Inhibiting should probably be used in place of prohibiting.

Amanda:

Yup. Inhibiting would be the more accurate word to use.

Thing is, the LSAT writers often use a word that's not quite right in an effort to throw you off. (They get away with it in the RC and LR sections by asking you to choose the BEST answer.)

When you read through the answer choices and the best candidate contains a word that doesn't seem quite right, fall back on the process of elimination. Once you've eliminated the "more wrong" answer choices, you'll be able to see that the LSAT writers have decided to lay the ol' "questionable word" trap.

Can you explain why it is not A?

A is an unsupported interpretation.

Hello SS,

There are two things wrong with choice (A):

First, the question asks you to find the answer choice that's analogous to "the relationship between STRENGTHENING current copyright laws and relying on passwords to restrict access to a Web document ."

Choice (A) gets the analogy backwards. It gives you a situation analogous to leaving current copyright law (that is, weak copyright law) in place and relying on passwords.

Second, with password protection you have a group of people defined by the possession of a password and NOT by geography, as is the case with the community in choice (A).

For the record, the first reason (the fact that the analogy is backward) is stronger.
The backward analogy is also the reason choice (E) is no good.

I don't understand why E is not the best choice. Wouldn't access with a badge be most similar to requiring a password?

NEVERMIND - I read more carefully and now see the the phrasing of the first half is what I was missing.