LSAT 157 – Section 3 – Question 05

LSAT 157 - Section 3 - Question 05

June 2020

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT157 S3 Q05
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
Principle +Princ
A
3%
146
B
86%
159
C
4%
145
D
6%
153
E
1%
144
120
132
145
 +Easiest 145.111 +SubsectionEasier

Taylorism, the early-twentieth-century industrial efficiency movement pioneered by Frederick Taylor, has had a profound effect on industrialized societies. Increased productivity resulting from greater efficiency has led to increases in most workers’ standards of living. At the same time, Taylor’s methods have tended to make these workers’ jobs routine and repetitive, thereby robbing their work of some of the intrinsic worth it possessed when it emphasized creativity and talent.

Summary
Taylorism has had a profound effect on industrialized societies. Greater efficiency caused increased productivity, which in turn caused an increase in most workers’ standards of living. At the same time, Taylorism has caused these workers’ jobs to become routine and repetitive, robbing their work of some intrinsic worth it possessed when it emphasized creativity and talent.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
Some industrial developments can both benefit and harm workers.

A
Sometimes measures that appear to promote efficiency are actually deleterious to it.
This answer is anti-supported. The stimulus tells us that Taylorism caused greater efficiency.
B
Some developments in industry can benefit workers financially while making their work less rewarding in other respects.
This answer is strongly supported. Taylorism benefitted workers financially by increasing most workers’ standards of living. However, at the same time, Taylorism harmed workers by causing their work to be more routine and repetitive.
C
Increased efficiency in industrial settings is sometimes accompanied by decreases in the amount of effort workers devote to their jobs.
This answer is unsupported. The stimulus does not tell us anything about the effort workers put into their jobs. We cannot assume that just because jobs have become routine and repetitive that workers put in less effort.
D
An increase in workers’ standards of living will likely involve an accompanying decrease in how much they value their jobs overall.
This answer is unsupported. The stimulus does not give us any information about how much workers value their jobs. We cannot assume that just because jobs have become routine and repetitive that workers value their jobs less.
E
Workers who have greater than average creativity and talent are sometimes less efficient than workers who have average creativity and talent.
This answer is unsupported. The stimulus does not give us any information to determine what type of workers are more efficient than other types.

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