LSAT 151 – Section 3 – Question 16

LSAT 151 - Section 3 - Question 16

September 2018

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Choices		 Curve Question
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PT151 S3 Q16
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
A
13%
154
B
20%
158
C
6%
158
D
5%
160
E
55%
164
149
159
169
 +Harder 146.292 +SubsectionMedium

Wood that is waterlogged or desiccated can be preserved for a significant period, but, under normal conditions, wood usually disintegrates within a century or two. For this reason, archaeologists have been unable to find many remains of early wheeled vehicles to examine. However, archaeologists have found small ceramic models of wheeled vehicles made at approximately the same time as those early vehicles. Since these models have been much less susceptible to disintegration than the vehicles themselves, the main evidence regarding early wheeled vehicles has come from these models.

Summary
Waterlogged or desiccated wood can be preserved for significant periods. In contrast, wood normally disintegrates within a century or two in normal conditions. For this reason, archaeologists have not found many remains of early wheeled vehicles. However, archaeologists have found small ceramic models of wheeled vehicles made around the same time as early vehicles. These ceramic models have served as the main evidence for early wheeled vehicles because they are less susceptible to disintegration.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
More early wheeled vehicles were made of wood than of materials susceptible to disintegration.

A
Most of the small ceramic models of early wheeled vehicles were made by the very individuals who made the vehicles upon which the ceramic vehicles were modeled.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know from the stimulus who made early wheeled vehicles or the ceramic models.
B
Few, if any, small models of early wheeled vehicles were made of wood or other materials equally susceptible to disintegration under normal conditions.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know if few models were wooden. We only know archaeologists found ceramic models. It is possible that most models were made from wood. We cannot assume something about all of the models on the basis of only the models archaeologists found.
C
The individuals who made the early wheeled vehicles were not always aware that wood can be preserved through waterlogging or desiccation.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know from the stimulus whether the makers of early wheeled vehicles were aware of preservation methods.
D
An artifact will be more difficult for archaeologists to find if it has been preserved through waterlogging or desiccation than if it has been preserved under more normal conditions.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know from the stimulus which artifacts are more difficult to find. It could be that they are all equally difficult or equally easy to find.
E
Of the early wheeled vehicles not preserved, more were made of wood than were made of materials no more susceptible to disintegration than are ceramic items.
This answer is strongly supported. We know that under normal conditions wood disintegrates in a century or two, and the small models archeologists have found are ceramic. Therefore, more early wheeled vehicles were made from wood than materials like ceramic.

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