LSAT 115 | Section 2 | Logical Reasoning: Q24

LR Question 24 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Good students learn more than what their parents and…

QUESTION TYPE: Must be False

ANALYSIS:

GS ➞  LM ➞ DP ➞ C

(If you’re a good student, you learn more than what is required. This means you derive pleasure from satisfying your own curiosity and therefore are capable of intense concentration to the point of forgetting your own identity) …now there’s a mouthful

C ➞ DP ➞ LM ➞ GS

Remember that you can have a necessary condition without a sufficient condition. You can’t have a sufficient condition without a necessary condition.

___________

1. Quite possible, C is only a necessary condition.
2. CORRECT. Impossible. Every good student derives pleasure from satisfying their curiosity.
3. Since DP is only a necessary condition for GS, this is possible.
4. You can have a necessary condition without a sufficient condition, so this is possible.
5. Since that is a necessary condition for being a good student, it’s possible.

Recap: The question begins with “Good students learn more than what their parents and”. It is a Must be False question. Learn more about LSAT MBF questions in our guide to LSAT Logical Reasoning question types.