Our country should, above all,…
  10. 10
    All of John’s friends say they know…
  11. 11
    For democracy to survive, it is…
  12. 12
    By dating fossils of pollen and beetles,…
  13. 13
    Using clean-coal technologies to…
  14. 14
    Joshua Smith’s new novel was criticized…
  15. 15
    J. J. Thomson, the discoverer of the…
  16. 16
    The ancient Romans understood the…
  17. 17
    From a book review: The authors blithely…
  18. 18
    There is no mystery as to why figurative…
  19. 19
    Valitania’s long-standing practice of…
  20. 20
    Policy Adviser: Freedom of speech is not…
  21. 21
    Policy Adviser: Freedom of speech is not…
  22. 22
    The trustees of the Avonbridge summer…
  23. 23
    Book Review: When I read a novel set in…
  24. 24
    Someone’s benefiting from having done…
  25. 25
    Certain governments subsidize certain…

Section 4 · LR

25 questions
  1. 1
    People who accuse the postal service of…
  2. 2
    When a study of aspirin’s ability to…
  3. 3
    It might seem that an airline could…
  4. 4
    Only if the electorate is moral and…
  5. 5
    Infants younger than six months who have…
  6. 6
    The economies of some industrialized…
  7. 7
    The incidence in Japan of most types of…
  8. 8
    A translation invariably reflects the…
  9. 9
    Myrna: People should follow diets in…
  10. 10
    Myrna: People should follow diets in…
  11. 11
    Some critics claim that it is unfair…
  12. 12
    Some accountants calculate with simple…
  13. 13
    This summer, Jennifer, who has worked at…
  14. 14
    A careful review of hospital fatalities…
  15. 15
    New types of washing machines designed…
  16. 16
    G: The group of works exhibited in this…
  17. 17
    G: The group of works exhibited in this…
  18. 18
    Marcus: For most ethical dilemmas the…
  19. 19
    Marcus: For most ethical dilemmas the…
  20. 20
    Of every 100 burglar alarms police…
  21. 21
    Of every 100 burglar alarms police…
  22. 22
    When butterfat was considered nutritious…
  23. 23
    Farm animals have certain behavioral…
  24. 24
    It now seems clear that the significant…
  25. 25
    Scientists attempting to replicate…

How hard is PT 9?

The hardest questions

  1. Section 3, Question 20 (unscored section)
    Policy Adviser: Freedom of speech is not…
    36%
    got it right
  2. Section 2, Question 17
    Certain instruments used in veterinary…
    37%
    got it right
  3. Section 1, Question 6
    It can be inferred from the passage that…
    39%
    got it right
  4. Section 2, Question 25
    Medical research findings are…
    41%
    got it right
  5. Section 4, Question 19
    Marcus: For most ethical dilemmas the…
    44%
    got it right

PT 9 score conversion

Out of 77 scored questions, you can miss 11 and still get a 170, 24 for a 160, and 36 for a 150.

Missed Raw Score
0 77 180
−1 76 180
−2 75 180
−3 74 179
−4 73 178
−5 72 176
−6 71 175
−7 70 174
−8 69 173
−9 68 172
−10 67 171
−11 66 170
−12 65 169
−13 64 168
−14 63 168
−15 62 166
−16 61 166
−17 60 165
−18 59 164
−19 58 163
Missed Raw Score
−20 57 163
−21 56 162
−22 55 161
−23 54 161
−24 53 160
−25 52 159
−26 51 158
−27 50 158
−28 49 157
−29 48 156
−30 47 155
−31 46 154
−32 45 154
−33 44 153
−34 43 152
−35 42 151
−36 41 151
−37 40 149
−38 39 149
−39 38 148
Missed Raw Score
−40 37 148
−41 36 146
−42 35 146
−43 34 145
−44 33 144
−45 32 143
−46 31 142
−47 30 141
−48 29 140
−49 28 140
−50 27 138
−51 26 137
−52 25 137
−53 24 135
−54 23 134
−55 22 134
−56 21 133
−57 20 131
−58 19 130
−59 18 129
Missed Raw Score
−60 17 127
−61 16 126
−62 15 125
−63 14 123
−64 13 122
−65 12 120
−66 11 120
−67 10 120
−68 9 120
−69 8 120
−70 7 120
−71 6 120
−72 5 120
−73 4 120
−74 3 120
−75 2 120
−76 1 120
−77 0 120

About PrepTest 9

Which section of PT 9 is experimental?

Section 3 (Logical Reasoning) is the experimental section on PrepTest 9. 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 77 scored questions.

When is PT 9 from?

PrepTest 9's questions were first given in October 1993.

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