LSAT 104 – Section 1 – Question 01

LSAT 104 - Section 1 - Question 01

December 1998

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT104 S1 Q01
+LR
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
A
9%
165
B
83%
169
C
1%
156
D
1%
163
E
6%
162
130
145
160
 +Medium 149.106 +SubsectionMedium

J.Y.’s explanation

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Powell: Private waste-removal companies spend 60 percent of what public waste-removal companies spend per customer, yet give their customers at least as good service. Private waste-removal companies, therefore, work more efficiently.

Freeman: Your conclusion is unwarranted. Different customers have different waste-removal needs. Since private companies, unlike their public counterparts, can select which customers to serve, they choose to exclude the potential customers whom they judge to be the most costly to serve.

Speaker 1 Summary
Powell concludes that private waste-removal companies are more efficient than public waste-removal companies. This is because the private companies spend a lot less to remove waste, but provide at least as good service as the public companies do.

Speaker 2 Summary
Freeman points out that private companies, unlike public companies, can cherry pick their customers. They can choose not to serve customers who would be the most costly to serve. Thus, Freeman believes we cannot conclude private waste-removal companies are more efficient than public ones. It could simply be that private companies serve less costly customers.

Objective
We’re looking for a point of disagreement. The speakers disagree on whether we can conclude that private companies are more efficient than public companies. Powell thinks we can. Freeman thinks we can’t.

A
accuracy of the figure of 60 percent with regard to the difference in service costs between private and public waste-removal companies
Freeman doesn’t express an opinion. Her point is that even if the statistic is correct, it could be a product of private companies’ ability to select customers, not a product of their efficiency.
B
reason private waste-removal companies are able to offer service comparable to that offered by public ones while spending less money per customer
This is a point of disagreement. Powell believes the reason is that private companies are more efficient. Freeman believes that we cannot conclude the reason is greater efficiency. To Freeman, the reason could be private companies’ exclusion of most costly customers.
C
ability of private versus public waste-removal companies to select which customers to serve
Powell doesn’t express an opinion about this. It’s possible Powell agrees that private companies have this ability, but just thinks private companies don’t exercise it.
D
likelihood of the local authorities’ turning public waste-removal companies into private ones so that the companies can operate with lower service costs than they now incur
Neither speaker comments on whether local authorities will turn public waste-removal companies into private ones.
E
relationship between the needs of a waste-removal customer and the amount of money it takes to serve that customer
Powell doesn’t have an opinion about this. He doesn’t comment on how the needs of a customer might relate to the costs of serving that customer.

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