PrepTest 104

[lcid:3515] Prep Test 104 LSAT — Logical Reasoning — S4 Logical reasoning

Question prompt

Nutrition education in schools Remaining source text redacted.
Why the credited answer is right

Credited answer: D

The notes below walk through why it fits the stem and how to eliminate the rest.

Argument or Facts

Argument

Valid or Flawed

Flawed

Question Type

Bizarro / Strengthen Questions

Stimulus Summary

Recommendation - Eat from the four food groups!
Judgment - The recommendation is dangerous to health

Answer Anticipation

There’s not a lot to this argument! It’s a recommendation, and a judgment that it’s dangerous. As such, any answer that brings up a reason to believe the recommendation to eat from each of the four food groups each day will strengthen it.
That’s all we’ve got - this is going to be an answer analysis-heavy question!

Answer choices

  1. A
    The division into four Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice A is not credited
    This answer brings up a danger of the recommendation - it would lead to a diet that could promote heart disease and cancer.

  2. B
    The omission of fish, Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice B is not credited
    Another downside of the recommendation - it suggested that healthy fish were less healthy!

  3. C
    A healthy diet should Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice C is not credited
    Yet another downside to the recommendation, leading to people not eating enough fruits/vegetables.

  4. D
    The recommendation that some Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice D matches the stem
    If anything, this is a reason that the recommendation was helpful, so it wouldn’t strengthen the argument that it’s dangerous to health!

  5. E
    Encouraging the daily consumption Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice E is not credited
    One more answer bringing up a negative effect of the recommendation, strengthening the argument that the recommendation was dangerous to health.

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