LSAT 102 – Section 3 – Question 03

LSAT 102 - Section 3 - Question 03

June 1998

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT102 S3 Q03
+LR
+Exp
Most strongly supported +MSS
Causal Reasoning +CausR
A
4%
154
B
4%
162
C
5%
155
D
86%
165
E
1%
163
135
145
155
 +Medium 147.613 +SubsectionMedium

In a recession, a decrease in consumer spending causes many businesses to lay off workers or even to close. Workers who lose their jobs in a recession usually cannot find new jobs. The result is an increase in the number of people who are jobless. Recovery from a recession is defined by an increase in consumer spending and an expansion of business activity that creates a need for additional workers. But businesspeople generally have little confidence in the economy after a recession and therefore delay hiring additional workers as long as possible.

Summary
In a recession, decreases in consumer spending causes some businesses to lay off workers or close. Workers who are laid off usually cannot find new jobs. This results in an increase of the total number of people who are jobless. Recovery from a recession involves an increase of consumer spending and increased business activity that requires more workers. However, businesspeople are not confident with the economy after a recession and as a result are slow to hire more workers.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
Sometimes when an economy recovers from a recession, the number of people who are jobless does not immediately decrease.

A
Recessions are usually caused by a decrease in businesspeople’s confidence in the economy.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know what factors cause an economy to enter into a recession. From the stimulus, we only know what results from an economy already in a recession.
B
Governmental intervention is required in order for an economy to recover from a recession.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know if government intervention is required for an economy to recover. We only know what factors define an economy’s recovery from a recession.
C
Employees of businesses that close during a recession make up the majority of the workers who lose their jobs during that recession.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know if workers that are laid off make up the majority of jobless people. We only know from the stimulus that businesses laying off workers causes the total number of jobless people to increase.
D
Sometimes recovery from a recession does not promptly result in a decrease in the number of people who are jobless.
This answer is strongly supported. Since businesspeople delay hiring for as long as possible, we know that there is not an immediate decrease in the total number of people who are jobless.
E
Workers who lose their jobs during a recession are likely to get equally good jobs when the economy recovers.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know what types of jobs workers are likely to find when an economy recovers from a recession.

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