LSAT Ultimate 5

Question 1

In an LSAT logical reasoning stimulus, which technique is used when an arguer attacks the person making a claim rather than the claim itself?

Accepted Answer

Ad hominem

Answer

Ad hominem is the fallacy of attacking an opponent's character or circumstances instead of engaging with their actual argument.

Question 2

A Reading Comprehension passage takes a strong critical stance toward a recent legal ruling. Which of the following answer choices best describes the author's tone?

Accepted Answer

Polemical and adversarial

Answer

A 'strong critical stance' suggests the author is polemical—arguing forcefully against the ruling—rather than neutral or sarcastic.

Question 3

In a sequencing game, six lectures—L1 through L6—are given in order. L3 is given before L5. L6 is given immediately before L2. Which of the following MUST be true?

Accepted Answer

L2 is not given first

Answer

Since L6 is immediately before L2, L2 cannot be first—at minimum L6 must precede it, placing L2 in position 2 or later.

Question 4

A stimulus argues: 'Crime rates fell after the new police policy was implemented; therefore, the policy caused the crime reduction.' This argument is most vulnerable to which criticism?

Accepted Answer

It assumes causation from mere temporal correlation

Answer

The argument commits the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy, assuming that because one event followed another, the first caused the second.

Question 5

Which of the following best describes the difference between a 'sufficient' and a 'necessary' condition in LSAT conditional logic?

Accepted Answer

A sufficient condition guarantees the result; a necessary condition must be present for the result to occur

Answer

Sufficient means 'if this, then definitely that'; necessary means 'that cannot happen without this'—they are distinct logical relationships.

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LSAT Ultimate 5