LSAT 153 – Section 2 – Question 03

LSAT 153 - Section 2 - Question 03

June 2019

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
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PT153 S2 Q03
+LR
Evaluate +Eval
A
1%
150
B
0%
147
C
0%
145
D
1%
155
E
96%
161
124
132
140
 +Easiest 146.684 +SubsectionMedium

Food columnist: Only 2 percent of imported seafood is subjected to health safety inspections. So if you want to increase the likelihood that the seafood you buy will be safe to eat, you should buy only domestic seafood.

Summarize Argument
You should only buy domestic seafood if you want to increase the chances that you’re buying seafood that is safe to eat. This is because only 2% of imported seafood is insepected.

Notable Assumptions
The author assumes that more than 2% of domestic seafood is subjected to health safety inspections.

A
Do the health safety inspections detect all health risks present in the seafood that is inspected?
Irrelevant—the usefulness of the inspections is not what we’re evaluating.
B
What kinds of health risks can seafood pose?
Irrelevant—the nature of the health risks posed by seafood is not relevant to the argument, which is about the relative safety of domestic vs. international seafood.
C
What percentage of imported food other than seafood is subjected to health safety inspections?
Irrelevant—we are only concerned with seafood. Other foods are outside the scope of the argument.
D
What percentage of domestic food other than seafood is subjected to health safety inspections?
Irrelevant—we are only concerned with seafood. Other foods are outside the scope of the argument.
E
What percentage of domestic seafood is subjected to health safety inspections?
This is useful. The answer to this question will tell us if the author is right to assume that domestic seafood is more likely to be inspected than imported seafood.

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LSAT PrepTest 153 Explanations

Section 1 - Reading Comprehension

Section 2 - Logical Reasoning

Section 3 - Logical Reasoning

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