LSAT 112 – Section 3 – Question 07

LSAT 112 - Section 3 - Question 07

December 2001

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PT112 S3 Q07
+LR
Strengthen +Streng
Causal Reasoning +CausR
Link Assumption +LinkA
Value Judgment +ValJudg
A
6%
152
B
88%
160
C
1%
151
D
0%
147
E
5%
149
126
137
147
 +Easier 144.548 +SubsectionEasier

Medical doctor: Sleep deprivation is the cause of many social ills, ranging from irritability to potentially dangerous instances of impaired decision making. Most people today suffer from sleep deprivation to some degree. Therefore we should restructure the workday to allow people flexibility in scheduling their work hours.

Summarize Argument
The doctor concludes that we should restructure the workday for the sake of scheduling flexibility. This is because most people are sleep deprived, and sleep deprivation is the root of many social ills.

Notable Assumptions
The doctor assumes that scheduling flexibility will help people be less sleep deprived. This means the doctor also believes that the current workday is responsible for sleep deprivation. The doctor also assumes that helping people be less sleep deprivation is a priority, hence why the workday should be restructured. She sees no countervailing downsides to doing so.

A
The primary cause of sleep deprivation is overwork.
The doctor doesn’t say people should work less hours. She says the workday should be restructured for flexibility.
B
Employees would get more sleep if they had greater latitude in scheduling their work hours.
Scheduling flexibility would allow workers to get more sleep. Thus, restructuring the workday would help people be less sleep deprived.
C
Individuals vary widely in the amount of sleep they require.
We don’t care. We’re trying strengthen the connection between scheduling flexibility and people being less sleep deprived.
D
More people would suffer from sleep deprivation today than did in the past if the average number of hours worked per week had not decreased.
The doctor doesn’t recommend increasing or decreasing the number of hours in the workweek. Nor do we care about historical trends in sleep deprivation.
E
The extent of one’s sleep deprivation is proportional to the length of one’s workday.
Like (A), the doctor never discusses how many hours people should work per day.

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