Logical Reasoning · Most Strongly Supported
PrepTest 101 · Section 2 · Question 2
Phase 1 (your first ~400 questions): read the guidance, then answer. No clock.
Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first
- “all”
- “unlike”
- “at least one”
- “same”
Playground logic
Rule: everyone likes jokes they get right away. Fact: kindergartners get knock-knock jokes right away but not puns, so they like knock-knock jokes. And knock-knock jokes win more laughs from them, so their laughs match their taste in at least one way.
Step 2 · The kid story
Kevin's Comedy Hour
At the talent show, Kevin did two comedy sets for the kindergarten rows. Same Kevin, same dinosaur hat, same five minutes. In the first set he told knock-knock jokes. In the second he told puns. Lulu kept score on her clipboard. 'Knock-knock jokes: forty-two giggles. Puns: three giggles and one confused hiccup.' Ms. Rivera nodded. 'Everybody likes jokes they get right away. Little kids get knock-knock jokes instantly, but puns take a grown-up brain.' Marcus jumped up. 'So jokes are the most important thing in a kindergartner's whole life! And they'll hate puns forever!' Priya shook her head. 'Too big, Marcus. All we can say is the giggles lined up with what they like in at least one way.' Kevin bowed anyway. 'Knock knock,' he said. Forty-three.
Step 3 · Try the model question
Everyone prefers jokes they understand right away. Kindergartners understand knock-knock jokes right away, but unlike older kids, they struggle to understand puns. When Kevin told ten jokes of each kind to kindergartners, the knock-knock jokes got many more laughs.
Which one of the following gets the most backing from these facts?
Step 4 · The courtroom tale
The Case of the Station Maps
Judge Okafor looked over her glasses. 'Counsel, summarize.' Mr. Whitfield rose. 'Three facts, Your Honor. One: every traveler prefers maps they can read at a glance. Two: first-time visitors read picture-symbol maps at a glance but get lost on line-and-number maps. Three: at the airport station, the picture-symbol version of our free map is taken far more often than the line-and-number version, side by side on the same rack.' Opposing counsel said, 'So you claim map style is everything to visitors?' 'Not at all,' said Mr. Whitfield. 'I claim only this: which map gets taken matches visitors' preferences in at least one way. Nothing grander.' The judge smiled. 'A modest claim, fully backed. I wish more lawyers brought those.'
Step 5 · Work the real question
Open PrepTest 101, Section 2, Question 2 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.
Your answer
How to apply it
There is no top bun here, so treat the passage as a lunchbox. Find the rule about everyone, then the fact about one special group, and chain them into what that group must prefer. Then find the fact about which version does better with that group. Pre-phrase a small link: what happens lines up with that group's taste in at least one way. Cross off Megaphones that crown one factor as the biggest and Strangers that bring in comparisons the passage never makes.