LSAT 151 – Section 3 – Question 02

LSAT 151 - Section 3 - Question 02

September 2018

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PT151 S3 Q02
+LR
Evaluate +Eval
A
97%
161
B
0%
152
C
1%
146
D
1%
152
E
0%
138
123
131
139
 +Easiest 146.292 +SubsectionMedium

In a study of honesty conducted in various retail stores, customers who paid in cash and received change were given an extra dollar with their change. Few people who received an extra dollar returned it. So, among those who received an extra dollar, most behaved dishonestly.

Summarize Argument
The author concludes that most people who received extra change acted dishonestly. This is because most of them did not return the extra change they received.

Notable Assumptions
The author’s conclusion is based on the assumption that the customers knew they received extra change. If the customers were unaware they received the extra dollar, they did not act dishonestly by failing to return it.

A
Did those who received an extra dollar count their change?
If yes, the author’s conclusion is valid, as the customers knew they had received extra change and dishonestly kept it. If no, then the author’s conclusion is invalid, as the customers did not know they received the extra change and could not have kept it dishonestly.
B
What percentage of the retail transactions studied were cash transactions?
Irrelevant—the study’s sample is limited to customers who used cash for their transactions.
C
Would the people who returned the extra dollar describe themselves as honest?
Irrelevant—whether the customers self-describe as honest does not affect the author’s characterization of them as honest.
D
Did the people who returned the extra dollar suspect that it was given to them intentionally?
Irrelevant—the conclusion of the argument is about how most of the customers did not return the dollar and therefore behaved dishonestly. The author doesn’t make an explicit claim about those who returned the dollar, or their intentions in doing so.
E
Does increasing the extra change to five dollars have an effect on people’s behavior?
Irrelevant—the author’s conclusion is only about this particular study, in which customers were only given an extra dollar.

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