LSAT 149 – Section 4 – Question 10

LSAT 149 - Section 4 - Question 10

December 2017

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT149 S4 Q10
+LR
+Exp
Weaken +Weak
Causal Reasoning +CausR
Quantifier +Quant
Value Judgment +ValJudg
A
2%
155
B
1%
155
C
3%
154
D
82%
164
E
13%
158
129
142
156
 +Medium 147.325 +SubsectionMedium

Advertisement: Auto accidents are the most common cause of whiplash injury, a kind of injury that is caused by a sudden sharp motion of the neck. However, many other types of accidents can produce a sudden sharp motion of the neck and thereby result in whiplash injury. A sudden sharp motion of the neck can be caused by a fall, a bump on the head, or even by being shoved from behind. That is why you should insist on receiving Lakeside Injury Clinic’s complete course of treatment for whiplash after any accident that involves a fall or a bump on the head.

Summarize Argument
The author concludes that after any accident that involves a fall or bump on the head, you should get Lakeside Clinic’s complete course of treatment for whiplash. This is based on the fact that whiplash is caused by a sudden, sharp movement of the neck, and many things can result in a sudden, sharp movement of the neck, including a fall or a bump on the head.

Notable Assumptions
The author assumes that every fall or bump on the head involves a sudden, sharp movement of the neck. The author also assumes that there aren’t significant harmful effects from a complete course of treatment for whiplash that might weigh against going through the treatment.

A
Being shoved from behind rarely causes whiplash.
The conclusion doesn’t say that people should get whiplash treatment after being shoved from behind.
B
Auto accidents often involve falling or being bumped on the head.
This doesn’t suggest that the whiplash treatment isn’t appropriate for every fall or bump on the head.
C
Nonautomobile accidents other than those involving falls or bumps on the head also occasionally cause whiplash injuries.
This doesn’t suggest that the whiplash treatment isn’t appropriate for every fall or bump on the head.
D
It is very uncommon for falling or being bumped on the head to result in a sudden sharp motion of the neck.
This calls into question the assumption that every fall or bump on the head involves a sudden, sharp movement in the neck. This shows we might not need whiplash treatment for some falls or bumps on the head.
E
The appropriate treatment for whiplash caused by a fall or a bump on the head is no different from that for whiplash caused by an auto accident.
The author never suggested that we need a different treatment for auto accidents. The author’s position is just that we should get whiplash treatment (regardless of whether it’s the same as that for auto accidents) for all falls and bumps on the head.

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