LSAT 114 | Section 1 | Logical Reasoning: Q12

LR Question 12 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Economist: Technology now changes so rapidly that workers need…

QUESTION TYPE: Necessary Assumption

CONCLUSION: Large government job training programs aren’t a good idea anymore.

REASONING: Periodic retraining can be efficient only if it meets companies’ short term needs.

ANALYSIS: The argument is assuming that large government programs cannot meet the short term needs of individual companies.

The wrong answer choices don’t even say anything about large government programs.

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1. This talks about the past. The stimulus talks about what is appropriate in the present.
2. This talks about what happens if the pace of change slows. But the stimulus is talking about what is true at the current pace of change. 
3. There could be a single type of retraining program that is most efficient as long as it isn’t the government program.
4. CORRECT. If large government programs do meet companies’ needs then they could be efficient. 
5. This doesn’t affect how well government programs work.