LSAT 144 – Section 3 – Question 05

LSAT 144 - Section 3 - Question 05

October 2015

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT144 S3 Q05
+LR
+Exp
Resolve reconcile or explain +RRE
Causal Reasoning +CausR
Net Effect +NetEff
A
11%
156
B
2%
157
C
1%
153
D
5%
156
E
82%
163
137
147
156
 +Medium 145.106 +SubsectionEasier

Most people who have taken a seminar for building organizational skills in the workplace have indeed become more organized as a result; however, despite having become more organized, few have become any more efficient.

"Surprising" Phenomenon
Why do so few people become more efficient after taking an organization skills seminar, even though many become more organized?

Objective
The correct answer will be a hypothesis that highlights a key difference between how the organizational skills seminar affects organization and how it affects efficiency.

A
Some of the people who are most efficient in the workplace are not among the most organized.
This doesn’t present a difference between the effect of organizational skills seminars on organization versus on efficiency. Even if many efficient people are unorganized, we still need a reason why the seminar might contribute to people’s organization but not their efficiency.
B
Most people whose organizational skills in the workplace are below average do not take seminars for building organizational skills in the workplace.
This doesn’t explain why the seminar contributes to organizational skill but not to efficiency. Regardless of organizational skill before the seminar, we know that most people were more organized after the seminar. We need an explanation for why they weren’t also more efficient.
C
Most seminars for building organizational skills in the workplace are designed for people who have been selected for management training.
This doesn’t provide a difference between how organizational skill and efficiency are affected by the seminar. It doesn’t matter for whom the seminars are designed or who takes them; we need a hypothesis that contributes to an explanation of the seminar’s results.
D
Most people who have taken a seminar for building organizational skills in the workplace have below-average organizational skills before they enroll in the seminar.
Again, regardless of who takes the seminar or what that person’s organizational skill level is before taking the seminar, we know that most people were more organized after the seminar. We still need an explanation for why they weren’t also more efficient.
E
Most people who have taken a seminar for building organizational skills in the workplace consequently expend a great amount of time organizing their activities.
This answer provides a hypothesis that highlights a key difference between how the organizational skills seminar affects organization and how it affects efficiency. After one takes the seminar, she spends more time organizing and is thus more organized but not more efficient.

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