Reading Comprehension · Inference

PrepTest 121 · Section 2 · Question 5

Phase 1 (your first ~400 questions): read the guidance, then answer. No clock.

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Inference

The one idea it tests

An inference about an example comes from the general description that example illustrates

The basic logic

The example sits at the end of a paragraph describing a setup; whatever that paragraph says about how the setup stays steady applies to the example

Tiny words that decide it

“usually”
“thus”
“example”

Playground logic

The old cafeteria is the famous example of the setup with lots of small tables, so its calm came from small tables teaming up to check a bossy table.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–5). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Lunchroom Puzzle →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Based on the kid passage, which one of the following is most likely true of the old cafeteria?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 121, Section 2, Question 5 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 5 in your official copy and answer it first.

Locate the example and read the whole paragraph that introduces it. List how that paragraph says the setup keeps its balance. Choose the answer that applies that mechanism to the example. Cross out answers that add extreme words or reach beyond what that paragraph says.