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

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Question 340

Sheila: It has been argued that using computer technology to add color to a movie originally filmed in black and white damages the integrity of the original film. But no one argues that we should not base a movie on a novel or a short story because doing so would erode the value of the book or story. The film adaptation of the written work is a new work that stands on its own. Judgments of it do not reflect on the original. Similarly, the colorized film is a new work distinct from the original and should be judged on its own merit. It does not damage the integrity of the original black-and-white film.

Sheila's argument uses which one of the following techniques of argumentation?

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    It appeals to an analogy between similar cases.
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    It offers a counterexample to a general principle.
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    It appeals to popular opinion on the matter at issue.
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    It distinguishes facts from value judgments.
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    It draws an inference from a general principle and a set of facts.


    is that the general principle to which it alludes – namely, that works of art are distinct entities – is never stated but rather is inferable (by us) from Sheila’s two analogous cases.

Question 341

Juan: Unlike the ancient Olympic games on which they are based, the modern Olympics include professional as well as amateur athletes. But since amateurs rarely have the financial or material resources available to professionals, it is unlikely that the amateurs will ever offer a serious challenge to professionals in those Olympic events in which amateurs compete against professionals. Hence, the presence of professional athletes violates the spirit of fairness essential to the games.

Michiko: But the idea of the modern Olympics is to how case the world's finest athletes, regardless of their backgrounds or resources. Hence, professionals should be allowed to compete.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the point at issue between Juan and Michiko?

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    whether the participation of both amateur and professional athletes is in accord with the ideals of the modern Olympics
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    whether both amateur and professional athletes competed in the ancient Olympic games upon which the modern Olympics are based
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    whether the athletes who compete in the modern Olympics are the world's finest
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    whether any amateur athletes have the financial or material resources that are available to professional athletes
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    whether governments sponsor professional as well as amateur athletes in the modern Olympics
Question 342

Juan: Unlike the ancient Olympic games on which they are based, the modern Olympics include professional as well as amateur athletes. But since amateurs rarely have the financial or material resources available to professionals, it is unlikely that the amateurs will ever offer a serious challenge to professionals in those Olympic events in which amateurs compete against professionals. Hence, the presence of professional athletes violates the spirit of fairness essential to the games.

Michiko: But the idea of the modern Olympics is to how case the world's finest athletes, regardless of their backgrounds or resources. Hence, professionals should be allowed to compete.

Which one of the following, if true, most seriously undermines Juan's argument?

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    In general, amateur athletes tend to outnumber professional athletes in the modern Olympics.
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    In certain events in the modern Olympics the best few competitors are amateurs; in certain other events the best few competitors are professionals.
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    The concept of "amateur" and "professional" athletics would have been unfamiliar to the ancient Greeks on whose games the modern Olympics are based.
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    In the modern Olympics there has been no noticeable correlation between the financial or material resources expended on the training of individual athletes and the eventual performance of those athletes.
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    Many amateur athletes who take part in international competitions receive no financial or material support from the governments of the countries that the amateurs represent.