Reading Comprehension · Application

PrepTest 144 · Section 1 · Question 13

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Application

The one idea it tests

An Application question drops a new case into the author's reasoning and asks what the author would predict.

The basic logic

Match the new case to the author's reasons. If the author says the feared action is unlikely or would probably fail for this kind of person, the prediction follows.

Tiny words that decide it

“probably”
“good chance”
“not”

Playground logic

Lulu wants to test a badge holder's game just for fun. The author says the council lets just-for-fun play slide, so Lulu would likely be fine.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 7–13). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Badges for Game Inventors →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Suppose Lulu wants to test a badge holder's bouncy-ball game just for fun, without asking. What would the author most likely predict?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 144, Section 1, Question 13 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 13 in your official copy and answer it first.

Identify which kind of person or activity the new case is, using the author's categories. Find what the author says would likely happen to that kind of case and why. Pick the prediction that follows from those reasons with matching strength. Reject predictions that match the opponents' fears rather than the author's view.