LSAT 137 – Section 4 – Question 03

LSAT 137 - Section 4 - Question 03

October 2012

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT137 S4 Q03
+LR
Resolve reconcile or explain +RRE
Causal Reasoning +CausR
A
1%
156
B
0%
149
C
90%
164
D
8%
159
E
1%
153
128
139
150
 +Easier 146.883 +SubsectionMedium

Consumption of sugar affects the level of unmetabolized sugar in the blood; the level rises following consumption of sugar. Yet people who consume large amounts of sugar tend to have below-average levels of unmetabolized sugar in their blood.

"Surprising" Phenomenon
Why do people who eat lots of sugar tend to have below-average levels of unmetabolized sugar in their blood, even though eating sugar increases the level of unmetabolized sugar in the blood?

Objective
The correct answer should help explain why people who eat lots of sugar have an unexpectedly low level of unmetabolized sugar in their blood. The correct answer might tell us that these people have a feature or engage in an activity that tends to decrease unmetabolized blood sugar.

A
Persons who are overweight tend to have below-average levels of unmetabolized sugar in their blood.
We don’t know whether people who eat lots of sugar are likely to be overweight. In any case, even if they were, we would still expect sugar consumption to increase their unmetabolized blood sugar.
B
Fruits, vegetables, meats, and dairy products often contain as much sugar as sweets.
The specific food source that provides sugar has no clear impact. We have no reason to think eating sugar from fruit or vegetables wouldn’t be expected to increase unmetabolized blood sugar in the blood.
C
Consuming large amounts of sugar causes the body to secrete abnormally high amounts of insulin, a sugar-metabolizing enzyme.
For people who eat lots of sugar, sugar in the blood could be metabolized at an unusually high rate. This could explain why people who eat lots of sugar have below-average unmetabolized sugar levels.
D
Consuming large amounts of sugar can lead eventually to the failure of the body to produce enough insulin, a sugar-metabolizing enzyme.
This makes the discrepancy more difficult to explain. Less of a sugar-metabolizing enzyme would lead to even higher amounts of unmetabolized sugar in the blood.
E
Sugar passes into the bloodstream before it can be metabolized.
Even if the sugar is metabolized after entering the blood, we’re still left wondering why these people have below-average unmetabolized sugar levels in the blood.

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