Test Prep LSAT Section 1 Logical Reasoning Exam Practice Questions (P. 3)

At the local butcher's shop, there were five customers in the lineup. Each of the customers bought something different.
The first names of the customers were Annie, Jessica, Lily, Maggie and Naomi. Their last names were Bore, Hazlitt, Piggott, Sowter and Trotter. The available products were: cumberland sausage, pork chops, pork pie, scotch eggs, and sliced ham.
Lily Piggott was served later than the customer who requested the sliced ham, but before Mrs. Sowter.
The second customer was Maggie.
The pork pie was purchased by the customer directly after Jessica.
Naomi was the woman who bought the scotch eggs; she was served after Annie.
The Cumberland sausage was requested by Mrs. Trotter.
Mrs. Hazlitt was the third in line.
The fourth customer in the line bought the pork chops
What place was Naomi in line?

Most of those who enjoy music play a musical instrument; therefore, if Maria enjoys music, she probably plays a musical instrument. Which one of the following most closely parallels the reasoning in the statement above?

Mary: All Italians are great lovers.
Kathy: That is not so. I have met some Spaniards who were magnificent lovers.
Kathy's reply to Mary indicates that she has misunderstood Mary's remark to mean that

To paraphrase Oliver Wendell Holmes, taxes keep us civilized. Just look around you, at well-paved superhighways, air-conditioned schools, and modernized prisons, and you cannot help but agree with Holmes. Which one of the following is the strongest criticism of the statement above?

Forty years ago, hardly anybody thought about going to court to sue somebody. A person could bump a pedestrian with his Chrysler Airflow and the victim would say something like, "No harm done," and walk away. Ipso facto. No filing of codicils, taking of depositions or polling the jury. Attorneys need not apply. Which one of the following sentences most logically continues the above passage?

Forty years ago, hardly anybody thought about going to court to sue somebody. A person could bump a pedestrian with his Chrysler Airflow and the victim would say something like, "No harm done," and walk away. Ipso facto. No filing of codicils, taking of depositions or polling the jury. Attorneys need not apply.
Which one of the following details, if true, would most strengthen the above statement?

Tom is test driving a blue car. After driving for a short while he comes to the following conclusion: Since this car is blue, it must not accelerate quickly.
The foregoing conclusion can be properly drawn if it is also known that

In 1975, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the federal government has exclusive rights to any oil and gas resources on the Atlantic Outer Shelf beyond the three- mile limit. Which one of the following must be true in order for this ruling to be logical?

By passing more and more regulations allegedly to protect the environment, the state is driving the manufacturing industry away. And when the employers leave, the workers will follow. The number of new no growth or environmental rules passed each year is increasing by leaps and bounds. Rich environmentalists who think they are sympathetic to workers have no real sympathy for the blue-collar employees are injured by their activities.
One major manufacturer has been fined for failing to establish a car-pool plan. Another is accused of polluting the air with industrial emissions, although everyone knows that two thirds of the pollutants come from cars and trucks. No wonder the large manufacturers are moving to states with fewer restrictive laws. And as the manufacturers go, unemployment and the number of workers leaving the state will rise more rapidly than ever before.
The author's argument that strict environmental laws will eventually lead to loss of workers in the state will be most weakened if it can be shown that

By passing more and more regulations allegedly to protect the environment, the state is driving the manufacturing industry away. And when the employers leave, the workers will follow. The number of new no growth or environmental rules passed each year is increasing by leaps and bounds. Rich environmentalists who think they are sympathetic to workers have no real sympathy for the blue-collar employees are injured by their activities.
One major manufacturer has been fined for failing to establish a car-pool plan. Another is accused of polluting the air with industrial emissions, although everyone knows that two thirds of the pollutants come from cars and trucks. No wonder the large manufacturers are moving to states with fewer restrictive laws. And as the manufacturers go, unemployment and the number of workers leaving the state will rise more rapidly than ever before. Which one of the following is NOT an argument of this passage?