Logical Reasoning

PT133 · S3 · Q4 Sam: Mountain lions

A free, expert breakdown of this official LSAT Logical Reasoning question.

  • Save & drill this skill build targeted practice sets from questions like this one

  • Video walkthroughs watch every question solved step by step

  • 81 official LSATs as questions, timed sections & full-length tests

Sam: Mountain lions, a protected species, are preying on bighorn sheep, another protected species.

Sam Meli

Mountain lions, a protected species, are preying on bighorn sheep, another protected species.

Nonsense. We We must let must do what nature take its we can to ensure course and hope the survival of the bighorns the bighorn, even survive. if that means limiting the mountain lion population.

Evaluate

We can go by process of elimination through Sam's claims and verify that there's only one there that Meli seems to be arguing the opposite of.

She's not saying - Mountain lions aren't protected - Bighorns aren't protected - Mountain lions aren't preying on bighorns

But she does seem to be saying - We shouldn't let nature take its course and hope the bighorns survive

Because she's arguing that we should intervene and do whatever it takes to protect the bighorns. Intervening is the opposite of "letting nature take its course".

So let's look for an answer about , or .

4.

Which one of the following is a point of disagreement between Meli and Sam?

  1. Correct

    Humans should not intervene to

    Why this is right

    Sam would agree with this statement, while Meli would disagree with it.

    Skill tested: Agree/Disagree · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    93% picked this

  2. The preservation of a species

    Half Scope

    While Meli would likely agree with this statement, Sam does not address it.

    4% picked this

  3. The preservation of a predatory

    Unsupported

    Neither Sam nor Meli would agree with this statement.

    1% picked this

  4. Any measures to limit the

    Unsupported

    Neither Sam nor Meli would agree with this statement.

    0% picked this

  5. If the population of mountain

    Unsupported

    Neither Talbert nor Sklar would agree with this statement.

    2% picked this

Continue the review in LSAT Lab

Save this question, watch the video walkthrough, and drill similar questions in your LSAT Lab account.

LSAT Lab

Turn this review into a targeted study plan.

Save this question, drill more like it, watch the video walkthrough, and track your progress in your LSAT Lab account.

Start practicing free