LSAT Logical Reasoning Questions

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?

Indispensable for medical advancements (D) Signup and view all the answers

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

The importance of pure research in saving lives (D) Signup and view all the answers

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

Expanding scientific knowledge (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

Nineteenth-century bridge engineers relied on their rules of thumb because analytical methods were inadequate to solve their design problems. (B) Signup and view all the answers

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

The supernova of 1987 was the first that scientists were able to observe in progress. (B) Signup and view all the answers

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

It confuses the conditions necessary for political freedom with the conditions sufficient to bring it about. (D) 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?

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. (D) Signup and view all the answers

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

Expanding knowledge (D) Signup and view all the answers

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

Saving lives (B) Signup and view all the answers

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

Saving lives is the main goal of pure research. (E) Signup and view all the answers

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

Expanding knowledge (C) Signup and view all the answers

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

Expanding knowledge (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

Partially agree with it (A) Signup and view all the answers

What aspect of pure research does Kim emphasize the most?

Saving lives through medical applications (C) Signup and view all the answers

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

Expanding knowledge (C) 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?

Completely disagree with it (D) Signup and view all the answers

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

Creating new ideas (B) Signup and view all the answers

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

Their needs and requirements (B) Signup and view all the answers

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

It is less fair than an unequal distribution of wealth (D) Signup and view all the answers

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

No one who is politically progressive is capable of performing a politically conservative act (C) Signup and view all the answers

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

The lava that lay under the lake-bottom sediments did not contain any human fossil remains (B) 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?

Only very careful drivers use headlights when their use is not legally required (D) Signup and view all the answers

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

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. (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

They have an obligation to expend at least some of their resources to assist those incapable of assisting themselves (B) Signup and view all the answers

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

They deserve more consideration than healthy people, regardless of socioeconomic position (D) Signup and view all the answers

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

The wealth of the society they belong to (B) Signup and view all the answers

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

Unequal access to health care is less fair than an unequal distribution of wealth (B) Signup and view all the answers