Logical reasoning PrepTest 114 · Section 2 · Question 3

Incorrect. David talks about companies that aren't allowed to hire permanent workers during a strike, which would include companies that can hire only temporary workers. However, he argues that such a company would have "little leverage" in the negotiations not that they would lack "any leverage" so this answer is too strong.

Incorrect. Neither speaker discusses the leverage of the striking employees, let alone compares their leverage to that of the employers.

Correct. Argument or Facts:
Argument/Argument

Valid or Flawed:
Flawed/Valid

Question Type:
Must Be True

Stimulus Summary:
D: If companies can't hire workers to replace strikers, they have no leverage, so that would be unfair.

L: They could hire temporary workers and get enough leverage, so it's not unfair.

Answer Anticipation:
This is a weird question. It has two speakers who are disagreeing on a certain topic, but it's framed as a Must Be True question ("is most strongly supported"). As such we'd probably skim the answers quickly after reading through the stem and stimulus. We see that they're a mix of statements about individual arguments and answers talking about a disagreement so this seems as if it's bridging the gap between the two question types. As such we should probably try to work through the answers instead of anticipating multiple types of correct answers!

Answer Explanation:
David believes that being unable to hire permanent workers during a strike means companies have little leverage in negotiations. Lin believes that's wrong—those who can hire temporary workers will still have sufficient leverage. Since this answer categorizes a disagreement between the two it is the correct answer.

Key Takeaway:
This is an older question and these weirder ones fell out of fashion for a while. However they've made a resurgence in more recent years with a few showing up now and again. Don't obsess over the question type! Figure out the task relate it to known question types (they haven't just made up a completely new question in decades) and get on with your process.

Incorrect. David believes that "little leverage" is unfair but he doesn't state what amount they should have. Lin believes that they'll have sufficient leverage if they can hire temporary workers but she too doesn't state what they should have.

Incorrect. Lin seems on board with preventing them from hiring permanent workers—she at least believes that they have sufficient leverage with hiring just temp workers, and thus it isn't unfair to ban them from hiring permanent ones.