LSAT 133 | Section 3 | Logical Reasoning: Q13

LR Question 13 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Like a genetic profile, a functional magnetic-resonance…

QUESTION TYPE: Most Strongly Supported

FACTS:

1. An fMRI contains information that a patient might want to keep private.
2. So does a genetic profile.
3. An fMRI of a skull can allow us to identify the patient’s face.
4. A genetic profile can be linked to a patient only by looking at labels or records.

ANALYSIS: It’s fairly strongly supported that an fMRI allows identification to be done in a different way than by using a genetic profile. We’re told clearly that genetic profiles can only ID a patient through labels and records, not pictures.

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1. We’re not told anything about fMRI labeling.
2. CORRECT. An fMRI can identify a patient by creating their picture from a skull shape. Weird. You can’t do that with a genetic profile. The only way to identify a genetic profile is through labeling.
3. We have no idea. Maybe the privacy controls on genetic profiles are quite good despite how easy it could be to match the profiles to patients in theory.
4. We don’t know. If this were true then there might not be any reason to do fMRIs.
5. We’re not told what patients think. I don’t imagine most people realize they can be identified with an image of their skull.