Curve: −8 for a 170 · First given June 2015
Section 1 · LRLogical Reasoning
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1Pundit: Our city made a mistake when it…
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2Popular science publications that…
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3Critic: Rock music is musically bankrupt…
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4Scientist: In testing whether a baby's…
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5Environment minister: Because of our…
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6Sport utility vehicles (SUVs) are,…
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7Political advertisement: Sherwood…
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8Client: The owners of the catering…
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9Red admiral butterflies fly in a highly…
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10Copyright statutes benefit society by…
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11Police chief: During my tenure as chief,…
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12Commentator: The Duke of Acredia argued…
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13Dr. Khan: Professor Burns recognizes…
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14If people refrained from being impolite…
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15Astronomer: In most cases in which a…
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16It is possible to grow agricultural…
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17Critics worry that pessimistic news…
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18Police captain: The chief of police has…
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19Economist: Although average hourly wages…
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20Researchers compared the brains of…
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21A new device uses the global positioning…
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22Food co-ops are a type of consumer…
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23Editorial: The gates at most railroad…
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24Researcher: People who participate in…
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25The availability of television reduces…
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Section 2 · RCReading Comprehension
Passage 1 · Art
Having spent several decades trying to eliminate the…
Passage 2 · Law
The current approach to recusal and disqualification of…
Passage 3 · Comparative, Humanities
Passage A Saint Augustine wrote that to proceed against lies…
Passage 4 · Science
To glass researchers it seems somewhat strange that many…
Section 3 · LRLogical Reasoning
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1When industries rapidly apply new…
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2While sales of other highly…
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3Louise McBride, a homeowner, filed a…
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4The size of the spleen is a good…
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5Home ownership is a sign of economic…
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6If newly hatched tobacco hornworms in…
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7Employee: My boss says that my…
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8The local news media have long heralded…
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9We know that if life ever existed on the…
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10Television host: While it's true that…
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11Literature professor: Critics charge…
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12Policy: The factory's safety inspector…
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13University administrator: Graduate…
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14Branson: Most of the air pollution in…
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15Ninety percent of recent car buyers say…
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16Theorist: To be capable of planned…
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17Rocket engines are most effective when…
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18Consumer advocate: Manufacturers of…
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19A recent study showed that the immune…
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20Engineer: Semiplaning monohulls are a…
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21Maté is a beverage found in much of…
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22From 1996 to 2004, the average family…
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23Amateur gardeners who plant based on the…
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24Columnist: On average, about 70 percent…
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25The populations of certain species of…
Section 4 · LRLogical Reasoning
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1Among Trinidadian guppies, males with…
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2Programmer: We computer programmers at…
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3Cable TV stations have advantages that…
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4In polluted industrial English cities…
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5Many scholars are puzzled about who…
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6Musicologist: Many critics complain of…
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7Baxe Interiors, one of the largest…
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8The giant Chicxulub crater in Mexico…
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9In a sample containing 1,000 peanuts…
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10Economist: If the belief were to become…
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11A development company has proposed…
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12After the rush-hour speed limit on the…
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13An art critic, by ridiculing an artwork,…
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14The number of automobile thefts has…
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15Legislator: My staff conducted a poll in…
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16Many nursing homes have prohibitions…
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17Near many cities, contamination of lakes…
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18Wong: Although all countries are better…
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19Principle: When none of the fully…
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20Many important types of medicine have…
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21In modern deep-diving marine mammals,…
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22Librarian: Some argue that the…
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23Columnist: Although much has been…
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24One is likely to feel comfortable…
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25There can be no individual freedom…
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26Economist: Countries with an uneducated…
How hard is PT 143?
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 143's curve is more forgiving than 47% of the new-format PrepTests, right in the middle.
| To get a | You can miss on PT 143 | On a typical PT |
|---|---|---|
| 180 | 1 | 1 |
| 175 | 4 | 4 |
| 170 | 8 | 8 |
| 165 | 13 | 13 |
| 160 | 20 | 20 |
| 155 | 27 | 27 |
| 150 | 34 | 34 |
The hardest questions
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Section 2, Question 24The passage suggests that the atomic…35%got it right
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44%got it right
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Section 3, Question 13University administrator: Graduate…46%got it right
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Section 2, Question 20Which one of the following, if true,…49%got it right
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Section 2, Question 27The passage suggests that which one of…53%got it right
PT 143 score conversion
Out of 77 scored questions, you can miss 8 and still get a 170, 20 for a 160, and 34 for a 150.
| Missed | Raw | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 77 | 180 |
| −1 | 76 | 180 |
| −2 | 75 | 179 |
| −3 | 74 | 177 |
| −4 | 73 | 176 |
| −5 | 72 | 174 |
| −6 | 71 | 173 |
| −7 | 70 | 171 |
| −8 | 69 | 170 |
| −9 | 68 | 169 |
| −10 | 67 | 168 |
| −11 | 66 | 167 |
| −12 | 65 | 166 |
| −13 | 64 | 165 |
| −14 | 63 | 164 |
| −15 | 62 | 164 |
| −16 | 61 | 163 |
| −17 | 60 | 162 |
| −18 | 59 | 161 |
| −19 | 58 | 161 |
| Missed | Raw | Score |
|---|---|---|
| −20 | 57 | 160 |
| −21 | 56 | 159 |
| −22 | 55 | 158 |
| −23 | 54 | 158 |
| −24 | 53 | 157 |
| −25 | 52 | 156 |
| −26 | 51 | 156 |
| −27 | 50 | 155 |
| −28 | 49 | 154 |
| −29 | 48 | 153 |
| −30 | 47 | 153 |
| −31 | 46 | 152 |
| −32 | 45 | 151 |
| −33 | 44 | 151 |
| −34 | 43 | 150 |
| −35 | 42 | 149 |
| −36 | 41 | 148 |
| −37 | 40 | 148 |
| −38 | 39 | 147 |
| −39 | 38 | 146 |
| Missed | Raw | Score |
|---|---|---|
| −40 | 37 | 146 |
| −41 | 36 | 145 |
| −42 | 35 | 144 |
| −43 | 34 | 143 |
| −44 | 33 | 143 |
| −45 | 32 | 142 |
| −46 | 31 | 141 |
| −47 | 30 | 140 |
| −48 | 29 | 139 |
| −49 | 28 | 139 |
| −50 | 27 | 138 |
| −51 | 26 | 137 |
| −52 | 25 | 136 |
| −53 | 24 | 135 |
| −54 | 23 | 134 |
| −55 | 22 | 133 |
| −56 | 21 | 132 |
| −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 | 121 |
| −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 143
Which section of PT 143 is experimental?
Section 4 (Logical Reasoning) is the experimental section on PrepTest 143. 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 143 from?
Most of PrepTest 143 was first given in June 2015. LSAC rebuilt it from two older tests, with no logic games: Sections 1–3 from PrepTest 75 (June 2015) and Section 4 from PrepTest 61 (October 2010).