Advances in genetic testing have raised major data security concerns

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Advances in genetic testing have raised major data security concerns, because of the ability of researchers to generate information about individuals far outpacing hospital administrators’ ability to protect it.

(A) because of the ability of researchers to generate information about individuals far outpacing
 
(B) for the ability of researchers to generate information about individuals has far outpaced
 
(C) because researchers’ ability to generate information about individuals that has far outpaced
 
(D) due to the outpacing by researchers’ ability to generate information about individuals of
 
(E) since the ability of researchers for generating information about individuals has been outpacing

DIII · Answer

B for me.

A doesn't have a verb in the dependent part.
C I think because needs a verb and Due to needs a noun after it, so wrong.
D i think due to should have followed a verb.
E ability for, wrong idiom, although i don't know about the "has been"

chetan2u · Answer

hi...

following issues need to be looked into..
1) the clause "the ability of......outpaced" requires a verb HAS to go with initial part of the sentence.
 2) FOR can be used as a CONJUNCTION meaning because and with a COMMA prior to it 
3) The second clause/dependent clause here requires because/for/since as it introduces a clause thereafter
 4) Because of is best followed by NOUN.. I was late because of a party.

the above issues lead us to choice B

B

AjiteshArun · Answer

Good reasoning, but one small point:  because  is a conjunction, but  because of  is a preposition. So, we'll look for a noun or equivalent after  because of .

Perfect. Same for  due to  (needs a noun, and options A and D do in fact have only a noun after  because of  and  due to ).

TaN1213 · Answer

Both B & E seems correct except for these differ only in meaning aspect. While "Far" has been omitted in option E, it is rightly depicting the urgency to raise major security concerns- in "B". 
I would go with "B".

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AjiteshArun · Answer

Option E also has  ability... for generating information , which is unidiomatic.

jaisonsunny77 · Answer

Advances in genetic testing have raised major data security concerns,  because of the ability of researchers to generate information about individuals far outpacing  hospital administrators’ ability to protect it.
  
(A) because of the ability of researchers to generate information about individuals far outpacing  -  the ''because of'' phrase is a prepositional phrase; this prepositional phrase does not explain the results of the preceding clause.

(B) for the ability of researchers to generate information about individuals has far outpaced - has no error. Hence,  (B) is the right answer choice.  
  
(C) because researchers’ ability to generate information about individuals that has far outpaced  -  (C) introduces the following structure for the second clause that appears after the conjunction ''because'': researcher's ability...that has far outpaced....'' this structure is not an independent clause. hence, we can eliminate (C) 
 
(D) due to the outpacing by researchers’ ability to generate information about individuals of  -  ''....individuals of hospital administrator's ability..'' - this does not make sense.  
 
(E) since the ability of researchers for generating information about individuals has been outpacing  -  the correct idiom structure for ''ability'' is  , not ''ability for''.

prakhar992 · Answer

Hello  VeritasPrepHailey . I hope that you are doing well. 
Can you please tell me where my approach is wrong.

(A) because of the ability of researchers to generate information about individuals far outpacing
To generate is a verb and it should be compared with a verb. “Outpacing” is not parallel. So I eliminated this option.

The correct idiom is “ability to”. Can I eliminate option A on the basis of this idiom as well?

(B) for the ability of researchers to generate information about individuals has far outpaced
“For the ability seems quite awkward”. Why to use present perfect? There is no specific timeline or the indication that this action started in the past and continues till present.

(C) because researchers’ ability to generate information about individuals that has far outpaced
It is wrong because there is no verb. The sentence is not complete. It is dependent clause.

(D) due to the outpacing by researchers’ ability to generate information about individuals of
Due to and caused by can be used interchangeably, and it does not make sense “caused by the outpacing by researchers’ ability”
 
(E) since  the ability  of researchers  for  generating information about individuals has been outpacing-> wrong idiom. 
I was highly confused in this question.

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