PrepTest 107

[lcid:3527] Prep Test 107 LSAT — Logical Reasoning — S4 Logical reasoning

Question prompt

Physical education should teach Remaining source text redacted.
Why the credited answer is right

Credited answer: A

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

Argument or Facts

Facts

Valid or Flawed

NA

Question Type

Must Be True Questions

Stimulus Summary

Goal - Teach people to exercise
Approach - Phys ed
Problem - It focuses on sports, which results in the less athletic kids not exercising enough to be healthy

Answer Anticipation

While most Goal/Approach passages are arguments in question types that ask about validity, this one shows up in a Must be True question. No worries - we can still use this pattern to help us understand what’s going on!
Here, a goal is presented, along with an approach to achieving it. However, the stimulus pivots to a problem with that approach - it teaches non-competitive kids that they shouldn’t be athletic, and thus they don’t exercise enough to stay healthy.
It’s unclear what direction the correct answer is going to take, but having a solid understanding of the stimulus should help us in our analysis!

Answer choices

  1. A
    Physical education should include Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice A matches the stem
    Normally, “should” answers in Must be True questions are incorrect. One exception to that is when the stimulus establishes what should be the case. Here, that happens - phys ed “should” have the goal of teaching people to pursue healthy, active lifestyles. Since focusing on competitive activities results in that goal failing for a number of students, it can be inferred that there should be noncompetitive activities in Phys Ed to help those students achieve the goal established. This answer is thus supported by the stimulus, so it’s correct.
  2. B
    Competition causes most students Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice B is not credited
    Competitive sports cause most of the less competitive students to turn away from sports, so this answer features several shifts that are unsupported by the stimulus.
  3. C
    People who are talented Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice C is not credited
    While we learn that those who view themselves as unathletic don’t exercise enough to stay healthy, saying that those who are competitive at sports do exercise enough is an illegal negation of that idea.
  4. D
    The mental aspects of Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice D is not credited
    The stimulus doesn’t really discuss the mental aspects of exercise - at most, it discusses one mental aspect (viewing yourself as athletic). And it certainly doesn’t compare those aspects to the physical ones.
  5. E
    Children should be taught Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice E is not credited
    While Phys Ed should teach people to pursue an active lifestyle, that doesn’t mean that children should be taught the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle. Maybe that would help them focus on living an active lifestyle, but there’s no indication of that.

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