LSAT 148 – Section 4 – Question 02

LSAT 148 - Section 4 - Question 02

December 2016

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
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PT148 S4 Q02
+LR
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
Net Effect +NetEff
Value Judgment +ValJudg
A
1%
154
B
1%
149
C
97%
163
D
1%
152
E
0%
151
131
137
143
 +Easier 147.694 +SubsectionMedium

Bell: Commentators in the media are wrong to criticize the policies Klein implemented. Although her policies are unpopular, they avoided an impending catastrophe. Klein is just the person we need making important decisions in the future.

Soltan: Klein’s policies have been effective, but politics matters. In the future, important decisions will need to be made, and she will not have the political support to make them. So she should step down.

Speaker 1 Summary
Bell argues that Klein is the right person to make important decisions in the future, despite recent media criticism. Why? Because her policy decisions recently avoided an upcoming catastrophe, which is more important than the policies being unpopular.

Speaker 2 Summary
Soltan says that Klein should step down, even though her policies are effective. To support this, Soltan explains that Klein will not have the political support needed to make important decisions in the future.

Objective
We need to find a disagreement. Bell and Soltan disagree about whether Klein should remain in office or step down.

A
Klein’s policies have been effective.
Both Bell and Soltan agree that this is true. Soltan directly states that Klein’s policies have been effective, and Bell indicates agreement by talking about how Klein’s policies averted a future catastrophe.
B
Klein’s policies are unpopular.
Both speakers agree with this. Bell admits outright that this is true, and Soltan implies that Klein’s decisions have been unpopular by discussing how Klein will not have a lot of political support for future decisions.
C
Klein should step down.
Bell disagrees with this and Soltan agrees, meaning this is their point of disagreement. Bell says that Klein is the leader we need in the future, meaning that Klein should stay in office. On the other hand, Soltan directly states that Klein should step down.
D
There are important decisions to be made in the future.
Both speakers agree with this. Bell and Soltan each explicitly discuss the important decisions that will have to be made in the future.
E
Klein’s policies were implemented in the face of an impending catastrophe.
Bell agrees with this and Soltan never disagrees. Soltan doesn’t acknowledge this catastrophe explicitly, but also never says that it wasn’t a problem. So, we can’t say that Soltan disagrees with Bell on this point.

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