LSAT 122 – Section 1 – Question 04

LSAT 122 - Section 1 - Question 04

June 2006

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT122 S1 Q04
+LR
+Exp
Resolve reconcile or explain +RRE
A
2%
154
B
79%
163
C
15%
158
D
3%
154
E
1%
155
133
146
158
 +Medium 146.495 +SubsectionMedium

Industry experts expect improvements in job safety training to lead to safer work environments. A recent survey indicated, however, that for manufacturers who improved job safety training during the 1980s, the number of on-the-job accidents tended to increase in the months immediately following the changes in the training programs.

"Surprising" Phenomenon
Why did the number of on-the-job accidents tend to increase in the months following improvements to safety training programs for manufacturers during the 1980s?

Objective
The right answer will identify why manufacturers in the 1980s saw increases in on-the-job accidents in the months following improvements to their safety training programs when improvements in safety training programs tend to lead to safer work environments. The answer will address a way the changes in training programs contributed to the increase in accidents or a different cause for the accidents than the improvements in training programs.

A
A similar survey found that the number of on-the-job accidents remained constant after job safety training in the transportation sector was improved.
We’re not concerned with the transportation sector. We want to know why there was an increase in accidents after training programs were improved in the manufacturing sector.
B
Manufacturers tend to improve their job safety training only when they are increasing the size of their workforce.
This provides a different cause for the increase in accidents than the improvements in training programs. (B) points out that the increase in accidents may not have been the result of the changes in training programs but rather a result of the increased workforce size.
C
Manufacturers tend to improve job safety training only after they have noticed that the number of on-the-job accidents has increased.
We’re concerned with why on-the-job accidents increased after the training programs were improved in the 1980s. (C) only addresses a reason that manufacturers sometimes decide to improve job safety training in the first place.
D
It is likely that the increase in the number of on-the-job accidents experienced by many companies was not merely a random fluctuation.
Rules out the possibility that the increase in accidents was a fluctuation doesn’t help explain why the increase occurred.
E
Significant safety measures, such as protective equipment and government safety inspections, were in place well before the improvements in job safety training.
We’re not concerned with measures that were in place before the improvements in job safety training. We want to know why on-the-job accidents increased after the improvements.

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