Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT18 S4 Q16 Explanation

Dr. Kim: Electronic fetal monitors

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Stimulus

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. Therefore, unjustified and such monitoring should be discontinued.

Dr. Anders: I disagree. Although you and I know that both methods are capable of providing the same information, electronic monitoring has been well worth the cost. Doctors now know the warning signs they need to listen what was learned from using electronic monitors.

What this question is testing

Principle-Strengthen

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
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

Answer choices

  1. Trap1% picked this

    Hospitals should discontinue the routine use of a monitoring method whenever an alternative method that provides

  2. Trap9% picked this

    Monitoring procedures should be routinely used in delivery rooms only if they provide information of a kind that is potentially useful in ensuring that

  3. Correct85% picked this

    When two methods available to hospitals provide the same kind of information, the more intrusive method

    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.

  4. Trap4% picked this

    When the use of a medical device has enabled doctors to learn something that improves the chances that babies will be born healthy, that

  5. Trap0% picked this

    Routinely used medical procedures should be reevaluated periodically to be sure that these procedures

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