The LSAT is famously known for their tricky questions.  Anyone who has taken the exam has stories to tell about the type of questions that they were asked on the exam.  For some these questions are straight forward but for most they are more complex then easy to answer.

The question format are as follows:  You are given a set of facts and conditions.  Are you then required to answer the five questions that follow the fact pattern.  Here is an example:

There are exactly three recycling centers in Flint: Center 1, Center 2, and Center 3.  Exactly five kinds of material are recycled at these recycling centers.  Glass, newsprint, plastic, tin, and wood.  Each recycling center recycles at least two but no more than three of these kinds of material.  The following conditions must hold true:

-          Any recycling center that recycles wood also recycles newsprint

-          Every kind of material that Center 2 recycles is also recycled at Center 1

-          Only one of the recycling centers recycles plastic, and that recycling center does not recycle glass.

1.  Which one of the following could be an accurate account of all the kinds of material recycled at each recycling center in Flint?

(A)          Center 1: newsprint, plastic, wood; Center 2: newsprint, wood; Center 3: Glass, tin, wood

(B)          Center 1: glass, newsprint, tin; Center 2: glass, newsprint, tin; Center 3: newsprint, plastic, wood

(C)          Center 1: glass, newsprint, wood; Center 2: glass, newsprint, tin; Center 3: plastic, tin

(D)          Center 1: glass, plastic, tin; Center 2: glass, tin; Center 3: newsprint, wood

(E)          Center 1: newsprint, plastic, wood: Center 2: newsprint, plastic, wood; Center 3: glass, newsprint, tin

2.            Which one of the following is a complete and accurate list of the recycling centers in Flint any one of which could recycle plastic?

(A)          Center 1 Only

(B)          Center 3 Only

(C)          Center 1, Center 2

(D)          Center 1, Center 3

(E)          Center 1, Center 2, Center 3

3.            If Center 2 recycles three kinds of material, then which one of the following kinds of material must Center 3 recycle?

(A)   Glass

(B)   Newsprint

(C)   Plastic

(D)   Tin

(E)    Wood

4.            If each recycling center in Flint recycles exactly three kinds of material, then which one of the following could be true?

(A)  Only center 2 recycles glass

(B)  Only center 3 recycles newsprint

(C)  Only Center 1 recycles plastic

(D)   Only center 1 recycles wood

5.            If Center 3 recycles glass, then which one of the following kinds of material must Center 2 Recycle?

(A)  Glass

(B)  Newsprint

(C)  Plastic

(D)  Tin

(E)   Wood