Logical Reasoning

PT134 · S1 · Q1 Sometimes it is advisable

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Sometimes it is advisable for a medical patient to seek a second opinion.

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 opinion tacitly highlights a physician’s fallibility.

And the second physician is in the position of evaluating not only a patient’s health, but also, inevitably and uncomfortably, a colleague’s work.

This process can be awkward for both the patient and the physicians.

Which one of the following most accurately states the conclusion of the argument as a whole?

Because of the awkwardness involved,
Term Shift
Advisable is not the same as, nor the equivalent of, necessary.
1% picked this
In cases in which second
Term Shift
Advisable is not the same as, nor the equivalent of, necessary.
2% picked this
Correct
The process of obtaining a
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.
94% picked this
Physicians who are called upon
Evidence
This is a premise of the argument.
1% picked this
In many cases in which
Evidence
This is a premise of the argument.
2% picked this

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