LSAT 118 – Section 1 – Question 19
LSAT 118 - Section 1 - Question 19
December 2004You need a full course to see this video. Enroll now and get started in less than a minute.
Target time: 1:53
This is question data from the 7Sage LSAT Scorer. You can score your LSATs, track your results, and analyze your performance with pretty charts and vital statistics - all with a Free Account ← sign up in less than 10 seconds
Question QuickView |
Type | Tags | Answer Choices |
Curve | Question Difficulty |
Psg/Game/S Difficulty |
Explanation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PT118 S1 Q19 |
+LR
| Strengthen +Streng Causal Reasoning +CausR | A
65%
167
B
5%
160
C
5%
161
D
16%
161
E
8%
159
|
147 158 169 |
+Harder | 148.411 +SubsectionMedium |
Summarize Argument
People claim that excessively restrictive policies on natural resources make it financially difficult to adopt and sustain environmental policies. Their evidence is that North American and western Europe are more heavily forested and have better air quality than 50 years ago.
Notable Assumptions
The people in question assume that North America and western Europe not only didn’t adopt restrictive policies on natural resources in the last 50 years, but that North America and western Europe also implemented effective environmental policies that relied on wealth. If clean air and forestation somehow came in spite of government policies, then these people wouldn’t have a very convincing argument.
A
Nations sustain their wealth largely through industrial use of the natural resources found within their boundaries.
If nations restrict their natural resource use, they restrict their primary source of wealth. Thus, restrictive laws on natural resource use absolutely would diminish nations’ wealth.
B
The more advanced the technology used in a nation’s industries, the greater is that nation’s ability to devote a portion of its resources to social programs.
We don’t care about technology. This doesn’t factor into the argument.
C
A majority of ecological disasters arise from causes that are beyond human control.
We don’t care about ecological disasters. We’re talking about the ecological damage governments can control through policy.
D
If a compromise between the proponents of economic growth and the environmentalists had been enacted rather than the current policies, the environment would have seen significantly less improvement.
We have no idea what that compromise would look like. Nor do we know what policies environmentalists advocated for.
E
The concern demonstrated by a nation for the health and integrity of its natural ecosystems leads to an increase in that nation’s wealth.
This relationship doesn’t appear in the argument. The causal relationship is: more wealth causes more environmental protection.
Take PrepTest
Review Results
LSAT PrepTest 118 Explanations
Section 1 - Logical Reasoning
- Question 01
- Question 02
- Question 03
- Question 04
- Question 06
- Question 07
- Question 08
- Question 09
- Question 10
- Question 11
- Question 12
- Question 13
- Question 14
- Question 15
- Question 16
- Question 17
- Question 18
- Question 19
- Question 20
- Question 21
- Question 22
- Question 23
- Question 24
- Question 25
- Question 26
Section 2 - Reading Comprehension
- Passage 1 – Passage
- Passage 1 – Questions
- Passage 2 – Passage
- Passage 2 – Questions
- Passage 3 – Passage
- Passage 3 – Questions
- Passage 4 – Passage
- Passage 4 – Questions
Section 3 - Logical Reasoning
- Question 01
- Question 02
- Question 03
- Question 04
- Question 05
- Question 06
- Question 07
- Question 08
- Question 09
- Question 10
- Question 11
- Question 12
- Question 13
- Question 14
- Question 15
- Question 16
- Question 17
- Question 18
- Question 19
- Question 20
- Question 21
- Question 23
- Question 24
- Question 25
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment. You can get a free account here.