LSAT Practice Problem (Answer)

Thursday, we posted a 170+ level LSAT question. Below is the answer and explanation. How’d you do?

Correct answer:       E

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LSAT Practice Problem

Every Thursday we post a 170+ level LSAT question here on our blog, and post the answer and explanation the following day. Do you have what it takes?

Old age in many ways is like childhood in reverse, where instead of becoming more independent and competent as the years advance, the elderly may become more dependent and less competent. So just as children go through textbook stages of mental and physical development, the elderly ______.

Which one of the following most logically completes the argument?

(A)    are trained and educated to reach their full potential
(B)    experience foreseeable development in their mental and physical faculties
(C)    look ahead to what the future may hold
(D)    triumph in their growth and advancements
(E)    undergo predictable decline in mental and physical capabilities

Add comment September 19th, 2008

LSAT Practice Problem (Answer)

Thursday, we posted a 170+ level LSAT question. Below is the answer and explanation. How’d you do?

Correct answer:       E

Add comment September 12th, 2008

LSAT Practice Problem

Every Thursday we post a 170+ level LSAT question here on our blog, and post the answer and explanation the following day. Do you have what it takes?

All Manx cats lack tails. All Persian cats have long, bushy tails. Each of Rachel’s cats is a cross between a Manx and a Persian. Therefore, Rachel’s cats have short tails with short hair.

Which one of the following uses flawed reasoning that most closely resembles the flawed reasoning used in the argument above?

(A)    All doctors know chemistry. All architects know geometry. Camilla has worked both as a doctor and as an architect. Therefore, Camilla knows both chemistry and geometry.

(B)    All of the apples are fresh and ripe. All of the strawberries are rotten. Half of the fruit in the refrigerator is fresh and ripe, and half of the fruit is rotten. Therefore, half of the fruit in the refrigerator are apples and half of the fruit are strawberries.

(C)    All of the employees at Barns & Stables live on Long Island. All of the employees at Basket & Barrel live in Connecticut. Members of the Pasquale family work at both Barns & Stables and Basket & Barrel. Therefore, some members of the Pasquale family live on Long Island and some live in Connecticut.

(D)    All teachers who prepare good lesson plans teach well. However, some teachers who do not prepare good lesson plans also teach well. Jack prepares somewhat good lesson plans. Therefore, Jack is a somewhat good teacher.

(E)    All type A drugs cause drowsiness. No type B drugs cause drowsiness. This drug is a mixture of a type A drug and a type B drug. Therefore, this drug causes moderate drowsiness.

Add comment September 11th, 2008

LSAT Practice Problem (Answer)

Thursday, we posted a 170+ level LSAT question. Below is the answer and explanation. How’d you do?

Correct answer:       C

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LSAT Practice Problem

Every Thursday we post a 170+ level LSAT question here on our blog, and post the answer and explanation the following day. Do you have what it takes?

Abigail, a brilliant and successful student, will never satisfy the requirements to get into a top university because the needed grades, accomplishments, and recommendations required for admittance to such an institution are not attainable by Abigail in her pursuit of admission to a top university.

Which of the following most accurately describes a flaw in the reasoning above?

(A)    It assumes without justification that Abigail wants to get into a top university.
(B)    It confuses factors that are necessary for admission to a top university with those that would guarantee admission to a top university.
(C)    It presents a circular argument, using evidence identical to the conclusion.
(D)    It relies upon a nonrepresentative sample of students who are admitted to top universities.
(E)    It uses evidence that leads to a conclusion opposite to the one it seeks to establish.

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LSAT Practice Problem (Answer)

Thursday, we posted a 170+ level LSAT question. Below is the answer and explanation. How’d you do?

Answer: C

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LSAT Practice Problem

Every Thursday we post a 170+ level LSAT question here on our blog, and post the answer and explanation the following day. Do you have what it takes?

A member of the advisory board for Emerson University argued that the degree program in liberal arts and its supporting curricula should be removed from the course offerings and emphasis placed on traditional degree programs offering preparation in specific fields such as business and the sciences. He contended that a graduate stands a better chance of finding meaningful employment with one of these majors. The board member further argued that a liberal arts major has very little chance of finding gainful employment to justify the cost of his or her education upon graduation. 

Which one of the following, if true, most weakens the support offered by the board member for the claim concerning the greater value of a business or science education over liberal arts?

A.  College students seldom carry the cost of their educations themselves.
B.  In light of corporate scandals such as Enron, greater emphasis has been placed on ethics courses.
C.  Job projections for the next ten years show the greatest demand for college graduates with broad educational backgrounds.
D.  Jobs exist for specialized professions other than business and the sciences. 
E.  The true value of an education does not lie in its ability to provide an individual with a job.

Add comment August 7th, 2008

LSAT Practice Problem (Answer)

Thursday, we posted a 170+ level LSAT question. Below is the answer and explanation. How’d you do?

Answer: A

The discrepancy here is that one type of book (textbooks) sold at the bookstore has ridden in price, while the average price of all books has gone done. Obviously, some other type or types of books sold in the bookstore must have gone down to more than offset the rise in price of the textbooks. Only (A) explains a drop in price in other books sold, so (A) is the correct answer. (B) and (C) touch on the issue of purchasing books, but neither explain why the average price of books has gone down. (D) is somewhat similar to the correct answer in (A), but it fails in not saying anything about the price of books which is necessary to explain the discrepancy. (E) is wrong because, even though it explains why the cost of textbooks has gone up, it says nothing about why the average price of books has gone down. 

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LSAT Practice Problem

Every Thursday we post a 170+ level LSAT question here on our blog, and post the answer and explanation the following day. Do you have what it takes?

The price of the average college textbook sold in the campus bookstore has risen by 30% over the past three years. What makes this fluctuation so astounding is that the average price of all books sold in the campus bookstore has actually gone down over that same period.

Which of the following, if true, best accounts for the discrepancy above?

A. Many professors have started assigning classic texts which are usually manufactured and sold cheaply, and this has cut into the bookstore’s profit margin.

B. More students now avoid the campus bookstore and instead purchase their books from discount retailers than in the past.

C. Students now use state-provided book vouchers as partial payment for the textbooks they must purchase.

D. The bookstore now sells many more non-academic texts than it did three years ago. 

E. The cost of producing textbooks has risen sharply due to the higher number of editions that publishers must now put out in order to stay current. 

Add comment July 31st, 2008