Reading Comprehension · Inference (apply the rule)

PrepTest 157 · 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

Inference (apply the rule)

The one idea it tests

A rulebook's definition decides what the rules cover; anything that fails the definition falls outside.

The basic logic

Find the definition at the top of the rulebook and check each item against every condition in it, especially any number cutoff.

Tiny words that decide it

“means”
“at least”
“all”
“not”

Playground logic

The Student Council's rules only cover things left in a closet for at least 30 years. Anything newer is simply outside the rulebook, no matter how valuable.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 3 (Questions 13–19). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Closet Under the Stage →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which project below would most plainly sit outside the reach of Part B's rules?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 157, 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.

Go straight to the definition at the top of the rulebook passage. List each condition it sets, including any time cutoff. Then test each choice: does it meet every condition? The answer is the one that clearly fails a condition, so the rules never apply to it. Ignore choices that break a rule, since breaking a rule still means being covered by it.