#5 - The museum's night security guard maintains that the

[Bob O'Halloran]

Hi Anureet,
Thank you for your question.

The flaw here is not that the premise was wrong, but that it was a logical error to come to such a definite conclusion based only on what the guard said. The guard isn't necessary lying, but because he is in a position where he might be blamed, one would want more evidence before coming to the conclusion in the stimulus.

Let us know if you have any other questions.

Bob

[PwrScrVooDoo]

This cause and effect question is:
"highly skilled workers in Eastern Europe,"
but the forum talks about "the museum's night security guard."

[Jeff Wren]

Hi VooDoo,

You're looking for question #5 of Section 1 on PrepTest 5 (the June 1992 LSAT). This post is for question #5 of Section 2 on PrepTest 6 (the Oct. 1992 LSAT).

Looking at the list of PrepTests on the forum under LR, I see that PrepTest 5 and 6 are listed out of chronological order, so I can definitely see why you accidentally clicked on this test. I'll let the administrators know and hopefully they can reorder these tests.

In the meantime, you can find the explanation for that question at this link:

viewtopic.php?f=695&t=8853