LNAT Technical Skills & Application 3

Question 1

A passage concludes: 'Banning social media would improve teen mental health.' Which of the following, if true, most strengthens this argument?

Accepted Answer

Studies show teen anxiety decreased significantly in regions that restricted social media access

Answer

Evidence of decreased anxiety following social media restrictions directly supports the causal claim that banning it improves mental health.

Question 2

A court must interpret the word 'child' in a Victorian-era statute. The mischief rule would direct the court to:

Accepted Answer

Identify the gap in the common law the statute was designed to remedy

Answer

The mischief rule requires courts to identify what problem (mischief) the legislature intended to cure and interpret the statute to suppress that mischief.

Question 3

Which of the following best illustrates an ad hominem fallacy?

Accepted Answer

The expert's evidence should be discounted because he is a biased advocate, not because his data is flawed

Answer

Ad hominem attacks the person rather than their argument; dismissing expert data solely because of who the expert is constitutes this fallacy.

Question 4

A judge reads a statute that lists 'dogs, cats, hamsters, and other animals.' A claimant argues a python is an 'other animal.' Applying ejusdem generis, the court should:

Accepted Answer

Exclude the python because it is not of the same kind as the listed domestic pets

Answer

Ejusdem generis limits 'other animals' to the same class as the specific examples listed — domestic pets — so a python would be excluded.

Question 5

Two premises: 'Either the defendant was at the scene or he has an alibi. He was not at the scene.' What validly follows?

Accepted Answer

He has an alibi

Answer

Disjunctive syllogism: when one option in an 'either/or' is ruled out, the other must be true.

LNAT Practice Test

LNAT Practice Test

LNAT Technical Skills & Application 3