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

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Question 184

People who have political power tend to see new technologies as a means of extending or protecting their power, whereas they generally see new ethical arguments and ideas as a threat to it. Therefore, technical ingenuity usually brings benefits to those who have this ingenuity, whereas ethical inventiveness brings only pain to those who have this inventiveness.

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

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    Those who offer new ways of justifying current political power often reap the benefits of their own innovations.
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    Politically powerful people tend to reward those who they believe are useful to them and to punish those who they believe are a threat.
    fills in the gaps: If powerful politicians reward those who can help them, and punish those who threaten their rule, then it seems more reasonable to believe that the techno geeks will benefit while the beacons of morality will suffer.
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    Ethical inventiveness and technical ingenuity are never possessed by the same individuals.
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    New technologies are often used by people who strive to defeat those who currently have political power.
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    Many people who possess ethical inventiveness conceal their novel ethical arguments for fear of retribution by the politically powerful.
Question 185

Birds need so much food energy to maintain their body temperatures that some of them spend most of their time eating. But a comparison of a bird of a seed-eating species to a bird of a nectar-eating species that has the same overall energy requirement would surely show that the seed-eating bird spends more time eating than does the nectar-eating bird, since a given amount of nectar provides more energy than does the same amount of seeds.

The argument relies on which one of the following questionable assumptions?

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    Birds of different species do not generally have the same overall energy requirements as each other.
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    The nectar-eating bird does not sometimes also eat seeds.
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    The time it takes for the nectar-eating bird to eat a given amount of nectar is not longer than the time it takes the seed-eating bird to eat the same amount of seeds.
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    The seed-eating bird does not have a lower body temperature than that of the nectar-eating bird.
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    The overall energy requirements of a given bird do not depend on factors such as the size of the bird, its nest-building habits, and the climate of the region in which it lives.
Question 186

Consumer advocate: The introduction of a new drug into the marketplace should be contingent upon our having a good understanding of its social impact. However, the social impact of the newly marketed antihistamine is far from clear. It is obvious, then, that there should be a general reduction in the pace of bringing to the marketplace new drugs that are now being tested.

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

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    The social impact of the new antihistamine is much better understood than that of the newest drugs being tested.
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    The social impact of some of the new drugs being tested is poorly understood,
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    The economic success of some drugs is inversely proportional to how well we understand their social impact.
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    The new antihistamine is chemically similar to some of the new drugs being tested.
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    The new antihistamine should be on the market only if the newest drugs being tested should be on the market also.