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Chapter 3 LNAT full practice paper 3 - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

Problem 1

Which of these qualities cannot be inferred as being used to characterise the design of the human body?
A. Complex
B. Unique
C. Intentional
D. Perfect
E. Elusive

Heather Thornton

Numerade Educator

Which of the following are not used in such a manner as to suggest that they are in contrast or in opposition to each other?
A. Chance and design
B. Complexity and simplicity
C. Random occurrence and symmetry
D. The human brain and man-made processors
E. The universe and the human body

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Problem 3

Which of the following views may be implied from the passage?
A. Random occurrence could not possibly have achieved symmetry of the human body, from conception to birth
B. If the origin of human life were random and not designed, this would yield more imperfect outcomes in the makeup of human beings
C. If human beings were able to successfully innovate a product that could completely replicate their capabilities, this could rule out the possibility of a grand Creator's existence
D. It is wrong to think that random chance is the origin of human life
E. There is evidence to support the existence of a grand Creator, not just in the uniformity of the universe, but also of the human body

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Problem 4

The writer uses the word "bourgeois" to characterise:
A. A middle-class women's movement
B. A working-class women's movement
C. A movement for oppressed women
D. A movement for female racial minorities
E. A movement for liberal women

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Problem 5

Which of the following is not a factor that explains why feminist advocacy has become more diverse in recent years?
A. Legislation discriminating against LGBT individuals
B. The coronavirus health crisis
C. Clampdown on immigrants
D. The Black Lives Matter Movement
E. The election of Donald Trump as President

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Problem 6

In the passage the writer argues that:
A. Feminist activism remains highly white-dominated
B. Capitalism exploits women
C. Feminist activism is doing a better job at representing different concerns women have
D. Women are not adequately represented by the two movements against sexism
E. Feminist activism has failed

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Problem 7

Which word best describes the writer's tone in "They have? Why, splendid"?
A. Disbelief
B. Sarcastic
C. Exasperated
D. Annoyed
E. Impatient

Brenda Sanchez

Numerade Educator

02:03

Problem 8

Why does the writer refer to poor people as "Poor People"?
A. To show poor people due respect
B. To illustrate how politicians view poor people in the abstract
C. To emphasise the plight of poor people
D. To imply that she understands poor people better than politicians
E. For reasons of clarity

Brenda Sanchez

Numerade Educator

Problem 9

What does the writer imply but not state?
A. If the reader is unable to draw links to their own life experience and empathise with poor people, they are a sociopath
B. Most people are able to imagine the plight of poor people but simply refuse to empathise with them
C. Politicians are unable to understand poor people and their concerns
D. Some politicians feel sympathetic towards poor people
E. Some poor people make unhealthy lifestyle decisions

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01:59

Problem 10

Which quality in the passage is not used to characterise women's religious practices?
A. Practical
B. Domestic
C. Supernatural
D. Sacred
E. Passive

Chris Dingman

Numerade Educator

Problem 11

The writer does not believe that:
A. Women's domestic roles have a supernatural dimension to them
B. Mothers are the primary care-giver in a family
C. Women's practices are ritualistic
D. Women are inherently more religious than men
E. Women are socialised into being empathetic and caring

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01:52

Problem 12

The writer's main argument is that:
A. Women are more religious than men because their socialisation emphasises care, empathy, and nurturing
B. Women have equally sacred religious practices as men
C. The nature of women's practices, reinforced by social forces, make them more religious than men
D. Women's religious practices relating to food best explain their religiosity
E. Women are more religious than men

Asma Venkitta

Numerade Educator

Problem 13

According to the passage, which of the following is not an impact that Israeli settlements have had on Palestinians?
A. Palestinian labour is exploited
B. Palestinian land is stolen
C. Palestinians are deprived of water resources
D. Palestinian children have been attacked
E. The Palestinian date industry is unable to compete with Israeli dates flooding the local and international markets

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Problem 14

Which of the following cannot be inferred as a characteristic of the Israeli date industry?
A. Exploitative
B. Immoral
C. Labour-intensive
D. Large
E. Growing

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01:27

Problem 15

All these examples illustrate how Palestinian workers have been exploited except:
A. "Israeli farmers are also known to employ Palestinian children"
B. "Because of the gruelling work involved in picking dates, Israeli settlers bring in low-paid Palestinian labourers to do the difficult work"
C. "They are exposed to high temperatures, which put them at risk of heatstroke, and when they get injured, they often are not afforded healthcare or compensation"
D. "Workers, including children, are forced to work long hours and fulfil quotas before they are able to go home"
E. "In many cases, he had to smuggle them illegally out of the countries he visited Iraq, Persia, Egypt - as they were considered a national treasure and it was forbidden to export them"

Bryan Lynn

Numerade Educator

Problem 16

What is the writer's main worry about data colonialism?
A. It completely reorganises and disrupts our daily lives
B. It infringes on people's privacy
C. It facilitates minority discrimination
D. It gives Big Tech companies too much power
E. It is exploitative

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01:25

Problem 17

Which of the following does not introduce a new argument?
A. True ... but ...
B. $\ldots$ but what if ...
C. For instance, ...
D. Instead of ...
E. But if we think about ...

Meghan Mulcahy

Numerade Educator

02:01

Problem 18

Which of the following words used in the first paragraph comes closest to the meaning of "groundbreaking"?
A. Startling
B. New
C. Unprecedented
D. Reorganisation
E. Continuous

Brenda Sanchez

Numerade Educator

Problem 19

Why does the writer term the phenomenon discussed in the passage as "data colonialism"?
A. Companies and governments are monetising data
B. Authoritarian governments are limiting citizens' privacy
C. The process of data mining is violent and destructive
D. Large amounts of data are being collected
E. Public data is being appropriated around the world by governments and other parties

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01:52

Problem 20

Which of the following is not a description of cyber terrorism found in the passage?
A. Cyber terrorism is non-lethal
B. Cyber terrorism has not destroyed any critical infrastructures
C. Cyber terrorism can be conducted peacefully
D. Cyber terrorism can be conducted by states
E. Cyber terrorism is more effective at stoking fear than conventional terrorism

Hubert Agamasu

Numerade Educator

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Problem 21

Based on the passage, which of the following best describes human security?
A. Ensuring people's physical safety
B. Safeguarding vital national interests
C. Protecting people's well-being and freedoms
D. Protecting people's personal data and privacy
E. Defending people's mental health

Rashmi Sinha

Numerade Educator

01:52

Problem 22

What does the writer suggest is the main difference between conventional terrorism and cyber terrorism?
A. Only conventional terrorism seeks to extract political concessions by instilling fear in the civilian population
B. They attack different facilities
C. The effects of cyber terrorism are less obvious
D. Cyber terrorism has less significant effects on human security
E. There are more ways of conducting cyber terrorism than there are for conventional terrorism

Hubert Agamasu

Numerade Educator

01:52

Problem 23

What is the main point the writer is trying to make by citing the "common truism that terrorists want a lot of people watching, not a lot of people dead"?
A. To shed light on motivations of terror groups
B. To explain why so few people are killed by conventional terrorism
C. To suggest that conventional terrorism is not as deadly as one may expect
D. To explain why conventional terrorism has greater effects on human security as compared to national security
E. To predict the effects of conventional terrorism on national security

Hubert Agamasu

Numerade Educator

Problem 24

Based on the first paragraph, what can be inferred about "open Marxism"
A. It adopts a more holistic approach to understanding prejudice and power
B. It was more accepting towards alternative viewpoints
C. It did not discriminate against those who subscribed to it
D. It is more open to criticism
E. It gave racial and sexual minorities more power in the movement

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Problem 25

Which of the following were used in contrast to each other by the author?
A. Truth and wealth
B. Class power and non-economic forms of power
C. Life and death
D. Discipline and order
E. Discipline and violence

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02:01

Problem 26

According to the article, why may a prison not necessarily be more humane than capital punishment?
A. It causes inmates to facilitate their own persecution
B. It affects far more people
C. It is deceptive as prisoners constantly believe they are being watched when they are not
D. It inflicts mental trauma on prisoners
E. Prison wardens are conditioned to treat prisoners terribly

Brenda Sanchez

Numerade Educator

Problem 27

Which of the following words as used in various paragraphs of the article comes closest to the meaning of the word "exacerbates"?
A. Mounting
B. Converge
C. Intensifies
D. Overlapping
E. Transformation

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Problem 28

According to the article, which of the following is not true?
A. Denmark used to have private insurance plans
B. Conservatives in the US prefer a model of private health insurance
C. Private markets provide insufficient insurance coverage to the population
D. The for-profit nature of the US healthcare system provides better quality treatment at the expense of general accessibility
E. Debates about public versus private health insurance programmes reflect the opposition between individual responsibility and social responsibility

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Problem 29

Which is not a feature that distinguishes between the Danish and US healthcare systems?
A. Financing of hospitals
B. Prevalence of private health insurance
C. Political support for existing healthcare policy and infrastructure
D. Universality of healthcare insurance coverage
E. The presence of disagreements regarding health policy

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Problem 30

Which of the following is implied but not stated?
A. There was no widespread support for the Medicare social insurance programme
B. There was significant resistance against introducing privatisation into the realm of healthcare
C. The US political culture does not subscribe to the ideal that both the rich and poor should have "free and equal access" to treatment, to the extent that the Danish political culture does
D. US patients do not have a primary care doctor
E. The US healthcare system is less likely to withstand changes in political tides

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01:28

Problem 31

The Big Five personality trait that is likely to be the most well understood is:
A. Agreeableness
B. Conscientiousness
C. Neuroticism
D. Extraversion
E. Openness

Jessica Reyna

Numerade Educator

06:46

Problem 32

Which is a potential factor in the cause for couple similarity mentioned in the article?
A. Academic interests
B. Education
C. Financial income
D. Physical appearance
E. Family background

Heena Haldankar

Numerade Educator

02:34

Problem 33

Which of the following is not a reason why similar romantic partners are likely to be more satisfied?
A. They are better able to interpret each other's thoughts and behaviour
B. They enjoy more stability in their relationship
C. They feel better understood by their partners
D. They feel that their partners are more responsive to them and their needs
E. They are likely to have similar levels of psychological adjustment such as self-esteem

Alyssa Mae L.

Numerade Educator

Problem 34

The article mainly concerns:
A. Why partners may be similar to one another
B. How partners may be similar to one another
C. How the Big Five personality traits work
D. How trait similarity can be applicable to maladaptive traits as well
E. How similarities between partners' personalities relate to relationship satisfaction

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00:42

Problem 35

Which of the following phrases were used to introduce a new argument?
A. Furthermore ...
B. Nonetheless, ...
C. Moreover, ...
D. ... in particular ...
E. Over the years ...

Liuxi Sun

Numerade Educator

Problem 36

In the article, which of the following words was being used as a criticism of the way the US media landscape is being evaluated?
A. Slippery (paragraph 4)
B. Dominate (paragraph 4 )
C. Flatten (paragraph 1 )
D. Transferred (paragraph 5)
E. Commanded (paragraph 5)

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Problem 37

According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. The writer believes that digital media has helped to diversify media content
B. Digital news media are no more democratic in terms of media ownership, as compared to traditional news outlets
C. Media content produced is unaffected by forms of media ownership
D. The most dominant media conglomerates today are: Disney, Comcast, A\&, CBS, Viacom, and Fox
E. Established and more mature media firms have an impenetrable dominance over the media landscape

Brenda Sanchez

Numerade Educator

Problem 38

The writer's main argument is that:
A. The rise of digital media has been disruptive to the media industry
B. The rise of digital media has not helped to create a more democratic landscape
C. There has long been a domination of traditional media outlets by a handful of companies
D. Online news media is concentrated with information
E. Media ownership structures remain the same even in the realm of digital media

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Problem 39

Which of the following words as used in the passage comes closest in meaning to the word "significant"?
A. Veritable
B. Superfluous
C. Descriptive
D. Whole
E. Contestations

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Problem 40

Which of the following cannot be inferred as the writer's view of the "Black" label?
A. Unnecessary
B. Detrimental
C. Disempowering
D. Negative
E. Indispensable

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Problem 41

According to the article, which of the following is not a reason for why the word "Black" is employed as a marker of identity?
A. The label is used a means of language reclamation by the Black community
B. The label was popularised by the Black Power movements
C. The label is used as a physical descriptor of the people it describes
D. The label is used to represent people with African ancestral origins
E. The label is a curse with negative connotations

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Problem 42

Which of the following best describes the writer's main argument?
A. The terms "Black" and "Blackness" are fiercely contested terms
B. The terms "Black" and "Blackness" are harmful
C. Though the terms "Black" and "Blackness" may be motivated by good intentions, they may be harmful
D. The Black Power movements are undermined by the use of the terms "Black" and "Blackness"
E. Blackness is borne out of white people's fantasies about "black skin"

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