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Reading Comprehension · Detail

PrepTest 148 · Section 2 · Question 1

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type
Detail
The one idea it tests
The answer is printed in the passage; you just have to find the right line.
The basic logic
Find where the passage names the tool or device the thinker uses, then match the label, not the topic.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “according to”
  • “uses”
  • “device”

Playground logic

Priya does not take a survey or check scores. She invents the Mystery Seat, a pretend setup where you imagine not knowing who you will be. That is a thought experiment.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–6). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Priya's Mystery Seat →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which tool does Priya rely on to explain her plan?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 148, Section 2, Question 1 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 1 in your official copy and answer it first.

Scan the paragraphs that present the thinker's own method, not the paragraphs about the view he rejects. Notice the passage's own label for the device. Pick the choice that names that kind of device, and reject choices that name a method the passage never shows him using.