LSAT 139 – Section 4 – Question 02

LSAT 139 - Section 4 - Question 02

June 2013

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PT139 S4 Q02
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
A
1%
159
B
2%
151
C
3%
157
D
94%
165
E
0%
153
129
138
147
 +Easier 148.326 +SubsectionMedium

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For house painting, acrylic paints are an excellent choice. They provide everything that a good paint should provide: smooth and even coverage, quick drying time, durability, and easy cleanup. Even acrylics, however, cannot correct such surface defects as badly cracked paint. Such conditions indicate some underlying problem, such as water damage, that needs repair.

Summary

Acrylic paints are an excellent choice for house painting. This is because they provide smooth coverage, they dry quickly, they’re durable, and they’re easy to clean up. However, acrylic paint can’t fix surface defects such as cracked paint. These defects indicate an underlying problem like water damage that needs to be repaired.

Strongly Supported Conclusions

Because acrylic paints are excellent house paints even though they cannot fix surface defects, house paints do not need to be able to fix surface defects.

Not all excellent paints can fix surface defects such as badly cracked paint.

A
Badly cracked paint is not a result of harsh weather conditions.

Unsupported. The stimulus only says that badly cracked paint could be the result of water damage. Otherwise, we do not know what does and does not cause badly cracked paint.

B
Acrylics are the only paints that provide everything that most homeowners need from a paint.

Unsupported. “Acrylic paints are an excellent choice for house painting” and “they provide everything that a good paint should provide,” but this does not mean that they provide everything that a homeowner needs or that they are the only good paint.

C
Acrylics should not be used to paint over other types of house paint.

Unsupported. Acrylic paints are not able to fix surface defects like badly cracked paint, but this is not enough information to say that they shouldn’t ever be used for painting over other kinds of house paint.

D
It is not a requirement of house paints that they correct surface defects such as badly cracked paint.

Strongly supported. Acrylic paint is an excellent choice for house paint even though it cannot correct surface defects such as badly cracked paint. Thus it is not a requirement of house paints that they correct such defects.

E
Acrylic paints come in as wide a range of colors as do any other paints.

Unsupported. We are given no information about the available colors of acrylic paints or any other kinds of paints.

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Section 1 - Logical Reasoning

Section 2 - Reading Comprehension

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