LSAT 114 – Section 1 – Question 04

LSAT 114 - Section 1 - Question 04

October 2002

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1%
150
B
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150
C
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162
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An anthropologist hypothesized that a certain medicinal powder contained a significant amount of the deadly toxin T. When the test she performed for the presence of toxin T was negative, the anthropologist did not report the results. A chemist who nevertheless learned about the test results charged the anthropologist with fraud. The anthropologist, however, countered that those results were invalid because the powder had inadvertently been tested in an acidic solution.

Summarize Argument
The anthropologist claims that she didn’t commit fraud. This is because her test results were invalid after being accidentally exposed to an acidic solution.

Notable Assumptions
The anthropologist assumes exposure to an acidic solution rendered the test results invalid. She also assumes that she was not obliged to report these results in any form.

A
The anthropologist had evidence from field work that the medicinal powder was typically prepared using toxin T.
The anthropologist isn’t arguing about T. She’s arguing about whether she committed fraud by not revealing the test results.
B
The activity level of toxin T tends to decline if the powder is stored for a long time.
Like (A), the anthropologist isn’t arguing about T. She’s arguing about whether she committed fraud by not revealing the test results.
C
When it is put into an acidic solution, toxin T becomes undetectable.
The acidic solution totally compromises any experiment involving the toxin T. Thus, the test results truly were invalid.
D
A fresh batch of powder for a repeat analysis was available at the time of the test.
This seems to harm the anthropologist’s argument. She could’ve repeated the test but chose not to, presumably because she was worried about the disconfirming results.
E
The type of analysis used was insensitive to very small amounts of toxin T.
The test used a significant amount of toxin T.

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