LSAT 118 – Section 1 – Question 22

LSAT 118 - Section 1 - Question 22

December 2004

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT118 S1 Q22
+LR
Must be true +MBT
Causal Reasoning +CausR
A
3%
157
B
18%
160
C
3%
160
D
2%
155
E
74%
166
145
154
164
 +Harder 148.411 +SubsectionMedium

When uncontrollable factors such as lack of rain cause farmers’ wheat crops to fail, fertilizer and seed dealers, as well as truckers and mechanics, lose business, and fuel suppliers are unable to sell enough diesel fuel to make a profit.

Summary
When uncontrollable factors such as lack of rain cause farmers’ wheat crops to fail, fertilizer dealers, seed dealers, truckers, and mechanics lose business. Moreover, fuel suppliers are unable to sell enough diesel to make a profit.

Notable Valid Inferences
Consequences arising from a lack of rain are not restricted to farmers alone.

A
If several of the businesses that sell to farmers do not prosper, it is because farming itself is not prospering.
Could be false. There could be other factors that cause these businesses to fail outside of farming itself.
B
If rainfall is below average, those businesses that profit from farmers’ purchases tend to lose money.
Could be false. We cannot conflate “lack of rain” with “below average” rain. Rainfall could be only slightly below average and not amount to a complete lack of rainfall. Moreover, we don’t have any information from the stimulus to determine what an average amount of rainfall is.
C
Farmers are not responsible for the consequences of a wheat crop’s failing if wheat growth has been affected by lack of rain.
Could be false. We don’t have any information in the stimulus to infer who, if anyone, is responsible for these consequences.
D
A country’s dependence on agriculture can lead to major economic crises.
Could be false. We don’t have any information in the stimulus to infer this causal relationship.
E
The consequences of a drought are not restricted to the drought’s impact on farm productivity.
Must be true. We know that the consequences of a drought are not restricted to just farmers because fertilizer and seed dealers, truckers, and mechanics lose business as well.

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