LSAT 108 – Section 3 – Question 09

LSAT 108 - Section 3 - Question 09

February 2000

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT108 S3 Q09
+LR
Flaw or descriptive weakening +Flaw
A
3%
157
B
21%
164
C
1%
155
D
70%
167
E
5%
158
138
153
168
 +Harder 147.273 +SubsectionMedium

In a recent poll of chief executive officers (CEOs) of 125 large corporations, the overwhelming majority claimed that employee training and welfare is of the same high priority as customer satisfaction. So the popular belief that the top management of large corporations behaves indifferently to the needs and aspirations of employees is unfounded.

A
fails to define adequately the term “top management”
The author doesn’t need to define “top management.” A CEO is at the top of a company’s hierarchy.
B
presumes, without giving justification, that one is not indifferent to something that one considers a top priority
We don’t know if the author presumes this. The author only claims that CEOs don’t behave indifferently toward their employees’ needs and aspirations. He doesn’t address whether CEOs personally feel indifferent toward their employees’ needs and aspirations.
C
presumes, without giving justification, that the CEOs’ priorities tend to be misplaced
The author doesn’t discuss whether CEOs’ priorities tend to be misplaced. He just argues that the belief that CEOs behave indifferently toward their employees’ wants and needs is unfounded.
D
presumes, without giving justification, that the CEOs’ claims are reflected in actual practice
This is a key possibility that the author overlooks. Just because CEOs claim to highly value their employees’ wants and needs, that doesn’t necessarily mean that CEOs don’t act indifferently toward their employees’ wants and needs.
E
makes a generalization based on an unrepresentative sample
The sample that the author references, of 125 CEOs, is representative of top management. CEOs are at the top of their companies’ management hierarchy.

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