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KAPLAN TEST PREP LSAT WORKSHOPS AND QUIZZES TOOLS VIEW GRADES LOGICAL REASONING CHALLENGE QUIZReview Assessment: Logical Reasoning Challenge QuizName:Logical Reasoning Challenge Quiz Status:Completed Score:7 out of 11 point(s) Instructions:Click the oval next to the best answer choice. Question 1 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) Despite a steady stream of pessimistic forecasts, our economy continues to grow and prosper. Over the last 15 years the service sector of our economy has greatly expanded. Last year alone, 500,000 Americans found employment in the service sector. In the face of evidence such as this, one cannot argue that our economy is wilting.Which of the following, if true, would most seriously undermine the conclusion drawn above? Your Answer:American society has developed many programs that greatly offset the consequences of a sluggish economy. Correct Answer:Most of the job growth in the service sector can be attributed to people forced out of the declining manufacturing sector. Feedback: INCORRECT!Click for explanations.Question 2 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) Time and time again it has been shown that students who attend colleges with low faculty/student ratios get the most well-rounded education. As a result, when my children are ready for college, Ill be sure they attend a school with a very small student population.Which of the following, if true, identifies the greatest flaw in the reasoning above? Your Answer:A very small student population does not, by itself, ensure a low faculty/student ratio. Correct Answer:A very small student population does not, by itself, ensure a low faculty/student ratio. Feedback: CORRECT!Click for explanations. Question 3 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) The overall rate of emphysema has declined 15 percent over the last 15 years in region A. During that period, the total cost of care for emphysema sufferers in region A, after accounting for inflation, declined by two percent per year until eight years ago, at which time it began increasing by approximately two percent per year. Now the total health care cost for treating emphysema is approximately equal to what it was 15 years ago.Which one of the following best resolves the apparent discrepancy between the incidence of emphysema in region A and the cost of caring for emphysema sufferers? Your Answer:Improvements in technology have significantly increased both the cost per patient and the success rate of emphysema care in the past 15 years. Correct Answer:Improvements in technology have significantly increased both the cost per patient and the success rate of emphysema care in the past 15 years. Feedback: CORRECT!Click for explanations. Question 4 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) Recently, the research and development departments at major pharmaceutical companies have been experimenting with new injections that provide the boost in iron that anemic children need to reverse their condition. These companies have expressed confidence that children who are suffering from anemia will be cured relatively simply through the use of such biochemical supplements.In concluding that the biochemical remedy being developed will have its desired effect, the pharmaceutical companies assume that Your Answer:a low iron level in the body is the major factor influencing the incidence of anemia in children Correct Answer:children afflicted with anemia will find out about and submit to injections that can reverse their conditions Feedback: INCORRECT!Click for explanations. Question 5 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) Membership in the Theta Delta Psi fraternity is easily obtained by those who have previously had strong social connections with existing fraternity members before college. However, one must have attended high school with one or more of the members in order to forge such strong social connections. People who lack these social connections because they have not attended high school with one or more current fraternity members will therefore find it difficult to join the fraternity.This argument displays flawed reasoning because it neglects to consider the possibility that Your Answer:one may easily obtain membership in the fraternity through means other than having strong social connections with existing fraternity members Correct Answer:one may easily obtain membership in the fraternity through means other than having strong social connections with existing fraternity members Feedback: CORRECT!Click for explanations. Question 6 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) Young Cowonga lion cubs in the wild often engage in aggressive play with their siblings. This activity is instigated by the cubs mother. Cowonga lion cubs born in captivity, however, never engage in this aggressive play. Some zoologists have concluded that this particular form of play teaches the young lions the skills needed for successful hunting in the wild, and that such play is not instigated in captivity because the development of hunting skills is unnecessary in such an environment.The zoologists conclusion would be most strengthened if it could be demonstrated that Your Answer:the skills used in aggressive play are similar to the skills necessary for successful hunting Correct Answer:no Cowonga lion cub that has been raised in captivity is able to hunt successfully in the wild Feedback: INCORRECT!Click for explanations. Question 7 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) Cross-species studies of animal groups indicate that offspring who are separated from their mothers during the first months of life frequently develop aggression disorders. During group feedings, for example, separated offspring exert excessive force in the struggle over food, and continue to strike at other offspring long after the others have submitted. The best explanation for this observed behavior is the hypothesis that aggression disorders are caused by lack of proper parent-led socialization during the first stage of an offsprings development.Which one of the following, if true, provides the most support for the hypothesis above? Your Answer:Chimps raised in captivity in environments simulating tradition parent-led socialization display far less aggression in mating-related conflicts than do chimps raised without such social interaction. Correct Answer:Chimps raised in captivity in environments simulating tradition parent-led socialization display far less aggression in mating-related conflicts than do chimps raised without such social interaction. Feedback: CORRECT!Click for explanations. Question 8 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) The influence of McTells work on Waters formulation of psychosocial theory has long been recognized in the academic community. McTell was Waters mentor and main confidante during the 1950s, the time just before Waters published his revolutionary findings. There is ample evidence of communication during this time between the two regarding the core issues that would eventually coalesce in Waters theory. However, a recently discovered letter dated 1947 ? years before Waters met McTell ? indicates that Waters had already formulated the basic conceptions of his psychosocial theory. While McTell may certainly have helped Waters develop his theories, it is not possible that McTell influenced the formulation of Waters scholarship in the manner originally believed.The author of the argument above assumes that Waters Your Answer:did not know of and read McTells work before he met him Correct Answer:did not know of and read McTells work before he met him Feedback: CORRECT!Click for explanations. Question 9 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) Chocolate is derived from the beans of the tropical New World tree Theobroma cacao. When chocolate arrived in Europe around 1500, it was consumed only as a hot drink. In the mid-1800s, however, the Swiss invented the first method for producing it in a solid edible form. Today, millions more pounds of chocolate are produced for eating than for drinking.Which one of the following can be inferred from the statements above? Your Answer:If the Swiss had not invented a method for producing chocolate in a solid edible form, chocolate would not have become as popular as it is today. Correct Answer:Chocolate was not consumed in a solid form in the New World during the 1500s. Feedback: INCORRECT!Click for explanations. Question 10 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) Four out of five people who filled out our questionnaire about solar energy indicated that they would strongly support any decision to direct more federal resources toward solar energy research, even if it involved cutting funds to synthetic fuel research. How, then, can the Administration claim that interest in solar energy is waning? The direction of public opinion is clear.The argument above would be most conclusively weakened if it could be demonstrated that Your Answer:people who oppose solar energy research are far less likely to fill out a questionnaire than are people w