LSAT 115 – Section 2 – Question 24

LSAT 115 - Section 2 - Question 24

December 2002

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT115 S2 Q24
+LR
Must be false +MBF
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
Quantifier +Quant
A
10%
158
B
63%
165
C
8%
156
D
8%
157
E
11%
157
150
159
168
 +Harder 148.811 +SubsectionMedium

Good students learn more than what their parents and teachers compel them to learn. This requires that these students derive pleasure from the satisfaction of their curiosity, and one cannot experience such pleasure unless one is capable of concentrating on a topic so intently that one loses track of one’s own identity.

Summary
Good students learn more than what their parents and teachers require them to learn. This requires that these students derive pleasure from the satisfaction of their curiosity. On cannot experience such pleasure unless one is capable of concentrating on a topic so intently that one loses track of one’s own identity.

Notable Valid Inferences
Good students are not capable of concentrating on a topic so intently that one loses track of one’s own identity.
Good students do not derive pleasure from the satisfaction of their curiosity.

A
Some people who are capable of becoming so absorbed in a topic that they lose track of their own identities are nevertheless incapable of deriving pleasure from the satisfaction of their curiosity.
Could be true. As shown below, concentrating intently is the necessary condition for our sufficient condition of deriving pleasure. A necessary condition may occur without the sufficient condition.
B
Most good students do not derive pleasure from the satisfaction of their curiosity.
Must be false. As shown below, deriving pleasure is a necessary condition for being a good student.
C
Many people who derive pleasure simply from the satisfaction of their curiosity are not good students.
Could be true. As shown below, deriving pleasure is a necessary condition for our sufficient condition of being a good student. A necessary condition may occur without the sufficient condition.
D
Some people who are not good students derive pleasure from losing track of their own identities.
Could be true. As shown below, deriving pleasure is a necessary condition for our sufficient condition of being a good student. A necessary condition may occur without the sufficient condition.
E
Most people who are capable of becoming so absorbed in a topic that they lose track of their own identities are not good students.
Could be true. As shown below, concentrating intently is a necessary condition for our sufficient condition of being a good student. A necessary condition may occur without the sufficient condition.

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