LSAT 127 – Section 3 – Question 05

LSAT 127 - Section 3 - Question 05

December 2003

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
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PT127 S3 Q05
+LR
Main conclusion or main point +MC
Net Effect +NetEff
A
1%
155
B
3%
155
C
0%
152
D
92%
165
E
4%
158
129
139
149
 +Easier 146.462 +SubsectionMedium

Gardener: Researchers encourage us to allow certain kinds of weeds to grow among garden vegetables because they can repel caterpillars from the garden. While it is wise to avoid unnecessary use of insecticides, the researchers’ advice is premature. For all we know, those kinds of weeds can deplete the soil of nutrients and moisture that garden crops depend on, and might even attract other kinds of damaging pests.

Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
The gardener claims that researchers’ advice to allow certain caterpillar repelling weeds to grow with garden vegetables is premature. It is possible that growing those weeds has downsides that are unknown - like increasing the presence of other pests or depleting the soil - and could damage the garden crops.

Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is the gardener’s claim about the cited advice: “the researchers' advice is premature.”

A
To the extent that it is possible to do so, we should eliminate the use of insecticides in gardening.
This inaccurately rephrases a concession point in the author’s argument. The author agrees that unnecessary insecticide use should be avoided, but doesn’t go as far as to say use should be eliminated.
B
Allowing certain kinds of weeds to grow in vegetable gardens may contribute to a net increase in unwanted garden pests.
This is a possibility the gardener addresses in the premises to show that the advice is premature because it may have big drawbacks.
C
Allowing the right kinds of weeds to grow in vegetable gardens can help toward controlling caterpillars without the use of insecticides.
This is the researchers’ reasoning in the context for why they recommend growing certain weeds. The gardener brings up other considerations against that recommendation.
D
We should be cautious about the practice of allowing certain kinds of weeds to grow among garden vegetables.
This answer choice accurately rephrases the gardener’s conclusion. The researcher’s advice (growing certain weeds among garden vegetables) is premature (we should be cautious about it).
E
We should be skeptical about the extent to which certain kinds of weeds can reduce the presence of caterpillars in gardens.
The gardener does not refute the researchers’ claim that the weeds reduce caterpillars. She claims that although there may be that benefit, the advice is premature because it may have other downsides.

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