Free LSAT Practice Question

Question 1 of 1
ID: LSAT-LR-128
Section: Logical Reasoning
Topic: Method of Reasoning
Difficulty level: Medium

Practice Mode: Single selected Question » Back to Overview

Hydrologist: Ostrowski's rule, which sets out what a record must satisfy to be admitted to the county series and not what an excluded one will show, admits a record only if the gauge has been moved no more than once; and she excludes the Brindle record by it. The Brindle gauge has been moved once. So it is not the rule that keeps Brindle out.

Which one of the following most accurately describes the hydrologist's method of reasoning?

AIt argues that the rule turns on an ambiguity in what counts as moving a gauge — a change of site, or of mounting — and that her verdict needs the wider one.

BIt draws out what the rule actually states, and observes that the record she rejects meets its condition, so the rule cannot be what excludes it.

CIt faults Ostrowski for treating the rule's condition as though meeting it secured admission, when the rule states only what an admitted record must satisfy.

DIt grants that Ostrowski's rule applies, and objects that she never says how a move is to be counted.

EIt rejects her exclusion on the ground that she has not shown the Brindle gauge to differ relevantly from every gauge whose record she admits, which no exclusion could show.

» Quit