LSAT 138 – Section 2 – Question 01

LSAT 138 - Section 2 - Question 01

December 2012

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PT138 S2 Q01
+LR
Inference +Inf
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
Rule-Application +RuleApp
A
0%
145
B
4%
154
C
95%
164
D
0%
153
E
0%
160
127
136
144
 +Easier 147.395 +SubsectionMedium

Technician: Laboratory mice that are used for research aimed at improving human health are usually kept in small cages. Such an environment is neither normal nor healthy for mice. Moreover, the reliability of research using animals is diminished if those animals are not in an environment that is normal for them.

Summary

Keeping animals in an environment that isn’t normal for them reduces the reliability of the research that those animals are used in.

Lab mice that are used in research for human health are usually kept in small cages.

Small cages are not a normal or healthy environment for mice.

Very Strongly Supported Conclusions

Keeping lab mice in small cages reduces the reliability of the research that those mice are used in.

The reliability of research for human health using lab mice is diminished because the mice are kept in small cages.

A
The conditions under which laboratory mice are kept are not likely to change in the near future.

Unsupported. We only know that lab mice used in research for human health are usually kept in small cages currently. This might or might not change in the near future.

B
If laboratory mice were kept under better conditions, it would be appropriate to use them for research aimed at improving human health.

Unsupported. The reliability of current health research is reduced because mice are kept in small cages. But we don't know how better conditions would impact the research. The technician also doesn’t mention whether it's "appropriate" to use lab mice for research.

C
Research using laboratory mice that is aimed at improving human health is compromised by the conditions under which the mice are kept.

Very strongly supported. Human health research using lab mice is compromised because the mice are kept in an environment that isn’t normal for them, which reduces the reliability of the research they’re used in.

D
Those who conduct research aimed at improving human health will develop new research techniques.

Unsupported. The technique of using lab mice is unreliable because the mice are kept in small cages. But the technician doesn’t say anything about whether researchers will develop new techniques.

E
Laboratory mice that are used for research that is not directly related to human health are not usually kept in small cages.

Unsupported. We only know that lab mice that are used in research that is directly related to human health are usually kept in small cages. We don’t know anything about the conditions of lab mice used in other research.

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