LSAT Test practice questions, page 13 of 30, with answer review and explanations.
Question 61
Columnist: It is impossible for there to be real evidence that lax radiation standards that were once in effect at nuclear reactors actually contributed to the increase in cancer rates near such sites. The point is a familiar one: who can say if a particular case of cancer is due to radiation, exposure to environmental toxins, smoking, poor diet, or genetic factors. The argument's reasoning is most vulnerable to criticism on which one of the following grounds?
The argument fails to recognize that there may be convincing statistical evidence even if individual causes cannot be known.
The argument inappropriately presupposes that what follows a certain phenomenon was caused by that phenomenon.
The-argument inappropriately draws a conclusion about causes of cancer in general from evidence drawn from a particular case of cancer.
The argument ignores other possible causes of the increase in cancer rates near the nuclear reactor complexes.
The argument concludes that a claim about a causal connection is false on the basis of a lack of evidence for the claim.
Question 62
Some planning committee members' those representing the construction industry — have significant financial interests in the committee's decisions. No one who is on the planning committee lives in the suburbs, although many of them work there. If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true?
No persons with significant financial interests in the planning committee's decisions are not in the construction industry.
No person who has a significant financial interest in the planning committee's decisions lives in the suburbs.
Some persons with significant financial interests in the planning committee's decisions work in the suburbs.
Some planning committee members who represent the construction industry do not work in the suburbs.
Some persons with significant financial interests in the planning committee's decisions do not Jive in the suburbs.
Question 63
Arbitrator: The shipping manager admits that he decided to close the old facility on October 14 and to schedule the new facility's opening for October 17, the following Monday. But he also claims that he is not responsible for the business that was lost due to the new facility's failing to open as scheduled. He blames the contractor for not finishing on time, but he, too, is to blame, for he was aware of the contractor's typical delays and should have planned for this contingency. Which one of the following principles underlies the arbitrator's argument?
A manager should take foreseeable problems into account when making decisions.
A manager should be able to depend on contractors to do their jobs promptly.
A manager should see to it that contractors do their jobs promptly.
A manager should be held responsible for mistakes made by those whom the manager directly supervises.
A manager, and only a manager, should be held responsible for a project's failure.
Question 64
The price of a full-fare coach ticket from Toronto to Dallas on Breezeway Airlines is the same today as it was a year ago, if inflation is taken into account by calculating prices in constant dollars. However, today 90 percent of the Toronto-to-Dallas coach tickets that Breezeway sells are discount tickets and only 10 percent are full-fare tickets, whereas a year ago half were discount tickets and half were full-fare tickets. Therefore, on average, people pay less today in constant dollars for a Breezeway Toronto-to-Dallas coach ticket than they did a year ago. Which one of the following, if assumed, would allow the conclusion above to be properly drawn?
A Toronto-to-Dallas full-fare coach ticket on Breezeway Airlines provides ticket-holders with a lower level of service today than such a ticket provided a year ago.
A Toronto-to-Dallas discount coach ticket on Breezeway Airlines costs about the same amount in constant dollars today as it did a year ago.
All full-fare coach tickets on Breezeway Airlines cost the same in constant dollars as they did a year ago.
The average number of coach passengers per flight that Breezeway Airlines carries from Toronto to Dallas today is higher than the average number per flight a year ago.
The criteria that Breezeway Airlines uses for permitting passengers to buy discount coach tickets on the Toronto-to-Dallas route are different today than they were a year ago.
Question 65
Editorial: The government claims that the country's nuclear power plants are entirely safe and hence that the public's fear of nuclear accidents at these plants is groundless. The government also contends that its recent action to limit the nuclear industry's financial liability in the case of nuclear accidents at power plants is justified by the need to protect the nuclear industry from the threat of bankruptcy. But even the government says that unlimited liability poses such a threat only if injury claims can be sustained against the industry; and the government admits that for such claims to be sustained, injury must result from a nuclear accident. The public's fear, therefore, is well founded. If all of the statements offered in support of the editorial's conclusion correctly describe the government's position, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of those statements?
The government's claim about the safety of the country's nuclear power plants is false.
The government's position on nuclear power plants is inconsistent.
The government misrepresented its reasons for acting to limit the nuclear industry's liability.
Unlimited financial liability in the case of nuclear accidents poses no threat to the financial security of the country's nuclear industry.
The only serious threat posed by a nuclear accident would be to the financial security of the nuclear industry.