LSAT Inference from Passages 4

Question 1

A passage states that researchers found no statistically significant link between sugar consumption and hyperactivity in children across 23 studies. What is the most defensible inference?

Accepted Answer

The evidence strongly challenges the popular belief that sugar causes hyperactivity

Answer

The consistent null findings across 23 studies provide strong evidence against the sugar-hyperactivity link, though not absolute proof.

Question 2

A passage states: 'Every contract requires offer, acceptance, and consideration. This agreement lacks consideration.' What can be concluded?

Accepted Answer

This agreement is not a valid contract

Answer

Since a required element is missing, the agreement fails to meet the definition of a contract stated in the passage.

Question 3

A passage describes how a novelist's early works were experimental but her later works followed conventional narrative structures. A critic calls her later work a 'retreat.' What can be inferred about the critic's view?

Accepted Answer

The critic prefers experimental over conventional literary styles

Answer

Calling the shift a 'retreat' implies the critic values the experimental approach and views the move toward convention negatively.

Question 4

A passage notes that a species of bird found only on an isolated island has no fear response to humans. What can most reasonably be inferred?

Accepted Answer

The birds evolved without human predators and thus never developed fear of humans

Answer

Evolutionary theory supports that fearlessness toward humans on an isolated island likely reflects absence of human predation pressure.

Question 5

A passage explains that a company's profits rose 20% after it reduced its workforce by 15%. Which inference is most supportable?

Accepted Answer

The workforce reduction likely contributed to lower operating costs and higher profits

Answer

The temporal link between reduced headcount and profit growth most directly suggests cost savings contributed to the profit increase.

LSAT - Law School Admission Test Practice Test

LSAT - Law School Admission Test Practice Test

LSAT Inference from Passages 4