LSAT 116 – Section 2 – Question 17

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June 2004

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Question QuickView	Type	Tags	Answer Choices	Curve This gives you an idea of how this question is “curved”— in other words, what level of scorer is likely to get this question right. It shows a model of scaled LSAT score vs probability of getting the question correct. It is based on student test results for each question. The gray bar extends from the score for a 25% chance, to the score for a 75% chance of getting the question correct. The black line in the middle is the score for a 50% chance of getting the question correct. The percentage at the right is the expected chance of someone with the same score as you on that PrepTest getting that question correct	Question Difficulty	Psg/Game/S Difficulty	Explanation
PT116 S2 Q17	+LR	Must be true +MBT Conditional Reasoning +CondR Quantifier +Quant	A 4% 156 B 2% 155 C 29% 158 D 2% 156 E 63% 166	151 159 166	+Harder	146.822 +SubsectionMedium

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No small countries and no countries in the southern hemisphere have permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council. Each of the five countries with a permanent seat on the Security Council is in favor of increased international peacekeeping efforts and a greater role for the United Nations in moderating regional disputes. However, some countries that are in favor of increased international peacekeeping efforts are firmly against increased spending on refugees by the United Nations.

Summary

If a country has a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, then that country is not a small country and not a country in the southern hemisphere. Each country with a permanent seat is in favor of increased international peacekeeping efforts and a greater role for the United Nations in moderating regional disputes. However, some countries in favor of increased international peacekeeping efforts are firmly against increased spending on refugees.

Notable Valid Inferences

Some countries in favor of a greater role for the United Nations in regional disputes are not countries in the southern hemisphere.
Some countries in favor of increased international peacekeeping efforts are not small countries.
Some countries in favor of a greater role for the United Nations in regional disputes are not small countries.

Some small countries do not want the United Nations to increase its spending on refugees.

Could be false. We only have information in the stimulus about countries that are not small countries. This answer choice is outside of the scope of our conditions.

Some countries in the southern hemisphere are not in favor of increased international peacekeeping efforts.

Could be false. We only have information in the stimulus about countries that are not in the southern hemisphere. This answer choice is outside of the scope of our conditions.

Some countries that have permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council are against increased spending on refugees by the United Nations.

Could be false. This answer is a popular invalid inference form. It is possible that no countries with permanent seats are against increased spending on refugees.

Some small countries are in favor of a greater role for the United Nations in moderating regional disputes.

Could be false. We only have information in the stimulus about countries that are not small countries. This answer choice is outside of the scope of our conditions.

Some countries that are in favor of a greater role for the United Nations in moderating regional disputes are not located in the southern hemisphere.

Must be true. You can always make “some” inferences between “all” statements that branch off from a common sufficient condition. There must always be some overlap between “all” statements.

LSAT 116 – Section 2 – Question 17

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