LSAT Prep Questions and Answer Rated A
LOGICAL:
Response (A) is incorrect since we can
Laird: Pure research provides us with new determine, based on their statements, that Laird
technologies that contribute to saving lives. Even and Kim agree that pure research "derives its
more worthwhile than this, however, is its role in significance in part from its providing new
expanding our knowledge and providing new, technologies." Laird explicitly cites the value of
unexplored ideas. pure research with respect to providing new
technologies. Kim indicates agreement with (A),
Kim: Your priorities are mistaken. Saving lives is at least in the case of medical technologies, by
what counts most of all. Without pure research, asserting that "Without pure research, medicine
medicine would not be as advanced as it is. would not be as advanced as it is."
A) Laird and Kim disagree on whether pure Response (B) is incorrect since we can
research determine, based on their statements, that Laird
derives its significance in part from its providing and Kim would likely agree that pure research
new technologies "expands the boundaries of our knowledge of
medicine." Laird notes that pure research
B) expands the boundaries of our knowledge of provides us with new technologies that have
medicine medical applications. Kim points out that "Without
pure research, medicine would not be as
C) should have the saving of human lives as an advanced as it is."
important goal
Response (C) is incorrect. Kim indicates
D) has its most valuable achievements in agreement that pure research "should have the
medical applications saving of human lives as an important goal" since
Kim's position is that "Saving lives is what counts
E)has any value apart from its role in providing most of all." Since Laird cites the saving of lives
new technologies to save lives - -Correct as one way in which pure research is worthwhile
Answer: D or valuable, Laird
Difficulty Level: Medium
This question asks you to identify the point on LOGICAL:
which Laird and Kim disagree with respect to
pure research. Laird identifies two contributions Executive: We recently ran a set of
of pure research: its medical applications advertisements in the print version of a travel
("technologies that contribute to saving lives") magazine and on that magazine's website. We
and its role in expanding knowledge and were unable to get any direct information about
providing new ideas. Of these, Laird considers consumer response to the print ads. However,
the second contribution to be more worthwhile. we found that consumer response to the ads on
Kim, on the other hand, maintains that "Saving the website was much more limited than is typical
lives is what counts most of all." Since pure for website ads. We concluded that consumer
research saves lives through medical response to the print ads was probably below par
applications, Kim disagrees with Laird about as well.
whether pure research has its most valuable
achievements in medical applications. The The executive's reasoning does which one of the
correct response, therefore, is (D). following?
, LSAT Prep Questions and Answer Rated A
conclude that certain events are likely to have
A) bases a prediction of the intensity of a transpired on the basis of what was known to
phenomenon on information about the intensity have transpired in a similar case, but no
of that phenomenon's cause distinction can be made in the executive's
argument between events of a general kind and a
B) uses information about the typical frequency particular event of that kind. There are two types
of events of a general kind to draw a conclusion of event in play in the executive's argument and
about the probability of a particular event of that they are of the same level of generality—the
kind response to the website ads and the response to
the print ads.
C) infers a statistical generalization from claims
about a large number of specific instances Response (C) is incorrect. The executive does
not infer a statistical generalization, which would
D) uses a case in which direct evidence is involve generalizing about a population on the
available to draw a conclusio - -Correct basis of a statistical sample. The executive
Answer: D merely draws a conclu
Difficulty Level: Easy
This question asks you to identify how the LOGICAL:
executive's reasoning proceeds. The ads
discussed by the executive appeared in two During the construction of the Quebec Bridge in
places—in a magazine and on the magazine's 1907, the bridge's designer, Theodore Cooper,
website. Some information is available received word that the suspended span being
concerning the effect of the website ads on built out from the bridge's cantilever was
consumers, but no consumer response deflecting downward by a fraction of an inch
information is available about the print ads. The (2.54 centimeters). Before he could telegraph to
executive's remarks suggest that the ads that freeze the project, the whole cantilever arm broke
appeared in print and on the website were off and plunged, along with seven dozen workers,
basically the same, or very similar. The executive into the St. Lawrence River. It was the worst
reasoned that information about the effect of the bridge construction disaster in history. As a direct
website ads could be used as evidence for an result of the inquiry that followed, the engineering
inference about how the print ads likely "rules of thumb" by which thousands of bridges
performed. The executive thus used the analogy had been built around the world went down with
between the print ads and the website ads to the Quebec Bridge. Twentieth-century bridge
infer something about the print ads. (D), engineers would thereafter depend on far more
therefore, is the correct response. rigorous applications of mathematical analysis.
Response (A) is incorrect. The executive's Which one of the following statements can be
conclusion about the likely consumer response to properly inferred from the passage?
the print ads does not constitute a prediction, but
rather a judgment about events that have already A) Bridges built before about 1907 were built
transpired. Moreover, the executive's conclusion without thorough mathematical an - -
is not based on any reasoning about the cause Correct Answer: E
of the consumer response to the print ads. Difficulty Level: Medium
Response (B) is incorrect. The executive does The question asks you to identify the response
LOGICAL:
Response (A) is incorrect since we can
Laird: Pure research provides us with new determine, based on their statements, that Laird
technologies that contribute to saving lives. Even and Kim agree that pure research "derives its
more worthwhile than this, however, is its role in significance in part from its providing new
expanding our knowledge and providing new, technologies." Laird explicitly cites the value of
unexplored ideas. pure research with respect to providing new
technologies. Kim indicates agreement with (A),
Kim: Your priorities are mistaken. Saving lives is at least in the case of medical technologies, by
what counts most of all. Without pure research, asserting that "Without pure research, medicine
medicine would not be as advanced as it is. would not be as advanced as it is."
A) Laird and Kim disagree on whether pure Response (B) is incorrect since we can
research determine, based on their statements, that Laird
derives its significance in part from its providing and Kim would likely agree that pure research
new technologies "expands the boundaries of our knowledge of
medicine." Laird notes that pure research
B) expands the boundaries of our knowledge of provides us with new technologies that have
medicine medical applications. Kim points out that "Without
pure research, medicine would not be as
C) should have the saving of human lives as an advanced as it is."
important goal
Response (C) is incorrect. Kim indicates
D) has its most valuable achievements in agreement that pure research "should have the
medical applications saving of human lives as an important goal" since
Kim's position is that "Saving lives is what counts
E)has any value apart from its role in providing most of all." Since Laird cites the saving of lives
new technologies to save lives - -Correct as one way in which pure research is worthwhile
Answer: D or valuable, Laird
Difficulty Level: Medium
This question asks you to identify the point on LOGICAL:
which Laird and Kim disagree with respect to
pure research. Laird identifies two contributions Executive: We recently ran a set of
of pure research: its medical applications advertisements in the print version of a travel
("technologies that contribute to saving lives") magazine and on that magazine's website. We
and its role in expanding knowledge and were unable to get any direct information about
providing new ideas. Of these, Laird considers consumer response to the print ads. However,
the second contribution to be more worthwhile. we found that consumer response to the ads on
Kim, on the other hand, maintains that "Saving the website was much more limited than is typical
lives is what counts most of all." Since pure for website ads. We concluded that consumer
research saves lives through medical response to the print ads was probably below par
applications, Kim disagrees with Laird about as well.
whether pure research has its most valuable
achievements in medical applications. The The executive's reasoning does which one of the
correct response, therefore, is (D). following?
, LSAT Prep Questions and Answer Rated A
conclude that certain events are likely to have
A) bases a prediction of the intensity of a transpired on the basis of what was known to
phenomenon on information about the intensity have transpired in a similar case, but no
of that phenomenon's cause distinction can be made in the executive's
argument between events of a general kind and a
B) uses information about the typical frequency particular event of that kind. There are two types
of events of a general kind to draw a conclusion of event in play in the executive's argument and
about the probability of a particular event of that they are of the same level of generality—the
kind response to the website ads and the response to
the print ads.
C) infers a statistical generalization from claims
about a large number of specific instances Response (C) is incorrect. The executive does
not infer a statistical generalization, which would
D) uses a case in which direct evidence is involve generalizing about a population on the
available to draw a conclusio - -Correct basis of a statistical sample. The executive
Answer: D merely draws a conclu
Difficulty Level: Easy
This question asks you to identify how the LOGICAL:
executive's reasoning proceeds. The ads
discussed by the executive appeared in two During the construction of the Quebec Bridge in
places—in a magazine and on the magazine's 1907, the bridge's designer, Theodore Cooper,
website. Some information is available received word that the suspended span being
concerning the effect of the website ads on built out from the bridge's cantilever was
consumers, but no consumer response deflecting downward by a fraction of an inch
information is available about the print ads. The (2.54 centimeters). Before he could telegraph to
executive's remarks suggest that the ads that freeze the project, the whole cantilever arm broke
appeared in print and on the website were off and plunged, along with seven dozen workers,
basically the same, or very similar. The executive into the St. Lawrence River. It was the worst
reasoned that information about the effect of the bridge construction disaster in history. As a direct
website ads could be used as evidence for an result of the inquiry that followed, the engineering
inference about how the print ads likely "rules of thumb" by which thousands of bridges
performed. The executive thus used the analogy had been built around the world went down with
between the print ads and the website ads to the Quebec Bridge. Twentieth-century bridge
infer something about the print ads. (D), engineers would thereafter depend on far more
therefore, is the correct response. rigorous applications of mathematical analysis.
Response (A) is incorrect. The executive's Which one of the following statements can be
conclusion about the likely consumer response to properly inferred from the passage?
the print ads does not constitute a prediction, but
rather a judgment about events that have already A) Bridges built before about 1907 were built
transpired. Moreover, the executive's conclusion without thorough mathematical an - -
is not based on any reasoning about the cause Correct Answer: E
of the consumer response to the print ads. Difficulty Level: Medium
Response (B) is incorrect. The executive does The question asks you to identify the response
