Curve: −8 for a 170 · First given July 2020
Section 1 · RCReading Comprehension
UnscoredPassage 1 · Science
Because most agricultural practices in North America produce…
Passage 2 · Comparative, Humanities
Passage A What public interest is served by an earmarked tax…
Passage 3 · Law
Traditionally, corporate bankruptcy law placed highest…
Passage 4 · Science
Discovered in 1993, the site known as Ukhaa Tolgod, in the…
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Section 2 · LRLogical Reasoning
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1When primatologist Akira Suzuki began…
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2Body temperature can be estimated by the…
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3A recent study has found that,…
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4Business writer: Although the demand for…
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5Zobel: Peterson's analytic concepts are…
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6Some psychologists claim that empathic…
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7Mr. Xu: The arctic squirrel gets so cold…
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8Historian: A democracy's citizens must…
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9Editorialist: Evidence shows that…
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10Medical researcher: Studies in North…
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11Professor Williams: Professor Thomas's…
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12Politician: Tightening air quality…
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13Santayana recommends that we study…
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14When polar ice caps grow (during ice…
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15People would not follow a leader if they…
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16A recent study found that small rats…
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17To measure a small boat hull accurately,…
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18Dapolito: The city council recently…
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19Geologist: As a spinning object's radius…
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20Economist: When national governments…
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21Philosopher: For some kinds of art,…
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22Researcher: Experiences that are…
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23When a resource's price reflects its…
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24Researcher: Several chemical compounds…
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25According to the Newtonian theory of…
Section 3 · RCReading Comprehension
Passage 1 · Law
Two competing demands we make of the law create a troubling…
Passage 2 · Comparative, Science
Passage A is adapted from a book review by physicist Freeman…
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6Both passages are concerned with…
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7It can be inferred that the author of…
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8In the first sentence of passage B, the…
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9Which one of the following principles…
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10The primary purposes of the two passages…
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11Passage A, but not passage B, refers to
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12Which one of the following statements…
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13It can be inferred from the passages…
Passage 3 · Humanities
In typical accounts of the beginnings of bebop—the first…
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14Which one of the following most…
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15According to the author's argument, at…
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16The primary purpose of the reference to…
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17The author of the passage would be most…
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18It can be inferred from the passage that…
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19According to the passage, which one of…
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20It can be inferred from the passage that…
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21Which one of the following principles…
Passage 4 · Science
Organic chemist Larry Koskan's inspiration arrived in the…
Section 4 · LRLogical Reasoning
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1Montoya: Many industrial chemical…
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2The relationship between money and the…
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3James: The world is increasingly divided…
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4Overcrowding inclines human beings…
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5Gahagan's Greenstore sells a large…
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6Anthropologist: During the last ice age,…
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7A truly visual art form—for example,…
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8Actors generally learn their lines by…
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9Journalists often claim that their…
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10While the population of city X is…
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11A law is futile unless most of the…
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12Ecologist: El Niño, a global weather…
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13If the natural history museum stays…
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14Science writer: Scientists often accept…
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15Historian: Scholars writing histories of…
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16Manager: I plan to put together a…
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17Different cultures have independently…
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18Land developer: In a certain nation,…
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19I promised Bernie that I would answer…
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20Azalea bushes flourish in acidic soil.…
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21Company policy: Eligible employees will…
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22An effective acting performance does not…
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23The computer software industry is…
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24A movie studio's script readers discard…
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25Translator: Dr. Abner, apparently…
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26Letter to the editor: In calling on…
How hard is PT 156?
Its questions are harder than most, and the curve makes up for it. 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 156's curve is more forgiving than 91% of the new-format PrepTests, so expect a lower raw score than usual, not a lower LSAT score.
| To get a | You can miss on PT 156 | On a typical PT |
|---|---|---|
| 180 | 1 | 1 |
| 175 | 4 | 4 |
| 170 | 8 | 8 |
| 165 | 14 | 13 |
| 160 | 21 | 20 |
| 155 | 29 | 27 |
| 150 | 36 | 34 |
The hardest questions
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41%got it right
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43%got it right
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Section 3, Question 21Which one of the following principles…43%got it right
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Section 3, Question 13It can be inferred from the passages…44%got it right
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Section 4, Question 13If the natural history museum stays…47%got it right
PT 156 score conversion
Out of 78 scored questions, you can miss 8 and still get a 170, 21 for a 160, and 36 for a 150.
| Missed | Raw | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 78 | 180 |
| −1 | 77 | 180 |
| −2 | 76 | 179 |
| −3 | 75 | 177 |
| −4 | 74 | 175 |
| −5 | 73 | 174 |
| −6 | 72 | 173 |
| −7 | 71 | 171 |
| −8 | 70 | 170 |
| −9 | 69 | 169 |
| −10 | 68 | 168 |
| −11 | 67 | 168 |
| −12 | 66 | 167 |
| −13 | 65 | 166 |
| −14 | 64 | 165 |
| −15 | 63 | 164 |
| −16 | 62 | 164 |
| −17 | 61 | 163 |
| −18 | 60 | 162 |
| −19 | 59 | 161 |
| Missed | Raw | Score |
|---|---|---|
| −20 | 58 | 161 |
| −21 | 57 | 160 |
| −22 | 56 | 159 |
| −23 | 55 | 159 |
| −24 | 54 | 158 |
| −25 | 53 | 157 |
| −26 | 52 | 157 |
| −27 | 51 | 156 |
| −28 | 50 | 155 |
| −29 | 49 | 155 |
| −30 | 48 | 154 |
| −31 | 47 | 153 |
| −32 | 46 | 152 |
| −33 | 45 | 152 |
| −34 | 44 | 151 |
| −35 | 43 | 150 |
| −36 | 42 | 150 |
| −37 | 41 | 149 |
| −38 | 40 | 148 |
| −39 | 39 | 147 |
| Missed | Raw | Score |
|---|---|---|
| −40 | 38 | 147 |
| −41 | 37 | 146 |
| −42 | 36 | 145 |
| −43 | 35 | 144 |
| −44 | 34 | 144 |
| −45 | 33 | 143 |
| −46 | 32 | 142 |
| −47 | 31 | 141 |
| −48 | 30 | 140 |
| −49 | 29 | 140 |
| −50 | 28 | 139 |
| −51 | 27 | 138 |
| −52 | 26 | 137 |
| −53 | 25 | 136 |
| −54 | 24 | 135 |
| −55 | 23 | 134 |
| −56 | 22 | 133 |
| −57 | 21 | 132 |
| −58 | 20 | 131 |
| −59 | 19 | 130 |
| Missed | Raw | Score |
|---|---|---|
| −60 | 18 | 128 |
| −61 | 17 | 127 |
| −62 | 16 | 126 |
| −63 | 15 | 124 |
| −64 | 14 | 123 |
| −65 | 13 | 121 |
| −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 156
Which section of PT 156 is experimental?
Section 1 (Reading Comprehension) is the experimental section on PrepTest 156. 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 156 from?
Most of PrepTest 156 was first given in July 2020. LSAC rebuilt it from two older tests, with no logic games: Sections 2–4 from PrepTest 94 (July 2020) and Section 1 from PrepTest 92 (June 2020).