PrepTest A

Review

Curve: −7 for a 170 · First given February 1996

Section 1 · LR

25 questions
  1. 1
    Frequently, people who diet to lose…
  2. 2
    The gu , the hu , and the jue are types…
  3. 3
    In a democratic society, when a…
  4. 4
    Safety inspector: The number of…
  5. 5
    Manager: One reason productivity in our…
  6. 6
    Tom: Executives in this country make…
  7. 7
    Tom: Executives in this country make…
  8. 8
    Fossilized bones from the hominids…
  9. 9
    Letter to the editor: I was shocked to…
  10. 10
    Letter to the editor: I was shocked to…
  11. 11
    Building a space station, in which…
  12. 12
    The hearts of patients who are given…
  13. 13
    Architect: Obviously, a dirty stone…
  14. 14
    Anthropologist: The culture responsible…
  15. 15
    Antiwhaling activist: Not all species of…
  16. 16
    Giordano Bruno, the Renaissance…
  17. 17
    Giordano Bruno, the Renaissance…
  18. 18
    Theories in certain scientific fields…
  19. 19
    All art criticism is political because…
  20. 20
    In the country of Boldavia at present,…
  21. 21
    Eugenia: Reliable tests have shown that…
  22. 22
    Advertisement: RediMed is the cold…
  23. 23
    Health association: In certain studies,…
  24. 24
    The shoe factory in Centerville is the…
  25. 25
    In one-round sealed-bid auctions, each…

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Section 2 · RC

27 questions

Section 3 · LR

Unscored
25 questions
  1. 1
    If you have a large amount of money in…
  2. 2
    For a television program about…
  3. 3
    In Europe, schoolchildren devote time…
  4. 4
    A work of architecture, if it is to be…
  5. 5
    Observatory director: Some say that…
  6. 6
    The Transit Authority’s proposal to…
  7. 7
    Those who participate in local politics…
  8. 8
    Although nondairy coffee lighteners made…
  9. 9
    Although nondairy coffee lighteners made…
  10. 10
    People with serious financial problems…
  11. 11
    It is often said that people should be…
  12. 12
    Photovoltaic power plants produce…
  13. 13
    If that insect is a bee, it can only…
  14. 14
    Pamela: Physicians training for a…
  15. 15
    When a group of children who have been…
  16. 16
    It is repeatedly claimed that the…
  17. 17
    A society’s infant mortality rate is an…
  18. 18
    Like a number of other articles, Ian…
  19. 19
    Like a number of other articles, Ian…
  20. 20
    In Brazil, side-by-side comparisons of…
  21. 21
    The public is well aware that high blood…
  22. 22
    Public reports by national commissions,…
  23. 23
    “DNA fingerprinting” is a…
  24. 24
    Anthropologists assert that cultures…
  25. 25
    The public in the United States has in…

Section 4 · LR

25 questions
  1. 1
    Preschool children who spend the day in…
  2. 2
    The vision test for obtaining a driver’s…
  3. 3
    Pit vipers are so called because of the…
  4. 4
    Many scholars believe that official…
  5. 5
    Many scholars believe that official…
  6. 6
    The frozen, well-preserved body of a man…
  7. 7
    One hundred people listened to a single…
  8. 8
    After an area has been hit by a natural…
  9. 9
    After an area has been hit by a natural…
  10. 10
    Industrial scientists have hypothesized…
  11. 11
    By examining the fossilized leaves of…
  12. 12
    Box office receipts at movie theaters…
  13. 13
    Suffering from kidney failure and having…
  14. 14
    Letter to the editor: According to last…
  15. 15
    Letter to the editor: According to last…
  16. 16
    Scientists have recently discovered…
  17. 17
    Drivers in the country of Holston want…
  18. 18
    Efraim: The popular press continually…
  19. 19
    Efraim: The popular press continually…
  20. 20
    All orchid species that are pollinated…
  21. 21
    In 1578 Moroccan troops defeated a…
  22. 22
    A tiny, tree-living thrips is the first…
  23. 23
    Since the zoo has more animals than…
  24. 24
    In the Hartshorn Building, most but not…
  25. 25
    Louis: People’s intentions cannot be, on…

How hard is PT A?

The hardest questions

  1. Section 4, Question 25
    Louis: People’s intentions cannot be, on…
    30%
    got it right
  2. Section 1, Question 25
    In one-round sealed-bid auctions, each…
    46%
    got it right
  3. Section 2, Question 24
    It can be inferred from the passage that…
    53%
    got it right
  4. Section 2, Question 20
    The information in the passage suggests…
    55%
    got it right
  5. Section 1, Question 23
    Health association: In certain studies,…
    55%
    got it right

PT A score conversion

Out of 77 scored questions, you can miss 7 and still get a 170, 18 for a 160, and 33 for a 150.

Missed Raw Score
0 77 180
−1 76 180
−2 75 178
−3 74 177
−4 73 175
−5 72 173
−6 71 171
−7 70 170
−8 69 169
−9 68 168
−10 67 167
−11 66 166
−12 65 165
−13 64 164
−14 63 163
−15 62 162
−16 61 162
−17 60 161
−18 59 160
−19 58 159
Missed Raw Score
−20 57 159
−21 56 158
−22 55 157
−23 54 157
−24 53 156
−25 52 155
−26 51 155
−27 50 154
−28 49 153
−29 48 152
−30 47 152
−31 46 151
−32 45 150
−33 44 150
−34 43 149
−35 42 148
−36 41 147
−37 40 146
−38 39 146
−39 38 145
Missed Raw Score
−40 37 144
−41 36 143
−42 35 143
−43 34 142
−44 33 137
−45 32 137
−46 31 137
−47 30 137
−48 29 137
−49 28 137
−50 27 136
−51 26 135
−52 25 134
−53 24 133
−54 23 132
−55 22 131
−56 21 131
−57 20 129
−58 19 128
−59 18 127
Missed Raw Score
−60 17 125
−61 16 124
−62 15 123
−63 14 121
−64 13 120
−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 A

Which section of PT A is experimental?

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

PrepTest A's questions were first given in February 1996.

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