LSAT 13 – Section 2 – Question 02
LSAT 13 - Section 2 - Question 02
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| Question QuickView |
Type | Tags | Answer Choices |
Curve | Question Difficulty |
Psg/Game/S Difficulty |
Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PT13 S2 Q02 |
+LR
| Method of reasoning or descriptive +Method | A
1%
159
B
5%
161
C
88%
168
D
1%
157
E
4%
160
|
133 144 156 |
+Medium | 148.524 +SubsectionMedium |
Here we have a Method of Reasoning question, which we know from the question stem: “The argument proceeds by…”
After correctly identifying the question type we can use structural analysis to describe the Method of Reasoning used by our speaker. The stimulus begins with a conclusion; garbage in the neighborhood will probably not be collected until Thursday. This conclusion is followed by the author’s explanation. Monday was a public holiday, which will delay the trash collection to Thursday.
By stating the requirements of the collection system, this stimulus brings up and then applies a series of standards to determine what day trash collection will likely occur on. Knowing our answer choice will discuss the rules of the collection system we can proceed into answer choice elimination.
Answer Choice (A) This is not what we are looking for. In order for our argument to be relying on “irrelevant evidence” we would need to see that information clearly in the stimulus. There is nothing directly irrelevant or unrelated to the discussion at hand in the stimulus.
Answer Choice (B) Rather than rule out all of the alternative possibilities, our stimulus has identified the one probable solution on the basis of the rules of the trash collection service. For this reason we can eliminate answer choice B.
Correct Answer Choice (C) This is exactly what we are looking for! This is the only answer choice that correctly describes the speaker’s use of rules to a specific case.
Answer Choice (D) This is not descriptively accurate. This answer choice accuses the argument of generalizing on the basis of one such action. However, there is no particular instance used in the stimulus to draw another conclusion.
Answer Choice (E) Treating something as if it were “inevitable” means treating something as if it is without a doubt going to occur. Without this type of language in the stimulus, we can eliminate answer choice E.
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LSAT PrepTest 13 Explanations
Section 1 - Logic Games
Section 2 - 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 22
- Question 23
- Question 24
- Question 25
- Question 26
Section 3 - 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
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