LSAT 105 | Section 2 | Logical Reasoning: Q5

LR Question 5 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Archaeologist: A large corporation has recently offered…

QUESTION TYPE: Principle – Strengthen

CONCLUSION: We should reject the corporation’s offer to restore the site and let the general public visit it.

REASONING: We haven’t examined the entire site yet.

ANALYSIS: The archaeologist presents exactly one concern: we haven’t looked at all of the evidence yet. Presumably, he doesn’t want the corporation to wreck evidence while restoring the site.

The wrong answers completely ignore this, and talk about other things. We can’t strengthen the archaeologist’s reasoning by ignoring his reasoning!

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1. This is too broad. The archaeologist implies it would be fine for the corporation to get involved if all of the evidence had been examined.
2. The archaeologist seems to be against any restoration, because all of the evidence hasn’t been examined yet.
3. Way too broad. The archaeologist’s main concern is that in this particular case, evidence hasn’t been examined.
4. The archaeologist’s only premise was that some evidence hadn’t been examined. He doesn’t say what to do with the site once we’ve examined all the evidence. He might then welcome help from anyone for the restoration.
5. CORRECT. We should preserve future evidence before restoring anything.

Recap: The question begins with “Archaeologist: A large corporation has recently offered”. It is a Principle Justify question. Learn how to master LSAT Principle Justify questions on the LSAT Logical Reasoning question types page.