October 2010 LSAT Section 1 Question 17

Which one of the following assertions from passage A provides support for the view attributed to Maritain in passage ...

Kyle-Morrison on December 2, 2021

Must Be True (PR) vs Strengthen (PR)

I'm still confused on how to decide what type of principle (Must Be True vs Strengthen) the question stem is asking for. Would someone please clear this up for me? Thanks.

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Emil-Kunkin on January 25, 2022

Hi Kyle, generally speaking must be true principles will give us a principle in the question stem, and then the answer choices will be scenarios in which the principle is or is not applied. Must be true questions will have stems that

Strengthen principle questions will usually give us a scenario in the stimulus, and then 5 principles in the answer choices.

I would use the structure of the question to understand the question type rather than the question stem. If we are applying one principle to 5 scenarios then it is a must be true, if we are choosing between 5 principles to apply to one scenario it is a strengthen.