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A study released by a major medical center has found that people who experience a stroke are frequently not treated quickly enough to prevent major complications, such as brain damage and paralysis. Stroke symptoms are similar to those of a heart attack but may pass more quickly, leading victims to believe that there is no need to seek the timely medical treatment required to avoid major long-term complications. As a result of the study, the medical center has implemented a program requiring doctors to review certain educational materials, which explain that stroke victims must immediately seek adequate medical attention when they experience stroke symptoms, with all patients who have risk factors for a stroke. The goal of the program is to reduce the incidence of major complications after a stroke among patients who have risk factors for a stroke.
Which of the following, if true, would most significantly limit the extent to which the program meets its goal?
(A) Most first-time stroke victims have not been previously diagnosed as having risk factors for a stroke.
(B) Stroke symptoms, while readily identifiable by those around stroke victims, are rarely perceived by the stroke victims themselves.
(C) Some stroke victims who seek immediate medical attention after a stroke can still experience major complications.
(D) All of the information contained in the educational materials has already been readily available on the internet for several years.
(E) Because many stroke victims have difficulty moving during and after a stroke, the medical center also provides patients who have risk factors for a stroke with wearable devices that can be used to summon emergency assistance at the push of a button.
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Which of the following, if true, would most significantly limit the extent to which the program meets its goal?
(A) Most first-time stroke victims have not been previously diagnosed as having risk factors for a stroke.
(B) Stroke symptoms, while readily identifiable by those around stroke victims, are rarely perceived by the stroke victims themselves.
(C) Some stroke victims who seek immediate medical attention after a stroke can still experience major complications.
(D) All of the information contained in the educational materials has already been readily available on the internet for several years.
(E) Because many stroke victims have difficulty moving during and after a stroke, the medical center also provides patients who have risk factors for a stroke with wearable devices that can be used to summon emergency assistance at the push of a button.
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Notice that the goal of the program is to reduce the incidence of major complications after a stroke among patients who have risk factors for a stroke, not among stroke victims in general. To achieve this goal, the medical center implemented a program requiring doctors to review certain educational materials with all patients who have risk factors for a stroke. Again, the program is only targeting patients who have risk factors for stroke.
Those educational materials, which explain that stroke victims must immediately seek adequate medical attention when they experience stroke symptoms, are based on the finding that people who experience a stroke are frequently not treated quickly enough to prevent major complications, such as brain damage and paralysis. Thus, the medical center hopes that the educational materials will encourage stroke victims to seek adequate medical attention and, thus, avoid major complications.
Which of the following, if true, would most significantly limit the extent to which the program meets its goal of reducing the incidence of major complications after a stroke among patients who have risk factors for a stroke?
Choice (B) is the best answer.
Those educational materials, which explain that stroke victims must immediately seek adequate medical attention when they experience stroke symptoms, are based on the finding that people who experience a stroke are frequently not treated quickly enough to prevent major complications, such as brain damage and paralysis. Thus, the medical center hopes that the educational materials will encourage stroke victims to seek adequate medical attention and, thus, avoid major complications.
Which of the following, if true, would most significantly limit the extent to which the program meets its goal of reducing the incidence of major complications after a stroke among patients who have risk factors for a stroke?
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The program is not aimed at first-time stroke victims who did not have risk factors prior to their first stroke. Rather, the program is aimed at patients who have risk factors for a stroke. Thus, choice (A) would not limit the extent to which the program meets its goal.
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The educational materials are designed to encourage stroke victims to seek adequate medical attention when they experience stroke symptoms. But if stroke victims themselves are rarely aware of the fact that they are experiencing stroke symptoms, they will not be able to act on this advice. This would limit the extent to which the program meets its goal, so keep (B).
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The program's goal is not to eliminate the incidence of major complications after a stroke. Rather than goal is to
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the incidence of major complications. The program can still achieve this goal even if some stroke victims experience major complications after seeking immediate medical attention. Eliminate (C).
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Just because the materials have been readily available on the Internet for several years does not mean that those with risk factors for a stroke have seen or studied those materials. Thus, this statement does not strongly suggest that reviewing those materials with patients who have risk factors for stroke would not be beneficial or that the program will not meet its goal. Eliminate (D).
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The fact that many stroke victims have difficulty moving during and after a stroke suggests that stroke victims might have trouble seeking medical assistance. By itself, this could limit the extent to which the program meets its goal. However, since patients are given wearable devices that can be used to summon emergency assistance, this potential obstacle has been removed. Thus, choice (E) would not limit the extent to which the program meets its goal.
Choice (B) is the best answer.
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A difficult one. It's between A and E.
A study released by a major medical center has found that people who experience a stroke are frequently not treated quickly enough to prevent major complications, such as brain damage and paralysis. Stroke symptoms are similar to those of a heart attack but may pass more quickly, leading victims to believe that there is no need to seek the timely medical treatment required to avoid major long-term complications. As a result of the study, the medical center has implemented a program requiring doctors to review certain educational materials, which explain that stroke victims must immediately seek adequate medical attention when they experience stroke symptoms, with all patients who have risk factors for a stroke. The goal of the program is to reduce the incidence of major complications after a stroke among patients who have risk factors for a stroke.
Which of the following, if true, would most significantly limit the extent to which the program meets its goal?
Our aim is to weaken the argument. We need to show that the plan won't meet it's expected results. The conclusion of the passage is "The goal of the program is to reduce the incidence of major complications after a stroke among patients who have risk factors for a stroke" and in order to achieve this the doctors are required to review the study material.
(A) Most first-time stroke victims have not been previously diagnosed as having risk factors for a stroke. -The argument is about patients that have risk factors. Besides, first time stroke victims aren't the only ones in the world who have stroke. The study is not limited to such people, so such first timers that don't have risk factors are out of scope of the argument and are not the correct sample of population that the author wants to work upon.
(B) Stroke symptoms, while readily identifiable by those around stroke victims, are rarely perceived by the stroke victims themselves. -We are not worried about who is able to identify the symptoms. And if the victims are unable to identify the symptoms then it becomes even more important for the doctors to review the material. In a way it is strengthening the argument.
(C) Some stroke victims who seek immediate medical attention after a stroke can still experience major complications. -These "some" exceptions will always be there.
(D) All of the information contained in the educational materials has already been readily available on the internet for several years. -Okay let it be on the internet. Out of scope.
(E) Because many stroke victims have difficulty moving during and after a stroke, the medical center also provides patients who have risk factors for a stroke with wearable devices that can be used to summon emergency assistance at the push of a button. -Correct. By POE I arrived at this option.
A study released by a major medical center has found that people who experience a stroke are frequently not treated quickly enough to prevent major complications, such as brain damage and paralysis. Stroke symptoms are similar to those of a heart attack but may pass more quickly, leading victims to believe that there is no need to seek the timely medical treatment required to avoid major long-term complications. As a result of the study, the medical center has implemented a program requiring doctors to review certain educational materials, which explain that stroke victims must immediately seek adequate medical attention when they experience stroke symptoms, with all patients who have risk factors for a stroke. The goal of the program is to reduce the incidence of major complications after a stroke among patients who have risk factors for a stroke.
Which of the following, if true, would most significantly limit the extent to which the program meets its goal?
Our aim is to weaken the argument. We need to show that the plan won't meet it's expected results. The conclusion of the passage is "The goal of the program is to reduce the incidence of major complications after a stroke among patients who have risk factors for a stroke" and in order to achieve this the doctors are required to review the study material.
(A) Most first-time stroke victims have not been previously diagnosed as having risk factors for a stroke. -The argument is about patients that have risk factors. Besides, first time stroke victims aren't the only ones in the world who have stroke. The study is not limited to such people, so such first timers that don't have risk factors are out of scope of the argument and are not the correct sample of population that the author wants to work upon.
(B) Stroke symptoms, while readily identifiable by those around stroke victims, are rarely perceived by the stroke victims themselves. -We are not worried about who is able to identify the symptoms. And if the victims are unable to identify the symptoms then it becomes even more important for the doctors to review the material. In a way it is strengthening the argument.
(C) Some stroke victims who seek immediate medical attention after a stroke can still experience major complications. -These "some" exceptions will always be there.
(D) All of the information contained in the educational materials has already been readily available on the internet for several years. -Okay let it be on the internet. Out of scope.
(E) Because many stroke victims have difficulty moving during and after a stroke, the medical center also provides patients who have risk factors for a stroke with wearable devices that can be used to summon emergency assistance at the push of a button. -Correct. By POE I arrived at this option.
