LSAT 145 – Section 4 – Question 10

LSAT 145 - Section 4 - Question 10

December 2015

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT145 S4 Q10
+LR
Must be false +MBF
Analogy +An
A
5%
157
B
4%
159
C
4%
158
D
85%
165
E
2%
158
137
147
157
 +Medium 148.528 +SubsectionMedium

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Columnist: Some people argue that the government should not take over failing private-sector banks because the government does not know how to manage financial institutions. However, rather than managing a bank’s day-to-day operations, the government would just need to select the bank’s senior management. Most politicians have never been military professionals, yet they appoint the top military officials entrusted with defending the country—at least as great a responsibility as managing a bank.

Summary

Some people argue the government should not take over failing private-sector banks because the government does not know how to manage financial institutions. However, the government would just need to select the bank’s senior management, not manage day-to-day operations. Most politicians have never been military professionals, yet they appoint the top military officials. This is at least as great a responsibility as managing a bank.

Notable Valid Inferences

Managing the military requires more knowledge than managing a private-sector bank does.

Government-owned banks can be well managed.

Politicians do an acceptable job when appointing top military officials to defend the country.

A
Commanding a branch of the military requires greater knowledge than running a bank does.

Could be true. The Columnist tells us that appointing top military officials is as least as great a responsibility as managing a bank. It is possible that commanding a military branch requires greater knowledge if it requires as much or more responsibility.

B
Politicians do an adequate job of appointing the top military officials entrusted with defending the country.

Could be true. The Columnist tells us that appointing top military officials is as least as great a responsibility as managing a bank in order to support their main conclusion. It is consistent for the Columnist to believe that politicians do an adequate job.

C
Politicians are not capable of managing a bank’s day-to-day operations.

Could be true. It is possible that the Columnist believes politicians are not capable of managing day-to-day operations, but the Columnist claims that politicians would not have to do this anyway. Instead, the politicians would select senior management.

D
Banks that are owned by the government cannot be well managed.

Must be false. This answer choice directly contradicts the Columnist’s argument in the stimulus. The Columnists is arguing against the people who claim the government should not take over failing private-sector banks.

E
The government should not take over private-sector banks that are financially sound.

Could be true. The argument in the stimulus is restricted to government takeover of failing private-sector banks. It is possible the Columnist believes the government should not take over private banks that are financially stable.

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