LSAT 104 – Section 1 – Question 21

LSAT 104 - Section 1 - Question 21

December 1998

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PT104 S1 Q21
+LR
Necessary assumption +NA
Link Assumption +LinkA
A
1%
160
B
83%
170
C
1%
155
D
13%
160
E
2%
159
148
156
163
 +Harder 149.106 +SubsectionMedium

In order to pressure the government of Country S to become less repressive, some legislators in Country R want to ban all exports from R to S. Companies in R that manufacture telecommunication equipment such as telephones and fax machines have argued that exports of their products should be exempted from the ban, on the grounds that it is impossible for a country to remain repressive when telecommunication equipment is widely available to the population of that country.

Summary
Telecom manufacturers in R argue that their products should be exempted from a ban on exports to S (which is meant to push S to become less repressive). In support, the manufacturers claim that when telecom equipment is widely available to a country’s population, that country cannot remain repressive.

Notable Assumptions
The manufacturers’ argument that exporting their equipment to S will help to make S less repressive requires the assumption that telecom equipment exported to S will be widely available to S’s population. Without this assumption, there would be no link between the manufacturers’ premise and their conclusion.

A
The government of S has recently increased the amount of telecommunication equipment it allows to be imported into the country.
It’s not necessary to the argument that anything has recently changed about S’s import conditions. For example, if S had always allowed lots of telecom imports, that wouldn’t undermine the argument.
B
The telecommunication equipment that would be imported into S if the exemption were to be granted would not be available solely to top government officials in S.
This avoids one scenario where telecom equipment would not be available to the population of S. In other words, this is part of the broader assumption that S’s population will actually receive the exported equipment—which is necessary to the argument.
C
A majority of the members of R’s legislature do not favor exempting telecommunication equipment from the ban on exports to Country S.
Whatever the members of R’s legislature think about this plan is totally independent of the manufacturers’ argument. In other words, this is irrelevant.
D
Of all exports that could be sent to Country S, telecommunication equipment would be the most effective in helping citizens of S oppose that country’s repressive government.
The manufacturers’ point is simply that exporting telecom equipment would help make S less repressive. It’s not necessary that it would be the most effective way to do so.
E
Without pressure from Country R, the government of S would be able to continue repressing its citizens indefinitely.
The manufacturers never claim that their plan (or any other pressure from R) is necessary to make S less repressive, only that it would be helpful. So, this isn’t necessary.

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