Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT106 S1 Q6 Explanation

Hospital auditor: The Rodriguez family

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Stimulus

Hospital auditor: The Rodriguez family stipulated that the funds they donated to the neurological clinic all be used to minimize patients' suffering. The clinic administration is clearly violating those terms, since it has allocated nearly one fifth of those funds for letting that money flow directly to its patients.

Clinic administrator: But the successful development of new technologies will allow early diagnosis of many neurological disorders. In most cases, patients who are treated in the early stages of neurological disorders suffer far less than until their neurological disorders reach advanced stages.

What this question is testing

Agree/Disagree

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
6.

Which one of the following is the main point at issue between the hospital auditor and

Answer choices

  1. Trap2% picked this

    Whether early treatment of many neurological disorders lessens the suffering associated with those disorders rather than

  2. Trap2% picked this

    Whether the patients being treated at the neurological clinic are currently receiving adequate treatment for the neurological disorders

  3. Trap2% picked this

    Whether the Rodríguez family clearly stipulated that the funds they donated to the neurological clinic be used

  4. Correct92% picked this

    Whether the neurological clinic is adhering strictly to the conditions the Rodríguez family placed on the allocation of the funds

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

  5. Trap2% picked this

    Whether the Rodríguez family anticipated that some of the funds they donated to the neurological clinic would be used to pay for

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