Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT11 S2 Q26 Explanation

Why should the government

A free, expert breakdown of this official LSAT Logical Reasoning question.

TopicsFlaw

Keep going in LSAT Lab

  • Save & drill this skill — build targeted practice sets from questions like this one

  • Video walkthroughs — watch every question solved step by step

  • 81 official LSATs — as questions, timed sections & full-length tests

Start practicing free

Free to start

Full official LSAT questions are available through LawHub. This page provides LSAT Lab's explanation, strategy, and review tools without republishing the full official question.

Stimulus

Why should the government, rather than industry or universities, provide the money to put a network of supercomputers in place? Because there is a range of problems that can be attacked only with the massive data-managing capacity of a supercomputer network. No business or university has the resources to purchase by itself if no mechanism exists for coordinating establishment of the network as a whole.

What this question is testing

Flaw

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

Reading along? Open the full official question in LawHub — we show a fragment here and keep the reasoning in our own words.

The question
26.

Which one of the following indicates a weakness in

Answer choices

  1. Trap11% picked this

    It does not furnish a way in which the dilemma concerning the establishment of the

  2. Trap2% picked this

    It does not establish the impossibility of creating a supercomputer network as

  3. Trap7% picked this

    It fails to address the question of who would maintain the network if the government, rather than industry or universities, provides

  4. Trap3% picked this

    It takes for granted and without justification that it would enhance national preeminence in science for the government

  5. Correct79% picked this

    It overlooks the possibility that businesses or universities, or both, could cooperate to

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

    Skill tested: Flaw · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

Continue the review in LSAT Lab

Save this question, watch the video walkthrough, and drill similar questions in your LSAT Lab account.

Save and practice this skill
LSAT Lab

Turn this review into a targeted study plan.

Save this question, drill more like it, watch the video walkthrough, and track your progress in your LSAT Lab account.

Start practicing free