LSAT 141 – Section 4 – Question 11

LSAT 141 - Section 4 - Question 11

September 2014

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT141 S4 Q11
+LR
Main conclusion or main point +MC
Analogy +An
A
0%
151
B
79%
163
C
20%
161
D
1%
150
E
0%
143
120
129
156
 +Easiest 147.542 +SubsectionMedium

Manager: This company’s supply chain will develop significant weaknesses unless we make changes to our vendor contracts now. Some will argue that this problem is so far in the future that there is no need to address it today. But that is an irresponsible approach. Just imagine if a financial planner offered the same counsel to a 30-year-old client: “Don’t worry, Jane, retirement is 35 years away; you don’t need to save anything now.” That planner would be guilty of gross malpractice.

Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
The manager claims that it would be irresponsible for the company to wait to address future supply chain issues. To support this claim, the manager uses an analogy, noting that if a financial planner encouraged a client to postpone retirement planning simply because retirement is in the future, the planner would be engaging in malpractice.

Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is the manager’s claim that it would be irresponsible for the company to wait to address future supply chain issues: “that is an irresponsible approach.”

A
Some people argue that the supply-chain problem is so far in the future that there is no need to address it now.
This is not the conclusion, it is context about the stance the manager is arguing against.
B
It would be irresponsible to postpone changes to the vendor contracts just because the supply chain will not develop weaknesses for a long time.
This rephrases the conclusion.
C
If no changes are made to the vendor contracts, the supply chain will eventually develop significant weaknesses.
This is a premise, not the overall conclusion. By stating that the company’s supply chain will develop significant weaknesses if changes are not made immediately, the manager supports the conclusion that to postpone the necessary changes would be irresponsible.
D
In planning to meet its future obligations, a company should follow the same practices that are appropriate for an individual who is planning for retirement.
This is not the manager’s conclusion. The manager uses the retirement example as an analogy to illustrate how postponing action can be detrimental, but does not conclude that the company should follow the same practices as an individual who is planning for retirement.
E
Financial planners should advise their clients to save money for retirement only if retirement is many years away.
The manager does not make this claim.

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