LSAT 101 – Section 2 – Question 01

LSAT 101 - Section 2 - Question 01

December 1997

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT101 S2 Q01
+LR
Weaken +Weak
Sampling +Smpl
Link Assumption +LinkA
A
10%
162
B
76%
169
C
4%
163
D
0%
145
E
9%
163
143
154
165
 +Harder 150.088 +SubsectionMedium

Press release: A comprehensive review evaluating the medical studies done up to the present time has found no reason to think that drinking coffee in normal amounts harms the coffee-drinker’s heart. So coffee drinkers can relax and enjoy their beverage—it is safe to drink coffee.

Summarize Argument
The press release concludes that it’s safe to drink coffee. This is because, according to a study, coffee consumed in normal amounts doesn’t harm heart health.

Notable Assumptions
The press release assumes that coffee drinkers are drinking normal amounts of coffee. The press release also assumes that whatever doesn’t harm heart health is safe, which means the press release is assuming that coffee does’t have a negative effect on anything that isn’t heart health.

A
The review was only an evaluation of studies and did not itself undertake to study patients.
The review didn’t have to study patients—the studies themselves did that. This doesn’t give us any reason to believe that the review’s findings are false or of limited scope.
B
The health of the heart is not identical with the general health of the body.
Even though coffee-drinking might not affect the heart, health isn’t just about the heart. This suggests that coffee-drinking might harm some other aspect of health, which weakens the idea that coffee-drinking is safe.
C
Coffee drinkers might choose to eat, along with their coffee, foods containing substances that harm the heart.
We’re concerned with coffee. The press release isn’t saying that “coffee and cake” is safe; it’s saying coffee is.
D
Other beverages besides coffee might contain stimulants that have some effect on the heart.
Like (C), we’re only concerned with how coffee affects health. It doesn’t matter what other beverages do.
E
Drinking unusually large amounts of coffee could be caused by stress that itself directly harms the heart.
This is saying that coffee-drinking is caused by stress, which itself harms the heart. But the press release only concludes about what coffee itself does.

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