LSAT 107 – Section 3 – Question 15

LSAT 107 - Section 3 - Question 15

October 1999

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT107 S3 Q15
+LR
+Exp
Most strongly supported +MSS
Causal Reasoning +CausR
A
2%
159
B
10%
160
C
10%
163
D
74%
168
E
4%
158
145
155
165
 +Harder 148.579 +SubsectionMedium

For the condor to survive in the wild, its breeding population must be greatly increased. But because only a few eggs can be produced by a breeding pair over their lifetime, any significant increase in the number of birds depends upon most of these eggs hatching, which is extremely unlikely in the wild due to environmental dangers. One possible way to eliminate the effects of these factors is to breed the birds in captivity and subsequently return them to the wild.

Summary
The author argues that if the condor is to survive in the wild, its population must increase. Their population will increase only if most of the condors' eggs hatch. However, the author suggests this is highly unlikely due to environmental dangers to the eggs. Thus, the author believes that breeding condors in captivity and releasing them into the wild will make the eggs hatching much more likely.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
If most condor eggs do not hatch, the population will not increase, and then the birds will not survive in the wild.

A
The condor as a species will eventually become extinct in the wild.
This is far too strong to support. The author suggests that breeding them in captivity could alleviate the pressures that destroy condor eggs.
B
The best way to save the condor from extinction is to breed it in captivity.
The stimulus does not suggest that breeding condors in captivity is the *best* way to save them from extinction. It is just provided as *a way* to ensure the hatching of more eggs.
C
It is almost impossible to eliminate all the environmental threats to the eggs of condors.
This is too strong to support. The stimulus says that eliminating all of the threats to eggs “in the wild” is extremely unlikely. Not that it is almost impossible in *every* context.
D
If more condor eggs do not hatch, the condor as a species will not survive in the wild.
This is the reasoning in the stimulus. If the condor is to survive, the population must increase. If the population increases, most of the eggs will hatch. Run the contrapositive, and that’s the answer.
E
The most feasible way to save the condor from extinction is to increase egg production.
The stimulus is focused on increasing the hatching success rate, not the rate of egg production itself.

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