Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT134 S1 Q1 Explanation

Sometimes it is advisable

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Stimulus

Sometimes it is advisable for a medical patient to seek a second opinion. But this process can be awkward for both the patient and the physicians, since the patient often worries that the first physician will be alienated. In addition, for the first physician there is the issue of pride: a second only a patient's health, but also, inevitably and uncomfortably, a colleague's work.

What this question is testing

Main Conclusion

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
1.

Which one of the following most accurately states the conclusion of the argument

Answer choices

  1. Term Shift1% picked this

    Because of the awkwardness involved, it is best for patients not to seek second opinions unless

    Advisable is not the same as, nor the equivalent of, necessary.

  2. Term Shift2% picked this

    In cases in which second opinions are necessary, the first physician often feels that his or her professional

    Advisable is not the same as, nor the equivalent of, necessary.

  3. Correct94% picked this

    The process of obtaining a second medical opinion can be awkward

    Why this is right

    This best paraphrases the argument’s main point.

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

  4. Evidence1% picked this

    Physicians who are called upon to offer second opinions are always uncomfortable about evaluating the

    This is a premise of the argument.

  5. Evidence2% picked this

    In many cases in which medical patients seek second opinions, they are concerned about offending

    This is a premise of the argument.

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