Lsat Arguments Question Type

Front 1

Which one of the following statements, if true, would explain the discrepancy found by the scientists?

Back 1

Resolve/Explain

Front 2

What is the author's main point?

Back 2

Main Point

Front 3

The main conclusion drawn in the author's argument is that

Back 3

Main Point

Front 4

Which one of the following conclusions can be validly drawn from the passage above?

Back 4

Inference

Front 5

Which one of the following statements, if true, would strengthen the author's point?

Back 5

Strengthen

Front 6

Opponents of the head of the Mass transit Authority's plan would be best served if which one of the following were shown to be true?

Back 6

Weaken

Front 7

The argument proceeds by...

Back 7

Reasoning

Front 8

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?

Back 8

Assumption

Front 9

If the statements above are true, then which of the following must also be true?

Back 9

Inference

Front 10

The argument is structured to lead to which one of the following

Back 10

Main Point

Front 11

The writer's argument depends upon assuming which of the following?

Back 11

Assumption

Front 12

Which one of the following, if true, would most weaken the author's point?

Back 12

Weaken

Front 13

The argument above assumes which of the following?

Back 13

Assumption

Front 14

Which one of the following statements, if true, would support the author's conclusion?

Back 14

Strengthen

Front 15

Which one of the following, if true,would most call into question the results achieved by the scientists?

Back 15

Weaken

Front 16

Which of the following provides the best resolution to the apparent paradox described by the committee members?

Back 16

Resolve/Explain

Front 17

Which of the following statements, i.e.; if assumed, would allow the author's conclusion to be properly drawn?

Back 17

Strengthen

Front 18

Anne responds to Bill by doing which one of the following?

Back 18

Reasoning

Front 19

Which one of the following statements can be validly inferred from the information above?

Back 19

Inference

Front 20

Dr. Good does which of the following?

Back 20

Reasoning

Front 21

Which of the following indicates a flaw in the author's reasoning?

Back 21

Flaw

Front 22

A criticism of the argument would most likely emphasize that it

Back 22

Flaw

Front 23

Which one of the following is most similar in the reasoning to the argument above?

Back 23

Parallel-the-Reasoning

Front 24

The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument...

Back 24

Flaw

Front 25

The method the activist used to object to the developer's argument is to...

Back 25

Reasoning

Front 26

Which one of the following principles, if established, justifies the actions taken by Mia in the argument above

Back 26

Principle

Front 27

Which one of the following conclusions is best supported by the passage above?

Back 27

Inference

Front 28

Which of the following examples conforms most closely to the principle given in the argument above?

Back 28

Principle

Front 29

The flawed pattern of reasoning exhibited by the argument above is most paralleled by that in which of the following?

Back 29

Parallel-the-Reasoning

Front 30

The argument relies on which one of the following questionable assumptions?

Back 30

Flaw

Front 31

The author reaches his conclusion by

Back 31

Reasoning

Front 32

Which one of the following, if true, indicates the most serious flaw in the method of research used by the company?

Back 32

Weaken

Front 33

The argument above best supports which of the following claims?

Back 33

Inference

Front 34

The Author reaches his conclusion by

Back 34

Reasoning

Front 35

Which one of the following, if added as a premise to the argument, most helps to justify its conclusion

Back 35

Principle

Front 36

Assume... According to the passage, which one of the statements cannot be true?

Back 36

Inference

Front 37

The argument relies on which one of the following questionable assumptions?

Back 37

Flaw

Front 38

Which one of the following contains questionable reasoning most similar to that in the argument above?

Back 38

Parallel-the-Reasoning

Front 39

Which one of the following, if true, most calls into question the argument made by the company?

Back 39

Flaw

Front 40

Which one of the following most accurately and completely expresses the main conclusions of the city council member's argument?

Back 40

Principle

Front 41

Which one of the following arguments exhibits a flawed pattern of reasoning most similar to that exhibited by the argument above?

Back 41

Parallel-the-Reasoning

Front 42

Smith's statements can most directly be used as part of an argument for which one of the following

Back 42

Parallel-the-Reasoning

Front 43

The structure of the reasoning in the argument above is most parallel to that in which one of the following?

Back 43

Parallel-the-Reasoning

Front 44

Which of the following principle, if accepted, would most strongly support the FDC's position against the FWC's position.

Back 44

Principle
(supports)

Front 45

The statement above, if true, most strongly supports which one of the following

Back 45

Principle
(supports)

Front 46

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion of the butcher's argument

Back 46

Principle
(conforms)

Front 47

If the statements above are true, which one of the following most accurately describes Rossi's argument

Back 47

Principle
(conforms)

Front 48

Which one of the following, if true, casts the most doubt on the validity of the evidence offered in support of the naturalist's claim

Back 48

Weaken

Front 49

The conversation lends the most support to the claim that Dana and Pat disagree on which one of the following.

Back 49

Identify the Disagreement

Front 50

In responding to Bill, Susan does which 0of the following?

Back 50

Reasoning

Front 51

Which one of the following most accurately describes the role played in the argument by the supposition that eating meat is essential to good health.

Back 51

Reasoning

Front 52

Jay's response suggests that he interpreted Helena's remarks to mean that.

Back 52

Reasoning

Front 53

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to reconcile the apparent discrepancy indicated above?

Back 53

Resolve/Explain

Front 54

Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain the finding of the study?

Back 54

Strengthen

Front 55

The argument in the editorial depends on assuming which one of the following.

Back 55

Assumption

Front 56

The conclusion of the argument follows logically if which one of the following is assumed.

Back 56

Assumption

Front 57

Which of the following is a assumption on which the argument depends?

Back 57

Assumption

Front 58

The argument's reasoning is questionable because the argument

Back 58

Flaw

Front 59

Which one of the following is a questionable argumentative strategy employed in the editorial's argument?

Back 59

Flaw

Front 60

The argument commits which one of the following errors in reasoning?

Back 60

Flaw

Front 61

A reasoning error in the argument is that the argument

Back 61

Flaw

Front 62

Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the information above?

Back 62

Inference

Front 63

Each of the following, if true, helps to support the claim that the new maps will be more useful EXCEPT

Back 63

Weaken

Front 64

Which one of the following most accurately describes a mistake in the reasoning of one of the two speakers

Back 64

Parallel-the-Reasoning

(Avoid!)

Front 65

The flawed reasoning on the argument above most closely resembles that in which of the following.

Back 65

Parallel-the-Reasoning

(Avoid!)

Front 66

Each of the following, if true, helps to reconcile the statements above EXCEPT

Back 66

Resolve/Explain

Front 67

Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the statements above, if they are true

Back 67

Inference

Front 68

Which of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion of the argument

Back 68

Inference

Front 69

The reasoning in the environmentalist's criticism is questionable because it

Back 69

Flaw

Front 70

The argument is most vulnerable to criticism because it ignores the possibility that

Back 70

Flaw

Front 71

Bill's response most strongly supports the contention that Bill misunderstood Frank to be asserting that

Back 71

Principle

(Supports)

Front 72

Which one of the following most accurately describes the argumentative technique used in the argument?

Back 72

Principle

(Conforms)

Front 73

Which one of the following logically follows from the statements above

Back 73

Principle

(Conforms)

Front 74

Which one of the following principles, if valid most helps to justify the critic's reasoning

Back 74

Principle

(Supports)

Front 75

Dr. C uses which one of the following strategies in responding to Dr. J?

Back 75

Reasoning

Front 76

Which one of the following most accurately describes the essayist's method of defending the definition against the objection

Back 76

Reasoning

Front 77

Each of the following, if true, contributes to an explanation of the practice mentioned above EXCEPT

Back 77

Strengthen

Front 78

Which of the following, if true, would cast the most doubt on the conclusion?

Back 78

Weaken