LSAT Logical Reasoning Questions
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What is the main focus of Laird's argument regarding pure research?

  • Expanding knowledge and generating new ideas (correct)
  • Assisting in saving human lives effectively
  • Improving medical applications
  • Its significance in providing new technologies

    • According to Kim, what is the most important outcome of pure research?

  • Creating new technologies
  • Expanding medical knowledge
  • Generating unexplored ideas
  • Saving human lives (correct)

    • What does Laird believe is a significant benefit of pure research besides new technologies?

  • Expanding medical boundaries
  • Enhancing scientific knowledge (correct)
  • Sparking new medical ideas
  • Saving human lives effectively

    • In what way does Kim view the relationship between pure research and medicine?

    <p>Indispensable for medical advancements</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best characterizes the disagreement between Laird and Kim?

    <p>The importance of pure research in saving lives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What aspect of pure research does Laird attribute the most value to?

    <p>Expanding scientific knowledge</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a direct result of the Quebec Bridge disaster according to the passage?

    <p>Nineteenth-century bridge engineers relied on their rules of thumb because analytical methods were inadequate to solve their design problems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a weakness in the current theory regarding supernovas and neutron stars based on the passage?

    <p>The supernova of 1987 was the first that scientists were able to observe in progress.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is the political scientist's argument flawed according to the passage?

    <p>It confuses the conditions necessary for political freedom with the conditions sufficient to bring it about.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the journalist's main concern regarding pharmaceutical companies selling drugs at different prices according to the passage?

    <p>A nation with a low average income may still have a substantial middle class better able to pay for new drugs than are many of the poorer citizens of an overall wealthier nation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the contributions of pure research according to Laird?

    <p>Expanding knowledge</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Kim, what is the most significant achievement of pure research?

    <p>Saving lives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement is NOT supported by both Laird and Kim's views on pure research?

    <p>Saving lives is the main goal of pure research.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Based on Laird's view, what is more significant than saving lives in the context of pure research?

    <p>Expanding knowledge</p> Signup and view all the answers

    From Kim's perspective, what adds value to pure research apart from saving lives?

    <p>Expanding knowledge</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How would Laird likely view the opinion that pure research's main goal should be saving human lives?

    <p>Partially agree with it</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What aspect of pure research does Kim emphasize the most?

    <p>Saving lives through medical applications</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In relation to pure research, what does Laird find more valuable than advancements in medical applications?

    <p>Expanding knowledge</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What would Kim likely think about the assertion that the value of pure research goes beyond its role in saving lives?

    <p>Completely disagree with it</p> Signup and view all the answers

    From the text, which aspect of pure research is NOT highlighted as important by both Laird and Kim?

    <p>Creating new ideas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the passage, what is the main criterion for determining whether someone deserves special consideration?

    <p>Their needs and requirements</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes the author's view on unequal access to health care?

    <p>It is less fair than an unequal distribution of wealth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which assumption is required for the conclusion about contemporary formal poetry to be valid?

    <p>No one who is politically progressive is capable of performing a politically conservative act</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the argument about the ancient lake, which assumption is required?

    <p>The lava that lay under the lake-bottom sediments did not contain any human fossil remains</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following, if true, would best help resolve the apparent discrepancy regarding the use of headlights and collision rates?

    <p>Only very careful drivers use headlights when their use is not legally required</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The reasoning pattern in the argument about Carpaccio's painting is most similar to which of the following?

    <p>Most Renaissance painters worked in a single medium, either tempera or oil. Therefore, a painting in oil must be by a Renaissance painter who worked in oil.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the passage, which statement about wealthy institutions is true?

    <p>They have an obligation to expend at least some of their resources to assist those incapable of assisting themselves</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the passage, which of the following statements is true about people who are ill?

    <p>They deserve more consideration than healthy people, regardless of socioeconomic position</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the passage, which factor is NOT relevant in determining whether someone deserves special consideration?

    <p>The wealth of the society they belong to</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following statements is consistent with the author's view on unequal access to health care?

    <p>Unequal access to health care is less fair than an unequal distribution of wealth</p> Signup and view all the answers

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