June 2011 LSAT Section 1 Question 11

Meyer was found by his employer to have committed scientific fraud by falsifying data. The University of Williamstown...

kaylarussell on October 15, 2020

Confused on why the correct answer is D.

I wanted to pick D but the stimulus said that the University "found that he had not" falsified the data, I didn't pick D because it only refers to what would happen if someone is found to have committed scientific fraud. It is very possible that I am misunderstanding the stimulus but I have read the previous question and still do not really understand. Is it possible to get a little further explanation? Thank you in advance!

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Ravi on October 15, 2020

@kaylarussell, looking at D, it's great because it's a broad and very strong rule. Anyone who has a PhD and commits any type of scientific fraud will lose their PhD.

We know that Meyer has a PhD and committed scientific fraud, so this guarantees that he will get his PhD revoked. It doesn't matter that they didn't find that he committed fraud in his thesis; he still committed fraud at his job.