LSAT 140 – Section 1 – Question 01

LSAT 140 - Section 1 - Question 01

December 2013

You need a full course to see this video. Enroll now and get started in less than a minute.

Ask a tutor

Target time: 0:41

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
PT140 S1 Q01
+LR
Sufficient assumption +SA
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
Link Assumption +LinkA
A
1%
153
B
0%
151
C
0%
146
D
0%
151
E
98%
165
123
131
139
 +Easiest 148.137 +SubsectionMedium

J.Y.’s explanation

You need a full course to see this video. Enroll now and get started in less than a minute.


Video of JY doing this

You need a full course to see this video. Enroll now and get started in less than a minute.

Several years ago, most of one country’s large banks failed and were taken over by a government agency. The agency is now selling these banks, aiming to strengthen the banking system in the process. But the banking system will not be strengthened if the former owners of these banks buy them back. So the agency is unlikely to achieve its goal, since _______.

Summary
The author concludes that the agency is unlikely to strengthen the banking system through its attempt to sell the banks it took over. This is based on the fact that if the former owners of the banks buy them back, the banking system won’t be strengthened.

Missing Connection
We know that if the former owners of the banks buy them back, the banking system won’t be strengthened. We’re trying to conclude that the banking system won’t be strengthened by the sale of the banks. What’s missing is the trigger for the premise — we want to know that the former owners of the banks will buy them back.

A
the agency may be unable to sell some of the banks
(A) doesn’t establish that the former owners will buy the banks back. So (A) doesn’t prove that the banking system won’t be strengthened from the sale. Don’t assume that if some banks can’t be sold, that the banking system isn’t strengthened. You don’t know that from the premises.
B
a single company could buy more than one of the banks
(B) doesn’t establish that the former owners will buy the banks back.
C
the country’s overall economy is not much stronger than it was when the large banks failed
(C) doesn’t establish that the former owners will buy the banks back.
D
the banks sold by the agency will be financially weaker than the country’s other banks for some time
(D) doesn’t establish that the former owners will buy the banks back.
E
all of the bidders for the banks are their former owners
(E) establishes that the former owners will buy the banks back. If all bidders (potential buyers) for the banks are former owners, then once the banks are sold, they must go to former owners. This triggers the sufficient condition of the premise (former owners buy banks back), which allows us to conclude that the banking system will not be strengthened.

Take PrepTest

Review Results

LSAT PrepTest 140 Explanations

Section 1 - Logical Reasoning

Section 2 - Logical Reasoning

Section 3 - Logical Reasoning

Section 4 - Reading Comprehension

Get full LSAT course

Leave a Reply