LNAT Inference Skills 3

Question 1

Passage: 'No evidence of wrongdoing was found.' A journalist writes that the official is innocent. This inference is:

Accepted Answer

Invalid because absence of evidence is not evidence of absence

Answer

Failing to find evidence of wrongdoing does not conclusively establish innocence; the investigation may have been incomplete.

Question 2

A statute says 'vehicles are prohibited in the park.' A man rides a bicycle through the park. A judge must decide if the statute applies. The strongest argument for applying it is:

Accepted Answer

Bicycles are a common form of transport and share the purpose the law targets

Answer

If the statute aims to protect pedestrians from transport, bicycles serving that purpose fall within its spirit.

Question 3

Researchers note that students who eat breakfast score higher on tests. A school mandates breakfast. This policy assumes:

Accepted Answer

Eating breakfast causes improved test performance, not merely correlates with it

Answer

Mandating breakfast to improve scores only makes sense if eating breakfast causes the improvement, not just accompanies it.

Question 4

Some philosophers are logicians. All logicians are precise thinkers. What can be inferred?

Accepted Answer

Some philosophers are precise thinkers

Answer

The philosophers who are logicians are also precise thinkers, so at least some philosophers are precise thinkers.

Question 5

A defense lawyer argues: 'My client cannot be guilty because he is a good father.' This argument is an example of:

Accepted Answer

An irrelevant appeal that confuses moral virtue with legal guilt

Answer

Being a good father is irrelevant to whether the defendant committed the alleged act.

LNAT Practice Test

LNAT Practice Test

LNAT Inference Skills 3