S2E6: Strengthening Qs, Migraines & Workplace Accommodations

Strengthening questions are the first question type in the Logical Reasoning section of the LSAT that make you start thinking like an attorney.  The best strengthening answer choice will: a. Eliminate a possible alternate cause; or b. Eliminate a possible alternate effect; or c. Give more evidence linking the stated possible cause with the stated effect; or d. Bluntly support the assumption. In a causal argument, the answer choice would support the assumption that “nothing other than A (the cause) caused B (the effect).” Today's Practice Question: 1. Among men with broad shoulders, a large proportion do not even work out: They don’t do any cardiovascular exercises, don’t lift weights, and don’t do any manual labor that requires heavy lifting. Since such activity often leads to broader shoulders, it is likely that men with the broadest shoulders are genetically disposed to having a broader skeletal structure. Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument? (A) There is some evidence that engaging in some upper-body exercise can broaden anyone’s shoulders. (B) Some of the men with the broadest shoulders don’t do any cardiovascular exercises, but they do lift weights and have manual labor jobs that require heavy lifting. (C) Some of the men with the broadest shoulders do daily cardiovascular exercises, but they do not lift weights or have manual labor jobs that require heavy lifting. (D) Some men who do not have broad shoulders also don’t do any cardiovascular exercises, lift weights or have manual labor jobs that require heavy lifting. (E) Nearly all men with broad shoulders have fathers and brothers who also have broad shoulders. Hosted by Shana Ginsburg, Esq., CEO of Ginsburg Advanced Tutoring. Ginsburg Advanced Tutoring is a full-service tutoring, accommodations and admissions company designed to support the needs of the anything-but-average student.   For tutoring and accommodations inquiries, find us on the web at ginsburgadvancedtutoring.com or email us at [e-mail].  This podcast is developed, edited and mixed by Shana Ginsburg.   Music by Taha Ahmed.   Like what you hear? Leave us a review! Podcast listeners take 30% off our LSAT Boss course on Teachable with offer code SALE30 at checkout.