Today, we’re going to focus on the difference between Sufficient & Necessary Assumptions.
While both of these questions have the word “assumption” in the question stem, they are actually asking for two completely different things.
It’s misleading and confusing to refer to both under the catch-all term of “assumption” questions. Thanks, big prep companies, for once again making things more difficult then they need to be.
Some people use the word “justify” when referring to assumption questions, but that can cause problems too.
A lot of test-takers mistakenly believe the question must contain the word “justify” to be a “Justify”, a.k.a. sufficient assumption question.
Actually, you’ll rarely see the word “justify” used in a sufficient assumption question.
Even more confusing, people think if they see the word “justify” in the question stem then it has to be a justify question. This doesn’t work either.
You’ll see it in a lot of “Strengthen” and “Strengthen Principle” questions. Like I said, confusing.
So how can you tell the difference between different types of “Assumption” questions? Well, sometimes, it’s a lot easier to show than tell. I have a ton of examples in this article I wrote - it goes through a range of questions you’re likely to see.
I could go through it all again here, but honestly, that would turn this into a book.
So, go ahead and check out that article.
Next time, we’ll hit this topic a littler harder and get into some techniques for “Assumption” questions.
Study like a pro!
Steve “The LSAT Destroyer” Schwartz
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