LSAT 118 – Section 1 – Question 26

LSAT 118 - Section 1 - Question 26

December 2004

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT118 S1 Q26
+LR
Strengthen +Streng
Causal Reasoning +CausR
A
12%
160
B
2%
158
C
7%
159
D
4%
158
E
75%
166
146
155
164
 +Harder 148.411 +SubsectionMedium

Rapid population growth can be disastrous for a small city. Ideally there should be at least one municipal employee for every hundred residents; when too many people move in at once, city services responsible for utilities and permits are quickly overloaded. Most city budgets do not allow for the immediate hiring of new staff.

Summarize Argument
The author concludes that rapid population growth can be disastrous for small towns. This is because population surges can overload city services, which usually can’t be fixed by more hiring.

Notable Assumptions
The author assumes that city budgets don’t grow when new residents move into a city. This is why city budgets can’t hire help to fix problems caused by an influx of newcomers.

A
During budget shortages, small cities tend to place a high priority on basic municipal services while cutting back on less essential services.
The author doesn’t say anything about a budget shortage.
B
New residents of any city bring with them new ideas about how a city should be run.
The author doesn’t say the city ends up divided. The city’s services are simply overloaded.
C
Some large cities can absorb rapid population growth more readily than many small cities can.
This might be true. However, the author’s argument is about why cities struggle to absorb rapid population growth.
D
A low unemployment rate is one of the main reasons that new residents move to a city.
This is irrelevant. We don’t care why people moved to the city in the first place.
E
New residents of most small cities do not start paying city taxes for at least a year.
The city’s budget won’t increase until the new year, but city services are already overloaded. Thus, a quick population increase will make life very hard in the city.

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