The Law School Admission Test or LSAT is a standardized test that is administered to prospective law school students. The LSAT is offered throughout the world, contains about 101 questions in which students are given three hours to complete. It is like many other standardized tests in that there is no penalty for guessing which means that every question on the exam should be answered. Before test day, it is recommended that students prepare for the exam by studying and taking LSAT practice tests. Students should be sure to study for each section of the exam and focus extra attention on the sections in which they received a low score on their practice test. While many different test forms are used on the LSAT exam day, each test contains five sections. These sections include analytical reasoning, logical reasoning, reading and comprehension, a writing sample and an experimental section. The analytical reasoning section contains 24 questions which must be completed within 35 minutes. While the logical reasoning section contains 24 to 26 questions which must be completed in 35 minutes, the reading comprehension section contains 26 to 28 questions and must be completed in 35 minutes. Finally, the writing section requires one writing sample that the examinee has 35 minutes to complete and the experimental section contains a variable amount of questions that must be completed in 35 minutes. Once a prospective law school student understand what to expect on the LSAT, he or she can begin to study vigorously and take practice tests frequently in order to master the content, format and timing of the exam. LSAT practice tests are available online for free, are in most LSAT prep books and are also offered as a part of LSAT preparatory classes. It is best to try to mimic the conditions of test day. Therefore, LSAT practice tests should be taken in a quiet room, timed and using the same constraints that are used during the actual exam. Once the student is receiving practice test scores close to what they hope to achieve on the actual LSAT, they should register for the exam and continue to study and prepare up to the exam date.