Curve: −9 for a 170 · First given December 2014
Section 1 · LRLogical Reasoning
25 questions
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1Children should be discouraged from…
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2Archaeologist: How did the Parthenon's…
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3Editorial: The government should not…
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4Scientist: Rattlesnakes prey on young…
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5Critic: Fillmore, an influential…
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6While grapefruit juice is a healthy…
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7A landlord needed to replace the…
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8Editorial: Our political discussions…
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9Many calcium supplements contain lead, a…
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10Principle: People should buy an…
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11Critic: In her presentation of important…
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12Archaeologists are discovering a great…
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13Community organizations wanting to…
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14Currently, no satellite orbiting Earth…
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15Researcher: Salmonella bacteria are a…
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16Debater: As a pedagogical practice,…
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17How the pigment known as Han purple was…
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18Medical researcher: A survey of more…
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19If temperatures had dropped below…
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20If the city builds the proposed…
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21In a study, pairs of trained dogs were…
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22A study of 20,000 20- to 64-year-olds…
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23Geologist: The dominant view that…
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24Any driver involved in an accident…
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25Student: If a person has an immunity to…
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Section 2 · LRLogical Reasoning
Unscored
25 questions
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1Mary to Jamal: You acknowledge that as…
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2Since there is no survival value in an…
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3Commentator: If a political…
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4The legislature is considering a…
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5Vandenburg: This art museum is not…
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6Over the last five years, every new…
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7Talbert: Chess is beneficial for…
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8Marcia: Not all vegetarian diets lead to…
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9Musicologist: Classification of a…
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10In a vast ocean region, phosphorus…
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11Psychologists observing a shopping mall…
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12Shark teeth are among the most common…
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13Critic: Photographers, by deciding which…
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14Geologists recently discovered marks…
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15Often a type of organ or body structure…
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16Engineer: Thermophotovoltaic generators…
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17Herbalist: While standard antibiotics…
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18To find out how barn owls learn how to…
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19As often now as in the past, newspaper…
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20When people show signs of having a heart…
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21A government study indicates that…
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22Psychiatrist: In treating first-year…
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23Every brick house on River Street has a…
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24Historian: It is unlikely that someone…
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25A recent poll revealed that most…
Section 3 · RCReading Comprehension
27 questions
Passage 1 · Art
Given the amount of time and effort that curators,…
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1Which one of the following most…
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2In which one of the following…
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3The word " noses " (first sentence of…
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4The passage provides the most support…
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5The author would be most likely to hold…
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6Which one of the following is most…
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7The last paragraph most strongly…
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8Which one of the following most…
Passage 2 · Law
"Stealing thunder" is a courtroom strategy that consists in…
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9Which one of the following most…
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10It can be most reasonably inferred from…
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11Which one of the following does the…
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12The author discusses the " cognitive…
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13The author's attitude regarding stealing…
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14The author's characterization of…
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15By saying that certain studies have…
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16The passage most strongly implies that…
Passage 3 · Comparative, Law
Passage A To a neuroscientist, you are your brain; nothing…
Passage 4 · Humanities
This passage is adapted from a review of a 1991 book. In a…
Section 4 · LRLogical Reasoning
26 questions
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1Ming: Since trans fat is particularly…
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2Historian: During the Industrial…
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3The master plan for the new park calls…
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4Paleontologists had long supposed that…
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5Government official: Although the…
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6Scientist: There is a lot of concern…
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7In a study of heart patients awaiting…
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8Given the shape of the hip and foot…
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9People are usually interested in, and…
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10In 2005, paleontologist Mary Schweitzer…
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11A university professor researching sleep…
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12Prime minister: Our nation's government…
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13Mayor: To keep our neighborhoods clean,…
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14Journalist: It is unethical for…
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15Economist: Many of my colleagues are…
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16Most commentators on Baroque painting…
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17Under the legal doctrine of jury…
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18Pharmacist: A large study of people aged…
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19The recent concert was probably not…
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20Economist: Global recessions can never…
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21Letter to the editor: When your…
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22Fish with teeth specialized for scraping…
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23The constitution of Country F requires…
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24The makers of Activite, a natural…
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25Of the citizens who disapprove of the…
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26Bird watcher: The decrease in the…
How hard is PT 142?
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 142's curve is more forgiving than 64% of the new-format PrepTests, right in the middle.
| To get a | You can miss on PT 142 | On a typical PT |
|---|---|---|
| 180 | 2 | 1 |
| 175 | 5 | 4 |
| 170 | 9 | 8 |
| 165 | 14 | 13 |
| 160 | 20 | 20 |
| 155 | 27 | 27 |
| 150 | 34 | 34 |
The hardest questions
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Section 1, Question 23Geologist: The dominant view that…39%got it right
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Section 4, Question 18Pharmacist: A large study of people aged…40%got it right
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Section 3, Question 26The author of the passage expresses…41%got it right
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Section 3, Question 24The passage suggests that García assumes…41%got it right
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Section 3, Question 16The passage most strongly implies that…43%got it right
PT 142 score conversion
Out of 78 scored questions, you can miss 9 and still get a 170, 20 for a 160, and 34 for a 150.
| Missed | Raw | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 78 | 180 |
| −1 | 77 | 180 |
| −2 | 76 | 180 |
| −3 | 75 | 178 |
| −4 | 74 | 177 |
| −5 | 73 | 175 |
| −6 | 72 | 174 |
| −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 | 163 |
| −18 | 60 | 162 |
| −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 | 154 |
| −29 | 49 | 154 |
| −30 | 48 | 153 |
| −31 | 47 | 152 |
| −32 | 46 | 151 |
| −33 | 45 | 151 |
| −34 | 44 | 150 |
| −35 | 43 | 149 |
| −36 | 42 | 149 |
| −37 | 41 | 148 |
| −38 | 40 | 147 |
| −39 | 39 | 146 |
| Missed | Raw | Score |
|---|---|---|
| −40 | 38 | 146 |
| −41 | 37 | 145 |
| −42 | 36 | 144 |
| −43 | 35 | 143 |
| −44 | 34 | 142 |
| −45 | 33 | 142 |
| −46 | 32 | 141 |
| −47 | 31 | 140 |
| −48 | 30 | 139 |
| −49 | 29 | 138 |
| −50 | 28 | 138 |
| −51 | 27 | 137 |
| −52 | 26 | 136 |
| −53 | 25 | 135 |
| −54 | 24 | 134 |
| −55 | 23 | 133 |
| −56 | 22 | 132 |
| −57 | 21 | 132 |
| −58 | 20 | 131 |
| −59 | 19 | 130 |
| Missed | Raw | Score |
|---|---|---|
| −60 | 18 | 129 |
| −61 | 17 | 128 |
| −62 | 16 | 126 |
| −63 | 15 | 125 |
| −64 | 14 | 124 |
| −65 | 13 | 123 |
| −66 | 12 | 121 |
| −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 142
Which section of PT 142 is experimental?
Section 2 (Logical Reasoning) is the experimental section on PrepTest 142. 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 142 from?
Most of PrepTest 142 was first given in December 2014. LSAC rebuilt it from two older tests, with no logic games: Sections 1, 3 and 4 from PrepTest 74 (December 2014) and Section 2 from PrepTest 61 (October 2010).