LSAT Ultimate 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which of the following is an example of the 'slippery slope' fallacy as it might appear in an LSAT stimulus?
- If we allow students to retake the LSAT once, they will keep retaking it until scores are meaningless (Correct answer)
- Because most lawyers passed the LSAT, LSAT performance predicts legal success
- The LSAT is unfair because some test-takers have more prep resources than others
- Law schools should lower LSAT cutoffs since the test has racial score gaps
Correct answer: If we allow students to retake the LSAT once, they will keep retaking it until scores are meaningless
The slippery slope fallacy assumes that one step inevitably leads to extreme consequences without justification for each step in the chain.
Question 2: On the LSAT, a 'necessary assumption' question asks for the assumption WITHOUT WHICH the argument:
- Would be even stronger than it currently is
- Falls apart or fails to reach its conclusion (Correct answer)
- Would still hold based on other premises
- Becomes a valid deductive argument
Correct answer: Falls apart or fails to reach its conclusion
A necessary assumption is one the argument depends on—if it's false, the conclusion cannot follow from the premises.
Question 3: In reading comprehension, the 'primary purpose' of a passage is best identified by:
- Finding the first sentence of the passage
- Determining the overall goal the author is trying to achieve across the entire passage (Correct answer)
- Identifying the most interesting or surprising claim in the passage
- Locating the paragraph with the most supporting details
Correct answer: Determining the overall goal the author is trying to achieve across the entire passage
The primary purpose captures the author's overall objective—to argue, to describe, to compare, to critique—not just a single detail.
Question 4: A game involves scheduling exactly one event per day across Monday through Friday. Two events, P and Q, cannot occur on consecutive days. R must occur on Wednesday. Which of the following is a possible schedule?
- P on Monday, Q on Tuesday, R on Wednesday, S on Thursday, T on Friday
- P on Monday, R on Wednesday, Q on Thursday, S on Tuesday, T on Friday (Correct answer)
- Q on Monday, P on Tuesday, R on Wednesday, S on Thursday, T on Friday
- P on Tuesday, Q on Wednesday, R on Thursday, S on Monday, T on Friday
Correct answer: P on Monday, R on Wednesday, Q on Thursday, S on Tuesday, T on Friday
Option B places P on Monday and Q on Thursday—not consecutive—with R fixed on Wednesday, satisfying all stated constraints.
Question 5: Which of the following most accurately describes the logical relationship in the statement: 'Only licensed attorneys may represent clients in federal court'?
- Being a licensed attorney is sufficient for representing clients in federal court
- Representing clients in federal court is sufficient for being a licensed attorney
- Being a licensed attorney is necessary for representing clients in federal court (Correct answer)
- Representing clients in federal court is neither necessary nor sufficient for licensing
Correct answer: Being a licensed attorney is necessary for representing clients in federal court
'Only' introduces a necessary condition: you cannot represent clients in federal court without being a licensed attorney.
Question 6: An LSAT argument concludes that a new study confirms that exercise improves memory. The study only measured participants who already exercised regularly. The argument is flawed because:
- The study sample is not representative of the general population (Correct answer)
- The conclusion is stated too tentatively to be useful
- The study used too many participants to draw valid conclusions
- Exercise has not been proven to affect physical health
Correct answer: The study sample is not representative of the general population
Studying only regular exercisers excludes sedentary people, making the sample unrepresentative and the conclusion an overgeneralization.
Question 7: Which LSAT section is NOT scored and does NOT count toward a test taker's score?
- Logical Reasoning
- Analytical Reasoning
- Reading Comprehension
- The unscored experimental section (Correct answer)
Correct answer: The unscored experimental section
The LSAT includes one unscored experimental section used to pretest new questions; test takers do not know which section it is.
LSAT Ultimate 4
Which of the following is an example of the 'slippery slope' fallacy as it might appear in an LSAT stimulus?