LSAT 107 – Section 4 – Question 25

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PT107 S4 Q25
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Flaw or descriptive weakening +Flaw
Rule-Application +RuleApp
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Analogy +An
A
3%
159
B
1%
157
C
5%
157
D
3%
158
E
87%
166
140
149
157
+Medium 141.321 +SubsectionEasier


J.Y.’s explanation

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Formal performance evaluations in the professional world are conducted using realistic situations. Physicians are allowed to consult medical texts freely, attorneys may refer to law books and case records, and physicists and engineers have their manuals at hand for ready reference. Students, then, should likewise have access to their textbooks whenever they take examinations.

A
cites examples that are insufficient to support the generalization that performance evaluations in the professional world are conducted in realistic situations
The strength of the author’s examples is irrelevant. We’re focusing on whether the author’s reasoning for arguing that students should have access to textbooks during exams is sound.
B
fails to consider the possibility that adopting its recommendation will not significantly increase most students’ test scores
The effect the author’s recommendation would have on test scores is irrelevant to whether the reasoning in the author’s argument is sound.
C
neglects to take into account the fact that professionals were once students who also did not have access to textbooks during examinations
We don’t know if the author took this into account, but regardless, the fact that professionals were once students has no bearing on the strength of the author’s argument that students should have access to textbooks during exams.
D
neglects to take into account the fact that, unlike students, professionals have devoted many years of study to one subject
We don’t know if the author took this into account, but regardless, the fact that professionals have devoted years to studying one subject has no bearing on the soundness of the author’s reasoning.
E
fails to consider the possibility that the purposes of evaluation in the professional world and in school situations are quite dissimilar
This describes a possibility that the author ignores. If the purposes of evaluation in the professional world differ from those in school, it may be well-reasoned that students aren’t allowed access to textbooks even though professionals have access to reference materials.

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