LSAT 125 – Section 2 – Question 08

LSAT 125 - Section 2 - Question 08

June 2008

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT125 S2 Q08
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
Principle +Princ
Rule-Application +RuleApp
A
95%
163
B
3%
157
C
1%
149
D
1%
153
E
0%
149
121
131
142
 +Easiest 145.417 +SubsectionEasier

A clear advantage of digital technology over traditional printing is that digital documents, being patterns of electronic signals rather than patterns of ink on paper, do not generate waste in the course of their production and use. However, because patterns of electronic signals are necessarily ephemeral, a digital document can easily be destroyed and lost forever.

Summary
Digital technology has an advantage over traditional printing because digital documents do not generate waste during their production and use. However, because digital documents are patterns of electronic signals, a digital document could easily be destroyed and lost forever.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
A characteristic that is advantageous in one circumstance may nonetheless be disadvantageous in a different circumstance.

A
A property of a technology may constitute an advantage in one set of circumstances and a disadvantage in others.
Digital technology has simultaneously an advantage and disadvantage. It is advantageous in that it does not produce waste, but disadvantageous in that it is more susceptible to being destroyed and lost forever.
B
What at first appears to be an advantage of a technology may create more problems than it solves.
We don’t know whether digital technology creates more problems than it solves.
C
It is more important to be able to preserve information than it is for information to be easily accessible.
We don’t know whether preserving information is a more important consideration than accessibility.
D
Innovations in document storage technologies sometimes decrease, but never eliminate, the risk of destroying documents.
We don’t know whether innovations in document storage technologies ever decrease the risk of destroying documents. We only know that there is some amount of risk present.
E
Advances in technology can lead to increases in both convenience and environmental soundness.
We don’t know whether technological advances can lead to increases in convenience. The only advantage the stimulus provides for digital technology is that it does not generate waste.

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