Free BCAT Logical Reasoning Questions and Answers

Question 1

If all judges are lawyers, and some lawyers are not honest,
which of the following statements must be true?

Accepted Answer

Some lawyers are judges.

Answer

If all judges are lawyers, it must be true that some lawyers are judges. The honesty of judges cannot be determined from the information given.

Question 2

In a courtroom, if all statements made by the defendant are lies, and the defendant claims, "I am guilty," which of the following must be true?

Accepted Answer

The defendant is not guilty.

Answer

If the defendant lies about everything, the statement "I am guilty" must also be a lie, indicating the defendant is not guilty.

Question 3

Consider the following argument: "All evidence must be admissible to be considered in court. Some evidence presented was inadmissible.
Therefore, some evidence was not considered." Which type of logical fallacy, if any, is present in this argument?

Accepted Answer

No fallacy

Answer

The argument correctly follows from the premises to the conclusion without committing any logical fallacy.

Question 4

If it is known that "If a person is a member of the bar, then they have passed the bar exam," which of the following can be concluded?

Accepted Answer

If a person is not a member of the bar, they have not passed the bar exam.

Answer

This is the contrapositive of the given statement and is logically equivalent to it.

Question 5

A legal case is such that if the evidence is conclusive, the verdict must be guilty.
The evidence is conclusive in this case. What can we logically conclude?

Accepted Answer

The verdict must be guilty.

Answer

If conclusive evidence necessitates a guilty verdict and the evidence is conclusive, the verdict must logically be guilty.

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Free BCAT Logical Reasoning Questions and Answers