LSAT 111 | Section 4 | Logical Reasoning: Q2

LR Question 2 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Bureaucratic mechanisms are engineered to resist change…

QUESTION TYPE: Role in Argument

CONCLUSION: It’s not likely that bureaucracies will be simplified.

REASONING: Bureaucracies are good at resisting change.

ANALYSIS: The word “thus” usually indicates a conclusion. The second sentence is the conclusion, and the claim in the first sentence supports it.

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1. CORRECT. It supports the conclusion by giving us a reason that bureaucracies are unlikely to change. 
2. No. Dissatisfaction doesn’t affect whether or not bureaucracies are designed to resist change. 
3. The stimulus didn’t even say that bureaucratic systems are becoming more complex. It said that dissatisfaction is growing – that’s different.
4. The stimulus didn’t say if it would be good or bad to weaken complex bureaucracies. It just said that it isn’t likely to happen.
5. This gets it backwards.