LSAT 2 | Section 4 | Logical Reasoning: Q12

LR Question 12 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: “Though they soon will, patients should not have a legal right…

QUESTION TYPE: Paradox

ANALYSIS: The doctor presents two problems that will result from the new law. They seem mutually exclusive:

1. Medical staff will have to spend a lot of time retrieving files.
2. No one will ask for their files.

If no one asks for their files, then why will staff have to waste time retrieving them?

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1. CORRECT. This would mean that medical staff would still have to go through a lot of work to prepare documents even if patients never ask for them.
2. This doesn’t explain why that staff member would have extra work to do if patients never asked for their documents.
3. Since the Doctor believes that no patients would ask for their records it is not clear how this is relevant.
4. Same as C. We have to explain the paradox that there will be extra work despite the fact that no one will ask for their documents.
5. This strengthens the Doctor’s argument, but it doesn’t explain anything. Did the doctors in question have to do any extra work as a result of their policy even though no one asked?

Recap: The question begins with “”Though they soon will, patients should not have a legal right”. It is a Paradox question. Learn more about LSAT Paradox questions in our guide to LSAT Logical Reasoning question types.