LSAT 109 – Section 3 – Question 12
LSAT 109 - Section 3 - Question 12
December 2000You need a full course to see this video. Enroll now and get started in less than a minute.
Target time: 0:42
This is question data from the 7Sage LSAT Scorer. You can score your LSATs, track your results, and analyze your performance with pretty charts and vital statistics - all with a Free Account ← sign up in less than 10 seconds
Question QuickView |
Type | Tags | Answer Choices |
Curve | Question Difficulty |
Psg/Game/S Difficulty |
Explanation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PT109 S3 Q12 |
+LR
| Method of reasoning or descriptive +Method Conditional Reasoning +CondR Causal Reasoning +CausR Link Assumption +LinkA | A
82%
168
B
1%
156
C
6%
162
D
6%
159
E
5%
163
|
140 150 161 |
+Medium | 148.18 +SubsectionMedium |
Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis
The author looks at the trend of physicians not prescribing herbs and concludes the reason for this is because the current system prevents physicians from recommending the medicinal use of herbs. As evidence, the author states drugs require regulatory-agency approval for medicinal use. Moreover, regulatory-agency approval costs $200 million and only patent holders can expect to recover such large expenses. Herbs themselves and their medicinal uses cannot be patented.
Describe Method of Reasoning
The author questions what others claim as the reason physicians do not prescribe herbs. She does this by providing an alternative explanation for why physicians refrain from prescribing herbs. The medical effectiveness of herbs may not be in serious doubt, but rather the current system does not allow this practice because herbs and their medicinal uses cannot be patented.
A
questioning a claim about why something is the case by supplying an alternative explanation
The claim the author questions is the claim that physicians do not prescribe drugs because their medical effectiveness is in serious doubt. The alternative explanation is physicians cannot prescribe herbs because herbs and their medicinal uses cannot be patented.
B
attacking the validity of the data on which a competing claim is based
The competing claim is not supported by any data in the stimulus. The author does not address any data that would support this claim.
C
revealing an inconsistency in the reasoning used to develop an opposing position
The author does not address the reasoning used by others to reach the opposing position. The author only states the opposing claim as a matter of fact.
D
identifying all plausible explanations for why something is the case and arguing that all but one of them can be eliminated
The author does not identify all plausible explanations. We cannot assume that all plausible explanations have been identified just because the author argues for one she thinks is the most plausible.
E
testing a theory by determining the degree to which a specific situation conforms to the predictions of that theory
The author does not test any theory. The argument the author lays out is stated generally and theoretically.
Take PrepTest
Review Results
LSAT PrepTest 109 Explanations
Section 1 - Logical Reasoning
- Question 01
- Question 02
- Question 03
- Question 04
- Question 05
- Question 06
- Question 07
- Question 08
- Question 09
- Question 10
- Question 11
- Question 12
- Question 13
- Question 14
- Question 15
- Question 16
- Question 17
- Question 18
- Question 19
- Question 20
- Question 21
- Question 22
- Question 23
- Question 24
- Question 25
Section 2 - Reading Comprehension
- Passage 1 – Passage
- Passage 1 – Questions
- Passage 2 – Passage
- Passage 2 – Questions
- Passage 3 – Passage
- Passage 3 – Questions
- Passage 4 – Passage
- Passage 4 – Questions
Section 3 - Logical Reasoning
- Question 01
- Question 02
- Question 03
- Question 04
- Question 05
- Question 06
- Question 07
- Question 08
- Question 09
- Question 10
- Question 11
- Question 12
- Question 13
- Question 14
- Question 15
- Question 16
- Question 17
- Question 18
- Question 19
- Question 20
- Question 21
- Question 22
- Question 23
- Question 24
- Question 25
Section 4 - Logical Reasoning
- Question 01
- Question 02
- Question 03
- Question 04
- Question 05
- Question 06
- Question 07
- Question 08
- Question 09
- Question 10
- Question 11
- Question 12
- Question 13
- Question 14
- Question 15
- Question 16
- Question 17
- Question 18
- Question 19
- Question 20
- Question 21
- Question 22
- Question 23
- Question 24
- Question 25
- Question 26
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment. You can get a free account here.