LSAT 124 – Section 1 – Question 01

LSAT 124 - Section 1 - Question 01

December 2007

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Question QuickView	Type	Tags	Answer Choices	Curve	Question Difficulty	Psg/Game/S Difficulty	Explanation
PT124 S1 Q01	+LR	Except +Exc Strengthen +Streng Value Judgment +ValJudg	A 2% 158 B 1% 158 C 90% 164 D 5% 157 E 3% 154	130 140 151	+Easier	146.495 +SubsectionMedium

Consumer advocate: Businesses are typically motivated primarily by the desire to make as great a profit as possible, and advertising helps businesses to achieve this goal. But it is clear that the motive of maximizing profits does not impel businesses to present accurate information in their advertisements. It follows that consumers should be skeptical of the claims made in advertisements.

Summarize Argument

Consumers should be critical of what advertisements say. This is because advertising helps businesses fulfill their profit-generating goals, and these goals do not require presenting accurate information.

Notable Assumptions

The advocate assumes that just because the goal of generating profit does not motivate businesses to present accurate information in their ads, there is no other factor that does.

Businesses know that they can usually maximize their profits by using inaccurate information in their advertisements.

This strengthens the argument. It reinforces the premises by noting that businesses are aware that deception in advertisements can lead to larger profits, and we already know that businesses are motivated primarily to maximize profit.

Businesses have often included inaccurate information in their advertisements.

This strengthens the argument. It reinforces the conclusion that consumers should be skeptical of advertisements’ claims, as businesses have been shown to present false information in their ads.

Many consumers have a cynical attitude toward advertising.

This does not affect the argument. Whether or not consumers are already skeptical of advertisements is not relevant to the advocate’s argument, which is about whether consumers should be skeptical of the claims made in advertisements.

Those who create advertisements are less concerned with the accuracy than with the creativity of advertisements.

This strengthens the argument. (D) says that accuracy is not the biggest priority for those developing ads, which suggests that accuracy could be compromised in favor of creativity. This strengthens the conclusion that consumers should be skeptical of the claims made in ads.

The laws regulating truth in advertising are not applicable to many of the most common forms of inaccurate advertising.

This strengthens the argument. It suggests that current laws are insufficient to protect consumers from inaccurate claims in advertising. Thus, consumers should be skeptical of advertisements’ claims.

LSAT 124 – Section 1 – Question 01

LSAT 124 - Section 1 - Question 01

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Section 1 - Logical Reasoning

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