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A physician who is too thorough in conducting a medical checkup is likely to subject the patient to the discomfort and expense of unnecessary tests. One who is not thorough enough is likely to miss some serious problem and therefore give the patient a false sense of security. It is difficult for physicians to judge exactly how thorough they should be. Therefore, it is generally unwise for patients to have medical checkups when they do not feel ill.

Which one of the following, if true, would provide the most support for the conclusion in the passage?

(A) Not all medical tests entail significant discomfort.

(B) Sometimes unnecessary medical tests cause healthy people to become ill.

(C) Some patients refuse to accept a physician’s assurance that the patient is healthy.

(D) The more complete the series of tests performed in a medical checkup, the more likely it is that a rare disease, if present, will be discovered.

(E) Physicians can eliminate the need to order certain tests by carefully questioning patients and rejecting some possibilities on that basis.

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packem · Answer

I still believe that only option B strengthens the statement, albeit not thoroughly.
Your analysis might not hold when a patient is severely ill, but the symptoms aren't perceivable.

scthakur · Answer

I chose B for cause and effect.

If person is not ill -> person should not get medical checkup.
Hence, if medical checkup is done --> person will get ill.

priyankurml · Answer

IMO B.

A) Not all medical tests entail significant discomfort. -  OOS 
(B) Sometimes unnecessary medical tests cause healthy people to become ill.  - IMO 
(C) Some patients refuse to accept a physician’s assurance that the patient is healthy. -  OOS 
(D) The more complete the series of tests performed in a medical checkup, the more likely it is that a rare disease, if present, will be discovered.  - this could weaken the argument 
(E) Physicians can eliminate the need to order certain tests by carefully questioning patients and rejecting some possibilities on that basis.  - then patient does not have to decide anything

Hades · Answer

This question is retarded and not an OQ.

The basic argument is check ups are bad, so don't get them.

B says check ups are bad (they make you sick).

Final Answer,  B .

abhishekdadarwal2009 · Answer

Since most of users discussing B, D and E then i will address those only (A and C are not correct anyways)

B) Sometimes unnecessary medical tests cause healthy people to become ill.
 Now if one will ask why can the patient not take lot of tests? 
1.it might be expensive
2.it leads to other health issues
(list not exhuastive)

and this choice properly addresses the second reason that why it will not be reasonable for the patients to have lots of test without feeling ill.

(D) The more complete the series of tests performed in a medical checkup, the more likely it is that a rare disease, if present, will be discovered.
 This condition says that if the disease exist then it can only be discoverd after conplete set of test,but its talking abput 'Rare' disease and which means that the patient is very unlikely to have it so all patients shall not undergo test for rare disease. 
(E) Physicians can eliminate the need to order certain tests by carefully questioning patients and rejecting some possibilities on that basis. 
This choice weakens the argument since if the physician can eliminate the possibilty of test then there is no problem at all,since the conclusion will be broken

broall · Answer

The argument is:
A physican who is too thorough often conducts unnescessary tests to detect any patients' problems.
A physican who is NOT too thorough often miss some serious patients' problems.
Hence, it is unwise for patients to have medical checkups if they don't feel ill.

Which one of the following, if true, would provide the most support for the conclusion in the passage?
(A) Not all medical tests entail significant discomfort.
 If not all medical tests are discomfort, then why dont patients take medical tests? This choice weakens the argument. Eliminated.

(B) Sometimes unnecessary medical tests cause healthy people to become ill.
 Correct. If unnecessary medical tests make false positive result, then it's clear that patients should not take medical checkups because they could become ill and have to take a lot of unnessary medical treatment but in fact they are healthy. This is a serious risk that supports the argument.

(C) Some patients refuse to accept a physician’s assurance that the patient is healthy.
 Then they are willing to take more medical tests. This means choice C weakens the argument.

(D) The more complete the series of tests performed in a medical checkup, the more likely it is that a rare disease, if present, will be discovered.
 This choice also weakens the argument. If taking more tests help patients discover more about their health, then why shouldn't they take complete series of medical tests?

(E) Physicians can eliminate the need to order certain tests by carefully questioning patients and rejecting some possibilities on that basis.
 This choice means that there is no risk for patients to meet physicians and take some medical checks. If there is no risk, then why don't they have medical checkups? Because having medical checkups could help patients make sure that they are healthy or ill.

Hence, this choice weakens the argument. Eliminated.

giovannisumano · Answer

I also think that this question cannot be an official one. Option b doesn't follow any kind of logic within the argument. Moreover, the premises in the argument itself feel disconnected.

MBAB123 · Answer

The question asks for the option that would provide the  most support , i.e, the best of the lot. It doesn't matter how bad the option is. That said, Option B does not seem all that bad. It does support the point that the passage is trying to make.

unraveled · Answer

A physician who is too thorough in conducting a medical checkup is likely to subject the patient to the discomfort and expense of unnecessary tests. One who is not thorough enough is likely to miss some serious problem and therefore give the patient a false sense of security. It is difficult for physicians to judge exactly how thorough they should be. Therefore, it is generally unwise for patients to have medical checkups when they do not feel ill.

Which one of the following, if true, would provide the most support for the conclusion in the passage?

(A)  Not all medical tests entail  significant discomfort. - WRONG. It's not about all the tests.

(B) Sometimes unnecessary medical tests cause healthy people to become ill. - CORRECT. Not the best of the answer one is looking for but best among the choices available here.

(C)  Some patients refuse to accept a physician’s assurance  that the patient is healthy. - WRONG. Exceptions are always there.

(D) The more complete the series of tests performed in a medical checkup, the  more likely it is that a rare disease, if present, will be discovered . - WRONG. This most likely does the opposite to the conclusion.

(E)  Physicians can eliminate the need to order certain tests  by carefully questioning patients and rejecting some possibilities on that basis. - WRONG. What a physician should do it does not matter. It's not doing anything to the conclusion as it does not point out how patients are unwise to go for checkups.

This question requires a choice that either strengthens the conclusion or does nothing to the passage(but that depends on other choices that most likely weaken the conclusion). Also, this can be an assumption. So, a choice can either a sufficient(strengthener) or an assumption(necessary).

Answer B.

wasario · Answer

The main idea of this passage is that physicians should not do medical checkups on healthy individuals due to the premise which is aforementioned reasons regarding thoroughness. This is a "support the argument" question, so we want to find an answer that gives us more reasons to NOT checkup on people who are not ill. Choice  B  is the only answer choice that does this, so the answer is  B .

SafSin28 · Answer

QS: Most support.

Argument: 
1. If too thorough, then discomfort and expense. 
2 if not thorough enough, then miss some serious problem 
3. It is difficult to judge thoroughness. 
4. If not feel ill (a premise) , then no medical checkups for patient. (Conclusion).

(A) Not all medical tests entail significant discomfort.---> Actually weakens. Since it refers to the necessary of the tests.

(B) Sometimes unnecessary medical tests cause healthy people to become ill.---> Strenthens somehow. Keep it.

(C) Some patients refuse to accept a physician’s assurance that the patient is healthy.--> Weakens since it says patients require medical checkups.

(D) The more complete the series of tests performed in a medical checkup, the more likely it is that a rare disease, if present, will be discovered.----> Weakens since it shows necessary for medical checkups.

(E) Physicians can eliminate the need to order certain tests by carefully questioning patients and rejecting some possibilities on that basis.------> A misleading one. We are not looking for the capabilities of physicians but the incpabalities of them. So OUT.

agrasan · Answer

Option C provides the reason why patients will still have medical check-ups despite feeling well as they don't believe in physicians' assurance, thus, option C is not correct.

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