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

Question 43

If Jack were a first baseman for the New York Mets, he would be rich. He is not a first baseman, since he is not rich. The conclusion above is unsound because the author does not consider the possibility that Jack could be

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a rich third baseman.
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a first baseman for another team.
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rich for some other reason.
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a guard for the Boston Celtics.
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a second baseman for the New York Mets.

Question 44

All Italian greyhounds are graceful and fast, but some are nervous. Graceful and fast greyhounds are slender, but nervous greyhounds are unpredictable.

If the statements are true, all of the following must be true EXCEPT:

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all Italian greyhounds are slender
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some greyhounds are nervous
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no Italian greyhounds are slow
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no Italian greyhounds are predictable
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all Italian greyhounds are graceful

Question 45

Read the following passage and answer the question below:

Politician: The funding for the new nationwide health-awareness campaign should come from an increase in taxes on cigarettes. It is well established that cigarette smoking causes many serious health problems, and it is only reasonable that people whose unhealthful habits cause so many health problems should bear the costs of that campaign.

Smoker: But it is equally well established that regularly eating high-fat, high-cholesterol foods causes as many serious health problems as does smoking, yet it would be manifestly unreasonable to force those who purchase such foods to bear the burden of financing this campaign.

Which one of the following is the point at issue between the politician and the smoker?

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whether the politician's proposal for financing the health-awareness campaign is an unreasonable one
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whether smokers are more aware of the harmful effects of their habit than are people who regularly eat high-fat, high-cholesterol foods
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whether the effects of smoking constitute a greater health hazard than do the effects of regularly eating high-fat, high-cholesterol foods
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whether it is unreasonable to require people who do not benefit from certain governmental programs to share the costs of those programs
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whether the proposed increase on cigarette taxes is an efficient means of financing the health-awareness campaign

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whether the politician's proposal for financing the health-awareness campaign is an unreasonable one

The stem indicates a standard Point at Issue question, so expect the combatants to lock horns. The politician favors an increased tax on cigarettes to fund a new healthawareness campaign. Smokers are responsible for so many health problems, she argues – let them pay for the program. Notice that it’s not a non-smoking campaign, however, but rather a general effort to make people more health conscious overall. And that seems to be what the smoker notices. He points out that others, by virtue of their habits, are also responsible for health problems, an example being consumers of high-fat, high-cholesterol foods. It would be unfair, he argues, to make that group pay for the campaign. Now, he doesn’t come right out and say it, but hopefully you realized that by means of his example he’s contesting the notion that smokers should pay for the campaign. He implies by way of analogy that forcing any one group with unhealthy habits to fund the campaign is unreasonable. The contested issue, therefore, is the basic one stated in the option [whether the politician's proposal for…]: The politician believes her proposal is a reasonable one, and the smoker simply does not.

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