LSAT 120 – Section 3 – Question 10

LSAT 120 - Section 3 - Question 10

October 2005

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT120 S3 Q10
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
A
1%
155
B
11%
158
C
81%
164
D
5%
155
E
2%
158
137
147
158
 +Medium 146.629 +SubsectionMedium

Naturalist: To be dependable, the accounting framework used by national economists to advise the government must take into account all of our nation’s assets; but the current accounting framework used by our national economists assigns no value to government-owned natural resources, which are clearly assets.

Summary

If the accounting framework used by national economists is dependable, then the framework must account for all of our nation’s assets. However, the current accounting framework used by national economists assigns no value to government-owned natural resources, which are assets.

Strongly Supported Conclusions

The accounting framework used by national economists is not dependable.

A
Economists’ indifference toward the destruction of natural resources will lead policymakers to make poor decisions.

We don’t know whether national economists are indifferent towards the destruction of natural resources.

B
Naturalists and economists disagree about whether natural resources have value.

We don’t know whether national economists believe natural resources have value or not.

C
The accounting framework used by national economists is not reliable.

The accounting framework must be unreliable since it fails the requirement of accounting for all of the nation’s assets.

D
Natural resources are a vital economic asset for every nation.

We don’t know whether natural resources are an asset for every nation. The stimulus is limited to the Naturalist’s nation.

E
Changes in the environment have a value that is not represented in any accounting framework.

We don’t know if changes in the environment are not accounted for in any accounting framework.

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