LSAT 101 – Section 2 – Question 07

LSAT 101 - Section 2 - Question 07

December 1997

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT101 S2 Q07
+LR
Except +Exc
Weaken +Weak
A
90%
168
B
3%
162
C
1%
160
D
2%
163
E
3%
164
120
132
148
 +Easiest 150.088 +SubsectionMedium

A neighborhood group plans to protest the closing of the neighborhood’s only recreation center on the grounds that to do so would leave the neighborhood without local access to a recreation center. “Our neighborhood already has the most residents per center of any neighborhood in the city,” complained one resident, “and closing this center would make the situation unacceptable since access to recreational facilities is a necessity for this neighborhood.”

Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis
The resident concludes that closing the recreation center would make the situation unacceptable. He supports this by claiming that recreation facilities are a neighborhood necessity, and pointing out that the neighborhood already had more residents per center than any other neighborhood in the city.

Notable Assumptions
The resident assumes that the recreation center was being used enough to justify remaining open. This also means that he assumes a recreation center remaining open should depend on how well-used that center is. The resident also assumes that recreation center in a nearby neighborhood wouldn’t be able to provide adequate access to recreation facilities.

A
A large number of the neighborhood’s residents are unable to travel outside their locality to gain access to recreational facilities.
This means that another recreation center wouldn’t provide adequate access to recreation facilities for neighborhood residents. This supports the resident’s argument that closing the recreation center is unacceptable.
B
Children, the main users of recreational facilities, make up a disproportionately small segment of the neighborhood’s population.
True, the neighborhood has more residents per recreation center than any other neighborhood. But most people who use recreation centers are children, and this neighborhood has very few chilren.
C
Often the recreation center in the neighborhood is open but not being used.
Even when the recreation center is open, people choose not to go. This weakens the resident’s claim that the recreation center is a neighborhood necessity.
D
Programs that are routinely filled at other recreation centers must be canceled at the neighborhood’s recreation center due to lack of interest.
Like (C), this says that people simply aren’t using the recreation center. It weakens the resident’s claim that the recreation center is a neighborhood necessity.
E
As people become more involved in computers and computer games, recreation centers are becoming increasingly less important.
People would rather play video games than go to the recreation center. It simply won’t be used enough to remain open.

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