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What kinds of multiple-choice questions are on the LSAT?
Home » Test Preparation » LSAT Preparation » What kinds of multiple-choice questions are on the LSAT?Currently the LSAT is an old-fashioned, fill-in-the-bubble, No. 2 pencil and paper test. There are five multiple-choice sections, one of which is experimental (called "variable") and will not count toward your score. The four regular multiple-choice sections will consist in one section of reading comprehension, one section of analytical reasoning, and two sections of logical reasoning. You will have 35 minutes to complete each of these sections. The multiple-choice sections may appear in any order on the test; the separate writing sample section will always be last, after you have finished the five multiple-choice sections.
The Reading Comprehension Section:
In this section, you will read four 400-500-word texts and answer about 27 questions. The format will differ little from that of other standardized tests with reading comprehension sections, like the SAT or GRE; but the content of the passages will be difficult and dense. You will need to find relevant information in the passages, determine the main ideas, and make inferences based on the texts.
The Analytical Reasoning Section:
Who says the LSAT isn't fun? The analytical reasoning or "games" section will require you to solve hypothetical logic problems and answer about 25 questions about them. You will read the details of a situation, such as a group of people sitting in an unknown order in a movie theater row, as well as a list of predetermined rules or limiting factors (“Julia is not sitting on the aisle"). You will need to make deductions and predictions based on your application of logic to the situation.
The Two Logical Reasoning Sections:
In these sections, you will answer a total of about 50 questions analyzing and evaluating arguments. You will read a statement and follow the directions, which might be to select the answer choice that strengthens or weakens the statement's argument, or to select the answer choice that represents the statement's logical conclusion.
The multiple-choice sections of the LSAT add up to a score range of 120 to 180.
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