LSAT 147 – Section 4 – Question 18

LSAT 147 - Section 4 - Question 18

September 2016

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Question QuickView	Type	Tags	Answer Choices	Curve	Question Difficulty	Psg/Game/S Difficulty	Explanation
PT147 S4 Q18	+LR	Flaw or descriptive weakening +Flaw	A 2% 155 B 88% 164 C 5% 156 D 4% 155 E 1% 156	138 146 154	+Medium	146.282 +SubsectionMedium

Pundit: For many high school graduates, attending a university would be of no help in getting a corporate job. The attributes corporations value most in potential employees are initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems. Many new high school graduates have these attributes already.

Summarize Argument

The author concludes that for many high school graduates, attending university would not help in getting a corporate job. This is because corporations value initiative, flexibility, and practical problem-solving ability the most out of all attributes, and many new high school graduates already have these attributes.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The author overlooks the possibility that university can increase one’s initiative, flexibility, and practical problem-solving ability, even if one already possesses those attributes. The author also overlooks the university can help with other attribute that are valued by corporations, even if those other attributes aren’t the most valued.

fails to establish that university graduates do not have initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems

The argument doesn’t need to establish this, because the conclusion is only about high school graduates.

overlooks the possibility that corporations may require an attribute that potential employees can obtain only by attending a university

This possibility points out why attending university can still help high school graduates get a corporate job, even if they already have the attributes most valued by corporations. Perhaps the corporation requires a college degree, for example.

provides no justification for the presumption that corporations only hire employees who have initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems

The author assumes that people who already have those attributes won’t increase their chances of getting hired by a corporation by attending university. This doesn’t require that corporations only hire people with those attributes.

takes for granted that the only reason that high school graduates go on to attend university is to improve their job prospects

The argument doesn’t make any assumptions about the high school graduates’ purposes in attending university. The argument is only about the effect of university on one’s chances of getting a corporate job.

takes for granted that initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems are attributes that can be acquired through study

The author doesn’t assume that these attributes can be acquired through study. The author relies on high school graduates who already have those attributes. Whether they got those attributes through study or not has no impact.

LSAT 147 – Section 4 – Question 18

LSAT 147 - Section 4 - Question 18

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Section 1 - Logical Reasoning

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Section 4 - Logical Reasoning

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