LSAT 105 – Section 2 – Question 13

LSAT 105 - Section 2 - Question 13

February 1999

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT105 S2 Q13
+LR
+Exp
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
Net Effect +NetEff
Analogy +An
A
2%
163
B
1%
159
C
6%
156
D
90%
165
E
1%
157
126
138
149
 +Easier 145.978 +SubsectionMedium

Yolanda: Gaining access to computers without authorization and manipulating the data and programs they contain is comparable to joyriding in stolen cars; both involve breaking into private property and treating it recklessly. Joyriding, however, is the more dangerous crime because it physically endangers people, whereas only intellectual property is harmed in the case of computer crimes.

Arjun: I disagree! For example, unauthorized use of medical records systems in hospitals could damage data systems on which human lives depend, and therefore computer crimes also cause physical harm to people.

Speaker 1 Summary
Yolanda concludes that joyriding is more dangerous than accessing computers without authorization and manipulating the computer’s data or programs. This is because joyriding physically endangers people, whereas the computer crime only harms property.

Speaker 2 Summary
Arjun concludes that joyriding is not more dangerous than the computer crime. This is because unauthorized use of medical records systems might can causes physical harm to people by potentially damaging hospital data systems.

Objective
We’re looking for a point of disagreement. The speakers disagree on whether joyriding more dangerous than the computer crime. Yolanda thinks it is. Arjun thinks it’s not.

A
whether joyriding physically endangers human lives
Arjun doesn’t express an opinion. Arjun doesn’t say anything about joyriding or whether it endangers people physically.
B
whether the unauthorized manipulation of computer data involves damage to private property
Arjun doesn’t express an opinion or agrees. He points out that access to records systems could damage data systems. If data systems are property, then Arjun agrees that the computer crime can damage property. If data systems are not property, then he says nothing about property.
C
whether damage to physical property is more criminal than damage to intellectual property
Neither speaker has an opinion. The dispute is about which crime is more dangerous. Nobody connects the level of danger to what should be more or less criminal.
D
whether the unauthorized use of computers is as dangerous to people as is joyriding
This is a point of disagreement. Yolanda thinks the unauthorized use of computers is not as dangerous to people as is joyriding. Arjun thinks it is, because of the potential of computer access to damage hospital records, which in turn can damage people.
E
whether treating private property recklessly is ever a dangerous crime
Yolanda doesn’t express an opinion. She believes a crime that hurts only intellectual property isn’t as dangerous as joyriding. But she’s open to the computer crime being dangerous; just not as dangerous. And, she doesn’t say anything about crimes involving physical property.

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