Logical Reasoning · Point at Issue

PrepTest 113 · Section 4 · Question 7

Phase 1 (your first ~400 questions): read the guidance, then answer. No clock.

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Point at Issue

The one idea it tests

Find the one claim where one speaker says yes and the other says no; here, whether a change would help or hurt the bottom line.

The basic logic

Use the Two-Clipboard Test. For each choice, write what speaker one would say and what speaker two would say. The right answer is where both clipboards have an answer and the answers are opposite. Supporting reasons that only one speaker mentions usually fail, because the other speaker never takes a side on them.

Tiny words that decide it

“disagree”
“would”
“both”

Playground logic

Frankie says an honor box will bring the stand more money; Sharon says it will lose money. Each brings different patty, but their top buns clash on one point: whether the switch pays off.

Step 2 · The kid story

The Honor Box Argument

Frankie and Sharon run a lemonade stand together, and today's debate was about a self-serve honor box. Frankie said, 'Customers could pour their own cup and drop their coins in the box. Shorter lines! We'd earn more money.' Sharon crossed her arms. 'We'd earn less. People come to our stand to chat with us. A box with no people feels unfriendly, and fewer people will stop.' Lulu, holding her clipboard, made two columns. Under Frankie: 'Box means more money.' Under Sharon: 'Box means less money.' Priya leaned over. 'Sharon never argues about lines. Frankie never argues about chatting. The thing they truly clash on is whether the box makes money.' Kevin, waiting in line, asked, 'Can I just buy a lemonade now?'

Step 3 · Try the model question

Frankie: We should put out a self-serve honor box. Customers would pour their own cups, lines would be short, and we would earn more money. Sharon: The box would lose us money. People stop at our stand to talk with us, and a box feels unfriendly, so fewer people would buy.

The two kids' remarks show they disagree about which point?

Step 4 · The courtroom tale

The Case of the Robot Barista

Two partners in a coffee cart sued each other to settle a plan. Partner one testified: 'A robot barista works faster. We would make more profit.' Partner two testified: 'We would make less profit. Our regulars come for friendly faces, and a robot would drive them off.' Judge Lena Ostrova turned to Mr. Whitfield, appointed to help. He hooked his thumbs in his suspenders. 'Your Honor, one partner talks speed, the other talks friendliness. Neither answers the other's reason. But both answer one question, and they answer it opposite: would the robot make money?' The judge nodded. 'Then that is the only question this court must decide.'

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 113, Section 4, Question 7 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Find each speaker's conclusion first, then their reasons. For every choice, ask: does speaker one take a side here, and does speaker two? Keep only a choice where both clearly speak and their answers are opposite. Cross off choices that only one speaker addresses, choices both would accept, and choices about duties or values neither speaker raises.