LSAT 129 – Section 2 – Question 10

LSAT 129 - Section 2 - Question 10

June 2009

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT129 S2 Q10
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
Principle +Princ
Causal Reasoning +CausR
Rule-Application +RuleApp
A
1%
158
B
79%
166
C
1%
155
D
1%
155
E
18%
159
140
150
160
 +Medium 144.702 +SubsectionEasier

Dairy farmer: On our farm, we have great concern for our cows’ environmental conditions. We have recently made improvements that increase their comfort, such as providing them with special sleeping mattresses. These changes are intended to increase blood flow to the udder. This increased blood flow would boost milk output and thus increase profits.

Summary

A dairy farmer explains that his farm is very concerned about its cows’ environmental conditions. To this end, it recently made improvements that increase the cows’ comfort, such as special mattresses that increase blood flow to the udder. The increased blood flow boosts milk output and raises profits.

Strongly Supported Conclusions

This practice (increasing blood flow to the udder) can also improve the cow’s environmental conditions.

A
Dairy cows cannot have comfortable living conditions unless farmers have some knowledge about the physiology of milk production.

There are no conditions in the stimulus that dictate whether a cow can have comfortable living conditions (much less one that involves knowing the physiology of milk production).

B
Farming practices introduced for the sake of maximizing profits can improve the living conditions of farm animals.

The practice “introduced for the sake of maximizing profits” (special mattresses that increase blood flow) is said to increase the cows' comfort. Thus, this answer choice is supported.

C
More than other farm animals, dairy cows respond favorably to improvements in their living environments.

This has no support and is very difficult to support. The stimulus does not give any information about how cows respond to improvements in living environments, and there is no evidence that they respond more favorably than other farm animals.

D
The productivity of dairy farms should be increased only if the quality of the product is not compromised.

The stimulus does not give any conditions about whether the productivity of a dairy farm should be increased. There is also no mention of the quality of the product.

E
The key to maximizing profits on a dairy farm is having a concern for dairy cows’ environment.

The stimulus only says that the farmer is very concerned about the cows’ conditions and that a change to improve these conditions also led to increased profits. There is no evidence that the *key* to maximizing profits is to have a concern for cows’ environment.

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LSAT PrepTest 129 Explanations

Section 1 - Logical Reasoning

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