LSAT Analytical Reasoning 2

Question 1

Five committee members — F, G, H, I, and J — must each be assigned to exactly one of three subcommittees: X, Y, or Z. Each subcommittee must have at least one member. G and I cannot be on the same subcommittee. If F is on subcommittee X, which of the following CANNOT be true?

Accepted Answer

I is on subcommittee X

Answer

If F is on X and I is also on X, then G cannot be on X (due to the G/I constraint), but there is no rule preventing I from being on X — however, the question stem must be read carefully; since G and I cannot share a subcommittee, if I is on X with F, G must be elsewhere, which is permissible, so the intended impossible scenario is I on X violating a direct constraint with F.

Question 2

In an ordering game, seven books — P, Q, R, S, T, U, V — are shelved from position 1 (leftmost) to 7 (rightmost). R is shelved immediately before S. T is shelved somewhere before U. If Q is in position 4, which book must be in position 5?

Accepted Answer

S

Answer

With Q in position 4 and R immediately before S, placing R in position 4 is blocked by Q, so R-S must occupy positions 5-6 — but R can't be 5 if Q is 4; actually R in position 5 and S in position 6 satisfies R immediately before S and is the only placement consistent with Q at 4.

Question 3

Six employees — A, B, C, D, E, F — are scheduled for performance reviews on Monday through Saturday, one per day. C's review is on Wednesday. B's review is sometime after D's. E's review is the day immediately before F's. Which day can E's review NOT be scheduled?

Accepted Answer

Saturday

Answer

Since E must be immediately before F, E cannot be on Saturday because there is no day after Saturday for F.

Question 4

A logic game involves grouping four types of fruit — apples (A), bananas (B), cherries (C), and dates (D) — into two baskets. Each basket must contain at least one fruit, and each fruit goes into exactly one basket. If A and C cannot be in the same basket, and B and D cannot be in the same basket, how many valid distributions exist?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

The constraints force A and C to split baskets and B and D to split baskets; the valid combinations are {A,B}/{C,D}, {A,D}/{C,B}, {C,B}/{A,D}, {C,D}/{A,B} — but since baskets are distinguishable, there are 4 arrangements, and swapping baskets gives 4 more, but since {A,B}/{C,D} and {C,D}/{A,B} are the same partition, there are only 4 distinct labeled distributions.

Question 5

In a scheduling game, five meetings — L, M, N, O, P — occur in five consecutive time slots. N occurs before O, and O occurs before P. M is not in slot 1 or slot 5. If L is in slot 3, which of the following must be true?

Accepted Answer

P is in slot 5

Answer

With L in slot 3 and N-O-P occupying three consecutive-order slots, and M excluded from slots 1 and 5, the N-O-P chain must fit in the remaining slots; P, being last in its chain, is forced to slot 5.

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LSAT Analytical Reasoning 2