Logical Reasoning

PT18 · S4 · Q16 Dr. Kim: Electronic fetal monitors

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Dr. Kim: Electronic fetal monitors, now routinely used in hospital delivery rooms to check fetal heartbeat, are more intrusive than ordinary stethoscopes and do no more to improve the chances that a healthy baby will be born.

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.

16.

Which one of the following principles, if accepted, would provide the most support for Dr. Kim’s contention that the use of electronic fetal monitors should be discontinued?

  1. Hospitals should discontinue the routine

    Trap

    1% picked this

  2. Monitoring procedures should be routinely

    Trap

    9% picked this

  3. Correct

    When two methods available to

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

    85% picked this

  4. When the use of a

    Trap

    4% picked this

  5. Routinely used medical procedures should

    Trap

    0% picked this

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