LSAT 149 – Section 3 – Question 07

LSAT 149 - Section 3 - Question 07

December 2017

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT149 S3 Q07
+LR
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
Analogy +An
A
81%
164
B
8%
158
C
5%
158
D
3%
160
E
3%
157
129
143
157
 +Medium 147.456 +SubsectionMedium

Gerald: Unless a consumer secures his or her home wireless Internet service, anyone strolling by is able to access that person’s service with certain laptop computers or smartphones. Such use cannot be considered illegal under current laws: it’s no more like trespassing than is enjoying music playing on someone’s radio as you walk down the street.

Kendra: But unlike hearing music while walking by, accessing wireless service requires stopping for a considerable length of time. And that could be considered loitering or even harassment.

Speaker 1 Summary
Gerald concludes that people who access other’s wireless internet aren’t doing anything illegal. This is because such access is just like enjoying someone else’s music as you pass by them, which isn’t illegal.

Speaker 2 Summary
Kendra’s implicit conclusion is that accessing someone else’s wireless internet can be considered illegal. This is because such access requires stopping for a long time, unlike listening to a stranger’s music while walking by. Stopping for a long time to access someone else’s wireless internet could be considered the crimes of loitering or harassment.

Objective
We’re looking for a point of disagreement. The speakers disagree about whether accessing someone else’s wireless internet can be considered illegal.

A
can be considered illegal under current law
This is a point of disagreement. Gerald thinks it isn’t illegal under current laws. Kendra’s implicit point is that it can be considered illegal under current law, because it can be considered loitering or harassment.
B
is like trespassing
Not a point of disagreement. Kendra characterizes accessing another’s wireless internet as loitering or harassment, but does not indicate whether it can be characterized as trespassing.
C
should be prohibited by law
Neither speaker expresses an opinion. The dispute is about whether accessing another’s internet is illegal under current law. Whether it should be illegal is a separate issue.
D
requires a considerable length of time
Gerald doesn’t express an opinion about this. He doesn’t comment time or how much time is required to access someone else’s wireless internet.
E
could be done without intending to do so
Neither speaker expresses an opinion. They don’t refer to intention or whether accessing wireless internet would be done without intention.

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