LSAT 142 – Section 2 – Question 09
LSAT 142 - Section 2 - Question 09
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Type | Tags | Answer Choices |
Curve | Question Difficulty |
Psg/Game/S Difficulty |
Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PT142 S2 Q09 |
+LR
+Exp
| Main conclusion or main point +MC Rule-Application +RuleApp | A
18%
158
B
0%
151
C
0%
144
D
3%
161
E
79%
165
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135 147 159 |
+Medium | 146.338 +SubsectionMedium |
Summarize Argument
The musicologist claims that the piano should be called a percussion instrument as opposed to a stringed instrument. This is because the mechanical process through which an instrument produces sound determines how it should be classified, and the strings which vibrate to produce piano sounds do so because of the impact of hammers.
Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is that the piano should be classified as a percussion instrument as opposed to a stringed one: “the piano is properly called a percussion instrument, not a stringed instrument.”
A
Musical instruments should be classified according to the mechanical actions through which they produce sound.
This is a premise. The musicologist uses this to support the conclusion that the piano is a percussion instrument.
B
Musical instruments should not be classified based on the way musicians interact with them.
This idea is not discussed in the stimulus.
C
Some people classify the piano as a stringed instrument because of the way the piano produces sound.
The musicologist does not make a claim about whether or why some people classify the piano as a stringed instrument.
D
The piano should be classified as a stringed instrument rather than as a percussion instrument.
(D) is trying to trick to us! The musicologist is arguing that the piano should be classified as a percussion instrument rather than a stringed instrument, not the other way around!
E
It is correct to classify the piano as a percussion instrument rather than as a stringed instrument.
This rephrases the conclusion.
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Section 1 - Logical Reasoning
- Question 01
- Question 02
- Question 03
- Question 04
- Question 05
- Question 06
- Question 07
- Question 08
- Question 09
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- Question 11
- Question 12
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- Question 22
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- Question 24
- Question 25
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
Section 3 - Reading Comprehension
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Section 4 - Logical Reasoning
- Question 01
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- Question 03
- Question 04
- Question 05
- Question 06
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- Question 08
- Question 09
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- Question 11
- Question 12
- Question 13
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