LSAT 116 – Section 3 – Question 24

LSAT 116 - Section 3 - Question 24

June 2004

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT116 S3 Q24
+LR
Must be true +MBT
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
Quantifier +Quant
A
10%
161
B
66%
166
C
6%
156
D
16%
159
E
2%
159
148
157
167
 +Harder 146.244 +SubsectionMedium

J.Y.’s explanation

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Human resources director: While only some recent university graduates consider work environment an important factor in choosing a job, they all consider salary an important factor. Further, whereas the only workers who consider stress level an important factor in choosing a job are a few veteran employees, every recent university graduate considers vacation policy an important factor.

Summary

Every recent university graduate considers salary an important factor in choosing a job. Some recent university graduates consider work environment an important factor. All recent graduates consider vacation policy an important factor. The only workers who consider stress level an important factor are a few veteran employees.

Notable Valid Inferences

Some people who consider work environment an important factor also consider vacation policy as an important factor.

Some people who consider work environment an important factor also consider salary as an important factor.

Some people who consider salary an important factor also consider vacation policy an important factor.

A
All people who consider work environment an important factor in choosing a job also consider salary an important factor.

Could be false. We can never infer an “all” statement between conditions with a sufficient condition in common. We can only infer “some” statements.

B
At least some people who consider work environment an important factor in choosing a job consider vacation policy an important factor as well.

Must be true. As shown below, we can combine claims that some recent graduates consider work environment important and that all recent graduates consider vacation policy important. We can always infer a “some” statement between conditions with a sufficient condition in common.

C
At least some veteran employees do not consider work environment an important factor in choosing a job.

Could be false. We only know that some veteran employees are the only workers that consider stress level important. We cannot infer anything else about these veteran employees. As shown on our diagram, there are no other conditional statements attached to this condition.

D
All people who consider vacation policy an important factor in choosing a job also consider salary an important factor.

Could be false. We can never infer an “all” statement between conditions with a sufficient condition in common. We can only infer “some” statements.

E
No one for whom salary is an important factor in choosing a job also considers stress level an important factor.

Could be false. We can never infer an “all” statement between conditions with a sufficient condition in common. We can only infer “some” statements.

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