LSAT 112 – Section 4 – Question 16

LSAT 112 - Section 4 - Question 16

December 2001

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Question QuickView	Type	Tags	Answer Choices	Curve	Question Difficulty	Psg/Game/S Difficulty	Explanation
PT112 S4 Q16	+LR +Exp	Flaw or descriptive weakening +Flaw Value Judgment +ValJudg	A 28% 162 B 4% 160 C 1% 161 D 66% 168 E 1% 161	148 159 170	+Harder	142.561 +SubsectionEasier

Sales manager: The highest priority should be given to the needs of the sales department, because without successful sales the company as a whole would fail.

Shipping manager: There are several departments other than sales that also must function successfully for the company to succeed. It is impossible to give the highest priority to all of them.

Summarize Argument: Counter-Position

The sales manager concludes that the highest priority should be given to the sales department, because the company would fail without successful sales.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The shipping manager counters the sales manager’s argument by showing that he makes an unreasonable assumption. The sales manager assumes that the sales department should be given highest priority because it’s necessary to the company’s success. But the shipping manager points out that many departments are necessary, and giving them all the top priority would be impossible and illogical.

that the sales department taken by itself is not critical to the company’s success as a whole

The shipping manager never refutes the claim that the sales department is necessary to the company’s success. She just says that there are other departments that are also necessary to its success.

the ambiguity of the term “highest priority”

The shipping manager doesn't make this mistake; she uses the term “highest priority” consistently throughout her argument.

that departments other than sales are more vital to the company’s success

The shipping manager never claims that other departments are more important than sales; she just claims that there are other departments that are also necessary to the company’s success.

an absurd consequence of its apparent assumption that a department’s necessity earns it the highest priority

The sales manager assumes that a department’s necessity earns it the highest priority. The shipping manager points out an absurd consequence of this assumption by saying that there are many necessary departments, and it makes no sense to give everyone the highest priority.

that the sales manager makes a generalization from an atypical case

The shipping manager doesn’t argue that the sales manager makes a generalization from an atypical case. If anything, she argues that the sales department’s necessity is not an atypical case, because there are many necessary departments.

LSAT 112 – Section 4 – Question 16

LSAT 112 - Section 4 - Question 16

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