LSAT 137 – Section 3 – Question 05

LSAT 137 - Section 3 - Question 05

October 2012

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT137 S3 Q05
+LR
+Exp
Argument part +AP
Net Effect +NetEff
A
2%
156
B
0%
149
C
0%
153
D
96%
164
E
1%
150
126
135
143
 +Easier 146.416 +SubsectionMedium

Dogs learn best when they are trained using both voice commands and hand signals. After all, a recent study shows that dogs who were trained using both voice commands and hand signals were twice as likely to obey as were dogs who were trained using only voice commands.

Summarize Argument
Dogs learn best when trained with both voice commands and hand signals. How do we know? In a recent study, dogs trained with both methods were twice as likely to obey instructions compared to dogs trained with only voice commands.

Identify Argument Part
The referenced text is the conclusion. The rest of the argument supports the claim by citing a study.

A
It is an explicit premise of the argument.
The referenced text is a conclusion. Premises, such as the one about the study, support conclusions.
B
It is an implicit assumption of the argument.
If it’s referenced text, it can’t be an implicit assumption! The referenced text is very explicitly the argument’s conclusion.
C
It is a statement of background information offered to help facilitate understanding the issue in the argument.
It’s not background information. It’s a claim that requires support, which the author provides in the form of a recent study.
D
It is a statement that the argument claims is supported by the study.
The referenced text is a supported claim, or in other words, a conclusion. The author supports her claim about dogs learning best with both hand signals and voice commands by citing a recent study. This works!
E
It is an intermediate conclusion that is offered as direct support for the argument’s main conclusion.
There’s only one conclusion in the argument—that dogs learn best with both hand signals and voice commands, which is exactly what the referenced text says.

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