LSAT Cheat Sheet 2026

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1. As ______ is to _________, apple is to orange. → sparrow : robin
2. Passage (continued from above): According to the passage, seafloor spreading contributed to the acceptance of plate tectonics by: → Providing the mechanical explanation that Wegener's hypothesis had lacked.
3. Passage (continued from above): According to the passage, which of the following scenarios would most likely fall under the 'plain view' doctrine? → Officers conducting a lawful traffic stop observe illegal drugs on the car's back seat.
4. As ______ is to ________, astronomy is to astrology. → forensics : pseudo-science
5. As _____ is to _______, negligence is to duty. → rule : element
6. Choose the response that fully answers the following: Every comic is a cynic. Henry is a funny guy. → Henry is a cynic.
7. Passage (continued from above): The critics' objection to the Hox gene hypothesis is best characterized as: → A conceptual distinction between enabling conditions and active causes.
8. Choose the response option that adequately fills up the blank: Actors are all outgoing people. . George is outgoing. → George is an actor.
9. Choose the response that fully answers the following: Every person is mortal. A person, Plato is a human. t. → Plato is mortal
10. An assumption that, if true, is by itself enough to guarantee the truth of the argument's conclusion is known as what? → A sufficient assumption
11. Choose the response that fully answers the following: Blue mountain lions are universal. Mountain lion spotted by Peter. → The mountain lion was blue.
12. Day is to night as a(n) _________ is to a(n) ________. → positive charge : negative charge
13. An attorney is to a client what a _____ is to a ____. → talent agent : actor
14. Like a _____ is to a ______, a corporation is to a subsidiary. → parent : child
15. Select the answer choice that correctly provides the missing premise: _______________________. Stegosauruses were dinosaurs.Stegosauruses were warm-blooded. → All dinosaurs were warm-blooded.
16. Passage (continued from above): According to the passage, the Kepler Space Telescope detected exoplanets by: → Detecting the decrease in starlight when a planet passes in front of its star.
17. The common law is to statutes as __________ is to __________. → judge-made law : codified law
18. Passage (continued from above): The passage indicates that the ozone layer's primary protective function is to: → Absorb UV-B radiation that is harmful to living organisms.
19. Choose the response that fully answers the following: Every person is mortal. Gentin is from another planet. → None of the above.
20. As a(n) ________ is to __________, the US Constitution is to the Bill of Rights. → statute : amendments
21. Like a _____ is to a ______, an automobile is to a tire. → book : page
22. Passage (continued from above): According to the passage, after Erie, federal courts in diversity cases must: → Apply state law to substantive questions but federal procedural rules.
23. Passage (continued from above): The passage indicates that experiments testing Bell's inequalities support: → Quantum mechanical predictions over local hidden variable theories.
24. Passage (continued from above): The passage indicates that Donoghue v. Stevenson (1932) was significant because it: → Extended the duty of care to manufacturers regarding ultimate consumers.