LSAT 143 – Section 4 – Question 07

LSAT 143 - Section 4 - Question 07

June 2015

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT143 S4 Q07
+LR
+Exp
Most strongly supported +MSS
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
Causal Reasoning +CausR
A
1%
153
B
1%
153
C
3%
155
D
3%
157
E
92%
164
129
139
149
 +Easier 146.108 +SubsectionMedium

Baxe Interiors, one of the largest interior design companies in existence, currently has a near monopoly in the corporate market. Several small design companies have won prestigious awards for their corporate work, while Baxe has won none. Nonetheless, the corporate managers who solicit design proposals will only contract with companies they believe are unlikely to go bankrupt, and they believe that only very large companies are unlikely to go bankrupt.

Summary
The very large interior design company Baxe dominates the corporate design market. Baxe has never won an award for corporate design, but some small companies have won awards for corporate design. However, corporate decision-makers only want to work with companies which they think are unlikely to go bankrupt, and they think that only very large companies are unlikely to go bankrupt.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
It is strongly supported that corporate managers only solicit designs from very large companies. Also, at least some corporations probably receive a lower quality of interior design from Baxe than they could from an award-winning smaller company. Also, the quality of interior design is not the primary factor in who controls the corporate design market. Finally, Baxe’s near monopoly does not depend on producing the best designs.

A
There are other very large design companies besides Baxe, but they produce designs that are inferior to Baxe’s.
This is not supported. The stimulus says Baxe is “one of the largest” design companies, which implies that there are other very large design companies, but we know nothing about the quality of their designs.
B
Baxe does not have a near monopoly in the market of any category of interior design other than corporate interiors.
This is not supported. Corporate interior design is the only category the stimulus discusses, so we just don’t know how Baxe’s market share compares in other categories.
C
For the most part, designs that are produced by small companies are superior to the designs produced by Baxe.
This is not supported. We can infer that at least some small companies probably produce at least some designs better than those produced by Baxe, but we don’t know how many. This means we have no idea if it’s “most” or only a few.
D
At least some of the corporate managers who solicit design proposals are unaware that there are designs that are much better than those produced by Baxe.
This is not supported. All we know about corporate managers is that they only work with very large companies. It’s entirely possible that they know of better designs out there, but just care more about a company’s stability.
E
The existence of interior designs that are superior to those produced by Baxe does not currently threaten its near monopoly in the corporate market.
This is strongly supported. Because smaller companies have won awards and Baxe hasn’t, we can infer that there are some designs better than those produced by Baxe. We also know that corporate managers don’t work with smaller companies, thus leaving Baxe’s near monopoly safe.

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