LSAT 3 | Section 2 | Logical Reasoning: Q4

LR Question 4 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: A work of architecture, if it is to be both inviting…

QUESTION TYPE: Must be True

ANALYSIS: Modern architects have violated “this precept.” Their buildings are not functional for public use.

The precept in question is that buildings must be unobtrusive.

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1. Unobtrusive is a necessary condition for a building to be inviting and functional. It is not a sufficient condition. It would be possible to make an unobtrusive and useless building.
2. CORRECT. The double negative makes this slightly confusing, but really this says that modern architects have made their buildings obtrusive and thus not functional.
3. An architect with a strong personality could produce functional buildings if they did not let their personality take over their work.
4. As in answer choice A, we could make a building that took second place to the environment yet which was also useless. Taking second place to the environment is a necessary condition only.
5. Like answer choice C this is possible as long as the artist’s personality does not fully take over the work.

Recap: The question begins with “A work of architecture, if it is to be both inviting”. It is a Must be True question. Learn more about LSAT MBT questions in our guide to LSAT Logical Reasoning question types.