LSAT 124 – Section 2 – Question 15

LSAT 124 - Section 2 - Question 15

December 2007

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT124 S2 Q15
+LR
+Exp
Except +Exc
Strengthen +Streng
A
0%
148
B
0%
154
C
1%
152
D
9%
158
E
89%
163
120
134
148
 +Easiest 145.571 +SubsectionMedium

Midlevel managers at large corporations are unlikely to suggest reductions in staff in their own departments even when these departments are obviously overstaffed.

Summarize Argument

Notable Assumptions
As we can see from the question stem, the stimulus is not an argument, but a claim. All the wrong answer choices will act as premises, offering us evidence to believe the claim is true. The right answer choice will have either a weakening effect on the claim, or no effect at all.

A
The compensation paid to midlevel managers is greater when they supervise more workers.
This strengthens the argument. It provides a reason for why midlevel managers don’t want a smaller team—they would get paid less!
B
Midlevel managers have less work to do when their departments are overstaffed.
This strengthens the argument. It provides a reason for why midlevel managers don’t want a smaller team—the managers would have more work to do.
C
Staff morale and productivity often suffer when workers are laid off.
This strengthens the argument. It provides a reason for why midlevel managers don’t want a smaller team—staff morale and productivity would decline.
D
Departmental workloads at most large corporations increase and decrease significantly and unpredictably.
This strengthens the argument. It provides a reason for why midlevel managers don’t want a smaller team—they are wary of the workload increasing suddenly and having too few unemployees.
E
Many large corporations allow managers to offer early retirement as a means of reducing staff.
This does not affect the argument. The fact that managers may be able to offer staff early retirement to reduce staff does not affect the assertion that they are nevertheless unlikely to suggest a reduction in staff.

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