LSAT Test

LSAT Test practice questions, page 24 of 30, with answer review and explanations.

Question 116

Medical researcher: As expected, records covering the last four years of ten major hospitals indicate that babies born prematurely were more likely to have low birth weights and to suffer from health problems than were babies not born prematurely. These records also indicate that mothers who had received adequate prenatal care were less likely to have low birth weight babies than were mothers who had received inadequate prenatal care. Adequate prenatal care, therefore, significantly decreases the risk of low birth weight babies. Which one of the following, if true, most weakens the medical researcher's argument?

  1. The hospital records indicate that many babies that are born with normal birth weights are born to mothers who had inadequate prenatal care.
  2. Mothers giving birth prematurely are routinely classified by hospitals as having received inadequate prenatal care when the record of that care is not available.
  3. The hospital records indicate that low birth weight babies were routinely classified as having been born prematurely.
  4. Some babies not born prematurely, whose mothers received adequate prenatal care, have low birth weights.
  5. Women who receive adequate prenatal care are less likely to give birth prematurely than are women who do not receive adequate prenatal care.

Question 117

Formal performance evaluations in the professional world are conducted using realistic situations. Physicians are allowed to consult medical texts freely, attorneys may refer to law books and case records, and physicists and engineers have their manuals at hand for ready reference. Students, then, should likewise have access to their textbooks whenever they take examinations. The reasoning in the argument is questionable because the argument

  1. cites examples that are insufficient to support the generalization that performance evaluations in the professional world are conducted in realistic situations
  2. fails to consider the possibility that adopting its recommendation will not significantly increase most students' test scores
  3. neglects to take into account the fact that professionals were once students who also did not have access to textbooks during examinations
  4. neglects to take into account the fact that, unlike students, professionals have devoted many years of study to one subject
  5. fails to consider the possibility that the purposes of evaluation in the professional world and in school situations are quite dissimilar

Question 118

This morning, a bakery makes exactly one delivery, consisting of exactly six loaves of bread. Each of the loaves is exactly one of three kinds: oatmeal, rye, or wheat, and each is either sliced or unsliced. The loaves that the bakery delivers this morning must be consistent with the following: There are at least two kinds of loaves. There are no more than three rye loaves. There is no unsliced wheat loaf. There is at least one unsliced oatmeal loaf. If two or more of the loaves are unsliced, then at least one of the unsliced loaves is rye. Which one of the following could be a complete and accurate list of the loaves that the bakery delivers?

  1. six unsliced oatmeal loaves
  2. five unsliced oatmeal loaves, one sliced rye loaf
  3. five unsliced oatmeal loaves, one unsliced wheat loaf
  4. four unsliced oatmeal loaves, two unsliced rye loaves
  5. four unsliced oatmeal loaves, two sliced wheat loaves

Question 119

This morning, a bakery makes exactly one delivery, consisting of exactly six loaves of bread. Each of the loaves is exactly one of three kinds: oatmeal, rye, or wheat, and each is either sliced or unsliced. The loaves that the bakery delivers this morning must be consistent with the following: Each of the following could be a complete and accurate list of the unsliced loaves that the bakery delivers EXCEPT:

  1. three oatmeal loaves
  2. three oatmeal loaves, one rye loaf
  3. two oatmeal loaves, two rye loaves
  4. two oatmeal loaves, three rye loaves
  5. one oatmeal loaf, one rye loaf

Question 120

This morning, a bakery makes exactly one delivery, consisting of exactly six loaves of bread. Each of the loaves is exactly one of three kinds: oatmeal, rye, or wheat, and each is either sliced or unsliced. The loaves that the bakery delivers this morning must be consistent with the following: Which one of the following statements CANNOT be true?

  1. The only unsliced loaves are oatmeal loaves.
  2. The only sliced loaves are rye loaves.
  3. The only unsliced loaves are rye loaves.
  4. The number of sliced loaves is exactly one greater than the number of sliced oatmeal loaves.
  5. The number of unsliced loaves is exactly one greater than the number of unsliced oatmeal loaves.