LSAT Logical Reasoning II

Misprints at the letterpress shop fell sharply in March, and the floor book shows clean sheets all that month. In April the shop bolted a heated drying rack beside the press. The floor lead concludes that the new rack produced the March drop in misprints.

The weather cooperative's July sheet lists more gauges reporting precipitation than any July in the past decade. Yet the rainfall those gauges recorded, added together, is the lowest July total in that same decade. Clerks checked the arithmetic twice.

Smudges on the museum's bronze labels fell the week cotton gloves became required in that gallery. The registrar concludes that the glove rule, rather than a change in gallery humidity, explains the drop. The labels themselves were not replaced.

Squeaks in the school band fell the week the director switched every reed player to a new reed brand. The director concludes that the new brand caused the drop. The band still plays the same march in the same cold room. The squeak tally is the director's rehearsal sheet.

The river lock keeper claims the grain barge will be downstream of the chamber before the mill horn at three. The barge is due to enter at 2:46, and a barge of that length takes at most twelve minutes to enter, rise, and leave when it is not held outside the gate.

The tailor altered three jackets for one Tuesday client, using a new hem stitch on each, and none of the three came back. She concludes that the new stitch almost never leads to a return. The rest of the week's hems used the old stitch.

If the weather cooperative files the frost warning by ten, the warning arrives at the radio station before midnight. The cooperative will file the warning by ten. Therefore the station will air the frost warning at dawn.

The greenhouse card for this tomato variety says the plants set fruit only if night temperatures stay above 55 degrees. In the greenhouse, every night last week stayed above 55. The grower concludes that the plants set fruit last week. The thermometer hangs at plant height.

The courthouse filing desk received more petitions this March than last March. Even so, the stack still waiting at closing was smaller every evening this March than on the matching evenings last March. The count includes every petition the desk accepted into the queue.

The bakery cooperative should move the rye loaves to the morning shift. The evening oven has been running too hot for rye, the morning shift already has an open rack, and a hot oven cracks the crust of rye. The cooperative posts the shift list on the bakery door.

After the transit yard fitted the hill buses with a new brake shoe, brake alarms on the hill route fell. The yard chief concludes that the new shoe caused the drop. The hill timetable and the passenger loads stayed as they were.

The map archive lent more maps this year than last year. Yet fewer of the returned maps came back with torn edges. The archive counts a tear only when a reader brings the map back to the desk, and the same clerks have done that count both years.

The clinic appointment book was printed at a local shop last spring. The Thursday two o'clock line has been empty for six weeks, and an empty line can take a walk-in vaccination without moving other patients. Therefore the clinic should book walk-in vaccinations in that Thursday line.

The choir director promises that the closing piece will not tire the hall, because the piece is light and light music does not tire listeners. She points out that the closing piece is scored for light voices. From that scoring she treats the promise as kept.

Applicants who received the insurance desk's paperless packet last month abandoned claims at a lower rate than applicants who received the paper packet. The desk concludes that offering the paperless packet will cut abandoned claims.

The night tram leaves on time whenever it is released to the platform by 9:50. Inspection of tonight's tram will end by 9:40. The barn chief concludes that tonight's tram will leave on time. The chief wrote the note on the barn chalkboard.

The theater box office posts running times on the lobby board before the doors open. Each of the three acts of tonight's play runs under forty minutes. The manager concludes from those act times that the play as a whole runs under forty minutes.

The seed library argues that the bean packets in this lot will stay viable for borrowers. Packets of this lot stay viable if they were kept both dry and below 60 degrees. These packets were kept dry. The lot number is stamped on the envelope.

Bicycles oiled with the workshop's new chain oil skipped gears less often than bicycles oiled with the old oil. The workshop concludes that the new oil caused the drop in skipped gears. Both groups rode the same week on the same hill loop.

The pottery shop writes every firing in a book kept on the kiln shelf. The lead potter reasons as follows. If this bowl had been overfired, its glaze would have blistered. The glaze shows no blisters. Therefore this bowl was not overfired.

Ships hailed the lighthouse from farther off during the week the keeper swapped in a new lamp. The keeper concludes that the new lamp, not clearer air, explains the longer hail distance. The hail log is kept in the tower desk.

The community kitchen posts its pot list on the board by the door. Every stew served on Monday used the lentils from bin A. No stew that used bin A contained dairy. The kitchen served stew on Monday, and that pot is the one at the top of the board.

The route, when the roads are clear, takes the newspaper truck at most two hours. The truck will leave the dock by four with the Tuesday edition. The editor concludes that the Tuesday edition will be on the porch by six.

The hatchery released more young trout this spring than last spring. Anglers on the same creek caught fewer trout this summer than last summer. The hatchery's release book and the anglers' landing book cover the same stretch of weeks.

The bindery will sew its pamphlets with linen thread. Linen thread keeps a pamphlet's signatures from loosening when that thread is waxed. The shop concludes that the pamphlets' signatures will not loosen. The sewing frame sits by the north window.

If the mainspring is replaced, the clock will keep time. The clock will be sold this week only if it keeps time. The mainspring will be replaced. Therefore the clock will be sold this week. The clock is a mantel clock on the repair shelf.

The east hive should be moved off the low ground. Damp ground weakens a colony, and the east hive sits in a hollow that holds water after rain. A weak colony gathers less honey. The beekeeper keeps the hive notes in a tin by the gate.

Wool mills that run the new spindle report fewer broken yarns than mills that keep the old spindle. This mill concludes that putting in the new spindle will cause fewer broken yarns on its own floor. The comparison covers a full season of the same wool.

The reading room fines a borrower for a torn plate only when that borrower caused the tear. This plate tore because old thread failed before the loan, and the borrower never handled the failed thread. So the room should not fine this borrower.

The paper label in the display case faded. Either the case lamp or damp air faded it. The case is sealed, and the sheet inside is dry. Therefore the lamp faded the label. The registrar wrote that finding on the condition card.

Loaves came out taller the week the bakery cooperative installed a stone deck in place of steel. The head baker concludes that the stone deck, not the new flour, produced the taller loaves. Regulars noticed the change on the Saturday bake.

The transit yard added buses to the hill route at rush hour. Even so, the average wait on that route at rush hour grew. The yard counted waits at the same three stops it used the month before, and the fare did not change.

If the upstream gauge reads above twelve, the river lock closes to pleasure boats. The gauge reads above twelve this afternoon. Therefore the kayak club will not launch this afternoon. The gauge hut sits just above the lock gate.

On the letterpress, too much ink on a form fills the closed counters of small letters. A stamp pad works the same way: too much ink fills fine lines. So a heavily inked stamp pad will fill the fine lines of this cut. The cut is locked in the chase.

Volunteers should log each gauge before noon. After all, the forecast desk can use only logs filed before noon, and the afternoon bulletin is built from those logs. A log that arrives later misses the bulletin the desk is building.

Losses of paper labels fell by half in the month the museum registrar replaced thumbtacks with clips. The registrar argues that the switch to clips caused that drop. The labels hang in one gallery, and the tally is the gallery's own loss book.

Coats the tailor lined with the new flannel came back without collar stains, while the shop's other coats often return stained. The tailor concludes that lining coats with the new flannel will stop collar stains. Both groups were winter coats.

The radio host argues that a listener's call to drop the midnight poetry slot should be ignored. That listener once skipped a pledge drive. Therefore, the host says, the listener's view about the slot is worthless and need not be answered.

The courthouse filing desk began rejecting any petition that lacks the new cover sheet. In the weeks after that rule, the number of petitions the desk accepted went up. Clerks apply the rule to every petition that reaches the window.

Floor lead: Car 12 should be retired from the evening roster. It failed the brake test twice, and a car that fails twice should leave that roster. I checked the card myself before the shift horn.

Night mechanic: Car 12 should not be retired from the evening roster. It did fail the brake test twice, but the test rail was oily, and the brakes on the car are sound.

The map archivist examined four maps from the north drawer and found no mold on any of them. She concludes that the archive's maps are free of mold. The north drawer holds only maps of the river towns, and the other drawers were not opened.

The clinic's booking rule says that any booking overlapping a surgery block must be moved. This vaccination is booked inside Tuesday's surgery block. Therefore this vaccination must be moved. The rule is printed on the first page of the appointment book.

No seat in row J is held for a season subscriber. Every aisle seat in the balcony is in row J. The box office is holding seat J4, and J4 is an aisle seat in the balcony. The hold is marked in the evening book at the window.

The choir director reasons from the hall log. If the choir stood for the last chorus, the risers would have creaked. The risers creaked tonight. So the choir stood for the last chorus. The log notes creaks in the margin.

Wilted seedlings in the greenhouse fell after the glass was whitewashed. The grower concludes that the whitewash, not the new fan, cut the wilt. The seedlings are the same variety as the week before, and the pots were not moved.

The morning oven already has room for the rye trays. Rye crusts crack when an oven runs as hot as the evening oven has run all month. The cooperative should bake the rye trays in the morning. The shift card is clipped above the oven.

Every bus that failed inspection this week has a cracked leaf spring. No bus with a cracked leaf spring is assigned to the hill. Bus 19 failed inspection this week. The yard list is posted beside the fuel pump, and the chief initialed it.

All of the hand-colored maps are in the oak cabinet. Some maps in the oak cabinet are missing a corner. Nothing missing a corner may be lent. The oak cabinet stands against the wall of the map archive's reading room, and lending slips stay in the desk.

The insurance desk pays a weather claim only when a gauge report is attached. This claim includes a narrative and no gauge report. Therefore the desk should not pay this claim. The rule is posted on the counter card that faces the filer.

Car 4 should stay off the evening run. Its brake shoes are below the safety mark, and a car with shoes below that mark cannot stop the evening hill. The evening run includes that hill. The barn chief circled car 4 on the run sheet.

The letterpress shop concludes that this batch of cards will dry flat. Laid paper dries flat if it is hung from the top edge. These cards were printed on laid paper. The batch is the wedding order due on Friday, and the slip is clipped to the tympan.

The hall director reasons as follows. Either the choir will sing the short anthem or the service will run past noon. The choir will not sing the short anthem. So the service will run past noon. The choice is marked on the order of service.

The tailor should not charge for this hem. The shop promised that the hem would hang even, and this hem hangs crooked. The promise is written on the order slip pinned to the cloth. The customer is waiting at the counter.

Broken gauges at the weather cooperative became less common after shelters were built over the outdoor gauges. The cooperative concludes that the shelters caused the decline. The shelters went up at the start of the storm season the log is now reviewing.

The registrar concludes that the watercolor will not cockle on the north wall. The registrar's condition sheet says a watercolor cockles only if humidity on its wall swings by more than ten points in a day. The north wall's humidity is on a control system. The sheet is hinged at the top edge only.

Everyone in the school band's percussion section reads the new chart. No one who missed Monday's rehearsal reads the new chart. Jo plays snare in the percussion section. The chart is the march on the afternoon stand, and Jo is listed on the section roster.

A blue-book entry records a vaccination the clinic gave only when that entry includes a lot number. Some entries in the blue book have no lot number. The clerks are checking the noon page, and that book is the only place those entries are kept.

Every tray that was moved outside this week was a pepper tray. No pepper tray was watered from the cold tank. Tray 6 was moved outside this week. The move is noted on the greenhouse slate by the door, which lists trays by number.

Few people call during the midnight poetry slot. Callers are a poor gauge of night listeners, who often write instead. Therefore the low call count does not show that the slot lacks listeners. The station should keep the midnight poetry slot.

No boat that left after sunrise made the noon dock. Every mail boat made the noon dock. The Heron is a mail boat. The harbor ferry office lists the mail boats on the dawn slate beside the window, and the Heron is named there.

Balcony sales rose the week the theater box office lowered the balcony price. The manager concludes that the lower price caused the rise. The stalls price and the play on the marquee stayed the same as the week before. The new balcony price is on the window card.

The filing desk should accept this late petition. The filer presented it at two, during posted hours, and the desk turned the filer away. That turn-away is the only reason the petition is late. The hours are painted on the window.

A gear on this bicycle shifts only if its cable is oiled. The mechanic at the workshop oiled the cable this morning. She concludes that the gear will shift on this afternoon's ride. The bicycle is the red one in the stand.

The choir director concludes that the final chord will be in tune. The final chord is in tune if the tenors match the pitch pipe. She has asked the tenors to match the pitch pipe before the chord. The pipe hangs on the stand.

Every bowl that cracked in the kiln was glazed with the ash mix. No bowl glazed with the ash mix was sold at the pottery shop. The shop sold bowl 12. The sale is written in the afternoon book beside the shelf number and the price.

Claims filed with the insurance desk's new checklist had fewer missing attachments than claims filed without it. The desk concludes that using the checklist caused that reduction. Both sets of claims were filed in the same month.

If a barge draws more than eight feet, it waits for the high pool at the river lock. No barge waiting at dawn draws more than eight feet. The grain barge is waiting at dawn. The keeper marked it on the dawn slate that hangs in the lock house.

Missed porch deliveries fell the week the newspaper moved the press start from midnight to ten. The editor concludes that the earlier start caused the drop. Carriers kept the same handcarts and the same deadline at the porch.

The hill run is steep after the maple stop. Cars with thin shoes cannot hold on that grade. Car 7 has thin shoes. Therefore car 7 should be kept off the hill run tonight. The note is on the barn's run sheet, written before dusk.

At the bakery cooperative's Saturday rye sale, staff asked people on the way out whether the town should bake more rye, and most said yes. The cooperative concludes that most residents of the town want more rye on the weekly bake.

Bench lead: We should vent the greenhouse roof at noon. The leaf temperature is already high, and venting will bring it down before the plants scorch. I read the leaf gauge twice.

Assistant: We should not vent the roof at noon. The leaf temperature is already high, but these plants need that heat today, and a noon vent would chill them.

Registrar: The sketch should travel to the loan show. It is stable, and stable works on paper may travel. I looked at the sheet this morning.

Curator: The sketch should not travel to the loan show. It is stable, but that show's gallery swings in humidity, and this sheet was never hinged for a trip.

Boats that fly the harbor's new pennant draw fewer wake complaints than boats that fly none. The ferry office concludes that flying the pennant causes pilots to leave smaller wakes. The complaint book covers the same channel for both groups.

No-shows fell on the weekend the theater box office began telephoning reminders. The manager concludes that the calls, rather than the sunny weather, explain the drop. The play and the curtain time matched the weekend before.

Every volunteer who logged a gauge for the weather cooperative this morning lives in Mill County. No one who lives in Mill County missed the training. Pete logged a gauge this morning. His name is on the morning sheet clipped to the board.

All of the tailor's rush hems are on the front rack. Some hems on the front rack have not been pressed. A hem is ready for a customer call only when it has been pressed. The rack stands just inside the shop door, and rush tags hang on the hooks.

The radio station promised listeners a live broadcast of the evening concert. The host says the promise is already met because the program is devoted to living composers. She concludes that the station has kept its promise.

No map stored in the cellar of the map archive is packed in the traveling crate. Every river survey is stored in the cellar. The 1910 sheet is a river survey. The crate sits by the reading-room door, and Friday's loan list is tied to it.

Every patient on the clinic's Thursday two o'clock list was referred by the school nurse. No patient referred by the school nurse is scheduled for a blood draw. Ana is on Thursday's two o'clock list. Her line is the third name.

Bruised type became less common the week the letterpress shop switched the press to softer packing. The shop concludes that the softer packing caused the drop. The same press hand ran the jobs that week and the week before.

The transit chief concludes that bus 8 will be ready for the hill at dawn. Its brake job will be finished by midnight. Any bus whose brake job is finished by midnight is ready at dawn if the yard has a charged spare battery for it. The job card is on the bench.

Seedlings in the east bench of the greenhouse yellowed through April. In May the grower began a new feed. The grower concludes that the new feed caused the April yellowing. The April notes were already in the bench book before May.

Flat notes in the choir fell after the director added a new warm-up. The director concludes that the warm-up, rather than a smaller repertoire, produced the drop. The same singers stood on the same risers as the week before.

The insurance desk concludes that this storm claim will be paid by Friday. The claim includes the gauge report. Any storm claim that includes the gauge report is paid by Friday if the adjuster is in the office. The report is clipped to the file.

The grain barge will reach the mill before the horn if it clears the river lock chamber by 2:50. The upstream gate will open by 2:30. Therefore the barge will reach the mill before the horn. The horn is the mill's afternoon signal.

The kiln log calls this firing cold. In the pottery shop, cold means the witness cones did not bend. It does not mean the pots feel cool out of the kiln. The cones on this shelf bent fully. So the log's cold mark does not apply to this firing.

The Monday stew should be made without dairy. Three regulars at the community kitchen cannot have dairy, and the Monday pot is shared by everyone who comes. A shared pot that contains dairy leaves those regulars with nothing. The pot list is on the door.

The hatchery netted ten trout from the upper pool and found each of them healthy. From that check it concludes that the trout in the creek are in good health. The upper pool is one bend, and the lower pools were not netted.

If car 7 is released to the platform by 9:50, it will make the hill run. Car 7 will be inspected by 9:40. Therefore car 7 will make the hill run tonight. The barn clock above the pit nearest the doors is the one the chief uses.

Loaves baked on the bakery cooperative's new stone deck were taller than last month's loaves baked on steel. The cooperative argues that the stone deck caused the greater height. Both bakes used the Saturday shift and the same baker.

Every sketch in the museum's loan crate was hinged last year. No sketch hinged last year still has its old mat. The river sketch is in the loan crate. The crate is tagged for the Friday shipment, and the tag is on the handle.

At rehearsal, each section of the school band played its own piece in tune. The director concludes that the full-band number, with every section playing at once, was in tune. The full number uses all four sections together.

Scraped pilings at the ferry slip became less common after the office hung a new fender. The office concludes that the fender, rather than slower approaches, explains the drop. The count comes from the same piling log as the month before.

The clinic opened more vaccination lines this month than last month. Even so, the average wait for a vaccination grew. Waits were timed at the same desk with the desk clock, and each line uses the same appointment book as before.

The filing clerk argues that a filer's proposal to keep the desk open through noon need not be considered. That filer has already submitted three petitions this year. Therefore, the clerk says, the proposal about the hours can be set aside.

The radio producer concludes that the dawn frost warning will reach the farm crew. The warning will be read at dawn. The farm crew hears a dawn warning if the barn radio is switched on. The producer wrote the plan on the dawn card.

The cuff on this coat hangs crooked. That happens either because the hem was pinned unevenly or because the cloth slipped in the press. The pins were even, and they are still in the cloth. So the cloth slipped in the press. The tailor checked the pins twice.

Torn corners became less common the month the map archive required cotton gloves in the reading room. The archivist concludes that the glove rule caused the drop. Readers used the same tables they had used the month before.

The ferry office applies this rule. A boat may leave the slip only if the log is signed. The log for this boat is signed. So this boat may leave. The rule is posted above the office window, and the logbook stays on the desk.

Lettuce that had been wilting held through the week the greenhouse grower hung shade cloth. The grower concludes that the cloth, rather than cooler nights, saved the lettuce. The lettuce is the same planting as the week before.

If the newspaper truck leaves the dock by four, the Tuesday edition is on the porch by six. The route is clear tonight. Therefore the Tuesday edition will be on the porch by six. The editor posted that aim on the dock board.

The box office manager concludes that the matinee will sell out. The school group is coming. The matinee sells out whenever that group comes if the stalls are not already held for subscribers. The group reserved this morning.

The seed library should not replace this packet. It replaces a packet only when the packet was empty on arrival. This packet arrived full, and the borrower spilled it after taking it home. The rule is printed on the lending card.

Every bus the transit yard washed last night is in bay 2. No bus in bay 2 failed the dawn brake check. Bus 15 failed the dawn brake check. The check sheet hangs on the bay door, and the night crew signed the wash list before leaving.

Broken gauges became less common after the weather cooperative built shelters over them. The cooperative concludes that the shelters, rather than a calmer season, explain the drop. The gauges are the same set as the year before.

Sketches from the museum portfolio arrived uncockled on a trip after the registrar hinged them. The registrar concludes that the hinges, rather than lower humidity in the truck, explain the sound arrival. The trip used the usual crate.

Every loaf on the bakery cooperative's morning rack was mixed with the rye starter. No loaf mixed with the rye starter contains dairy. The front loaf is on the morning rack. The rack is the one beside the counter, and the front loaf faces the door.