PrepTest 17

Review

Curve: −11 for a 170 · First given December 1995

Section 1 · LR

Unscored
24 questions
  1. 1
    The translator of poetry must realize…
  2. 2
    Behind the hope that computers can…
  3. 3
    If the city council maintains spending…
  4. 4
    The mind and the immune system have been…
  5. 5
    The high cost of production is severely…
  6. 6
    When machines are invented and…
  7. 7
    To become an expert on a musical…
  8. 8
    On the basis of incontestable proof that…
  9. 9
    An easy willingness to tell funny…
  10. 10
    Nature constantly adjusts the…
  11. 11
    Nature constantly adjusts the…
  12. 12
    The more television children watch, the…
  13. 13
    The only way that bookstores can…
  14. 14
    The only way that bookstores can…
  15. 15
    Extinction is the way of nature.…
  16. 16
    The public is aware of the possibility…
  17. 17
    In a bureaucracy, all decisions are…
  18. 18
    “Physicalists” expect that ultimately…
  19. 19
    Because a large disparity in pay between…
  20. 20
    Politician: Homelessness is a serious…
  21. 21
    Leona: If the average consumption of…
  22. 22
    The United States Food and Drug…
  23. 23
    In a new police program, automobile…
  24. 24
    It has been claimed that an action is…

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Section 2 · LR

25 questions
  1. 1
    The basic ingredients from which cement…
  2. 2
    Many people do not understand…
  3. 3
    Wife: The work of the artist who painted…
  4. 4
    Wife: The work of the artist who painted…
  5. 5
    Questions have arisen regarding the…
  6. 6
    Engineer: Some people argue that the…
  7. 7
    The fishing industry cannot currently be…
  8. 8
    The fishing industry cannot currently be…
  9. 9
    Some people claim that elected officials…
  10. 10
    Cafeteria patron: The apples sold in…
  11. 11
    P: Because an elected official needs the…
  12. 12
    Public health will improve more quickly…
  13. 13
    Public health will improve more quickly…
  14. 14
    Between 1977 and 1987, the country of…
  15. 15
    To perform an act that is morally wrong…
  16. 16
    In yesterday’s council election a…
  17. 17
    Politician: Critics of the…
  18. 18
    Dillworth: More and more people are…
  19. 19
    Dillworth: More and more people are…
  20. 20
    Until about 400 million years ago,…
  21. 21
    Nuclear reactors are sometimes built in…
  22. 22
    Magazine editor: I know that some of our…
  23. 23
    Magazine editor: I know that some of our…
  24. 24
    Public policy dictates the health risks…
  25. 25
    S: It would be premature to act to halt…

Section 3 · LR

25 questions
  1. 1
    If a country’s manufacturing capacity is…
  2. 2
    A certain type of insect trap uses a…
  3. 3
    The current move to patent computer…
  4. 4
    Walter: For the economically privileged…
  5. 5
    Walter: For the economically privileged…
  6. 6
    Three major laundry detergent…
  7. 7
    Political advocate: Campaigns for…
  8. 8
    Political advocate: Campaigns for…
  9. 9
    Novice bird-watcher: I don’t know much…
  10. 10
    Psychologists have claimed that many…
  11. 11
    Unless the residents of Glen Hills band…
  12. 12
    One year ago a local government…
  13. 13
    No projects that involve historical…
  14. 14
    Many artists claim that art critics find…
  15. 15
    Babies who can hear and have hearing…
  16. 16
    Each of the elements of Girelli’s…
  17. 17
    Although tales of wonder and the…
  18. 18
    Although tales of wonder and the…
  19. 19
    Of all the houses in the city’s historic…
  20. 20
    Morton: In order to succeed in today’s…
  21. 21
    Even the earliest known species of land…
  22. 22
    On Saturday Melvin suggested that Jerome…
  23. 23
    Arnold: I was recently denied a seat on…
  24. 24
    Ditrama is a federation made up of three…
  25. 25
    By examining fossilized beetles, a…

Section 4 · RC

27 questions

How hard is PT 17?

The hardest questions

  1. Section 2, Question 22
    Magazine editor: I know that some of our…
    38%
    got it right
  2. Section 1, Question 24 (unscored section)
    It has been claimed that an action is…
    39%
    got it right
  3. Section 2, Question 23
    Magazine editor: I know that some of our…
    40%
    got it right
  4. Section 4, Question 17
    The author mentions the estimates of…
    46%
    got it right
  5. Section 2, Question 21
    Nuclear reactors are sometimes built in…
    46%
    got it right

PT 17 score conversion

Out of 77 scored questions, you can miss 11 and still get a 170, 22 for a 160, and 35 for a 150.

Missed Raw Score
0 77 180
−1 76 180
−2 75 180
−3 74 179
−4 73 178
−5 72 177
−6 71 176
−7 70 175
−8 69 174
−9 68 172
−10 67 171
−11 66 170
−12 65 169
−13 64 168
−14 63 167
−15 62 166
−16 61 165
−17 60 165
−18 59 163
−19 58 163
Missed Raw Score
−20 57 162
−21 56 161
−22 55 160
−23 54 159
−24 53 159
−25 52 157
−26 51 157
−27 50 156
−28 49 155
−29 48 154
−30 47 154
−31 46 153
−32 45 152
−33 44 151
−34 43 150
−35 42 150
−36 41 149
−37 40 148
−38 39 147
−39 38 147
Missed Raw Score
−40 37 146
−41 36 145
−42 35 144
−43 34 143
−44 33 142
−45 32 142
−46 31 141
−47 30 140
−48 29 139
−49 28 138
−50 27 137
−51 26 136
−52 25 136
−53 24 134
−54 23 134
−55 22 133
−56 21 132
−57 20 130
−58 19 129
−59 18 129
Missed Raw Score
−60 17 127
−61 16 126
−62 15 125
−63 14 123
−64 13 122
−65 12 121
−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 17

Which section of PT 17 is experimental?

Section 1 (Logical Reasoning) is the experimental section on PrepTest 17. 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 17 from?

PrepTest 17's questions were first given in December 1995.

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