LSAT-Section-1-Logical-Reasoning Section One : Logical Reasoning - Practice Questions

Question 322

Figorian Wildlife Commission: The development of wetlands in industrialized nations for residential and commercial uses has endangered many species. To protect wildlife we must regulate such development in Figoria: future wetland development must be offset by the construction of replacement wetland habitats. Thus, development would cause no net reduction of wetlands and pose no threat to the species that inhabit them.

Figorian Development Commission: Other nations have flagrantly developed wetlands at the expense of wildlife. We have conserved. Since Figorian wetland development might not affect wildlife and is necessary for growth, we should allow development. We have as much right to govern our own resources as countries that have already put their natural resources to commercial use

Which one of the following principles, if accepted, would most strongly support the Figorian Development Commission's position against the Figorian Wildlife Commission's position?

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National resources should be regulated by international agreement when wildlife is endangered.
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The right of future generations to have wildlife preserved supersedes the economic needs of individual nations.
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Only when a reduction of populations of endangered species by commercial development has been found should regulation be implemented to prevent further damage.
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Environmental regulation must aim at preventing any further environmental damage and cannot allow for the different degrees to which different nations have already harmed the environment.
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It is imprudent to allow further depletion of natural resources.

Question 323

High blood cholesterol levels are bad for the heart. Like meat, eggs, and poultry, shellfish contains cholesterol. But shellfish is not necessarily bad for the heart; it is very low in saturated fat, which affects blood cholesterol levels much more than dietary cholesterol does.

Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

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Meat and eggs are high in saturated fat.
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Small quantities of foods high in saturated fat are not bad for the heart.
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Shellfish has less cholesterol per gram than meat, eggs, and poultry do.
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Foods low in saturated fat promote low blood cholesterol.
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A serving of meat or poultry is typically larger than a serving of shellfish.

Question 324

Every moral theory developed in the Western tradition purports to tell us what a good life is. However, most people would judge someone who perfectly embodied the ideals of any one of these theories not to be living a good life – the kind of life they would want for themselves and their children.

The statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?

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Most people desire a life for themselves and their children that is better than a merely good life.
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A person who fits the ideals of one moral theory in the Western tradition would not necessarily fit the ideals of another.
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Most people have a conception of a good life that does not match that of any moral theory in the Western tradition.
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A good life as described by moral theories in the Western tradition cannot be realized.
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It is impossible to develop a theory that accurately describes what a good life is.

LSAT-Section-1-Logical-Reasoning – Section One : Logical Reasoning