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3. The passage states that a role of medical experts in relation to custom-made medical illustrations in the courtroom is to

(A) decide which custom-made medical illustrations should be admissible
(B) temper the impact of the illustrations on judges and jurors who are not medical professionals
(C) make medical illustrations understandable to judges and jurors
(D) provide opinions to attorneys as to which illustrations, if any, would be useful
(E) provide their opinions as to the accuracy of the illustrations
Below is the sentence in the passage that this question is referring to. Last sentence of 2nd paragraph:

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Even if an unscrupulous illustrator could be found, such illustrations would be inadmissible as evidence in the courtroom unless a medical expert were present to testify to their accuracy.
Hopefully you were deciding between (A) and (E)

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(A) decide which custom-made medical illustrations should be admissible
(A) is very close! But is the medical expert really the one deciding whether an illustration is "admissible"?

Or are they just deciding the accuracy of the illustration? Which, in turn, leads to the decision (by the judge) of what is admissible.

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(E) provide their opinions as to the accuracy of the illustrations

This is exactly what the quoted passage above states.

Generally, I don't like that this answer choice uses the word "opinions", but the medical expert does "testify", which would be the expert's opinion.

Answer is E
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I am not very clear about the answer for last question, do you have official answer for this ?
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I am not very clear about the answer for last question, do you have official answer for this ?

Explanation

I don't have OE for this passage please try this reasoning might be possible you get the point.

6. The author’s primary purpose in the third paragraph is to

Difficulty: Hard

Explanation

In the second paragraph, the author claims that custom illustrations will be technically accurate. In the 3rd paragraph, he raises a subtler criticism: maybe custom images are biased, even if they’re technically accurate. Lines (use of emphasis, coloration, and other means, even if they are technically accurate. But professional medical illustrators strive for objective accuracy and avoid devices that have inflammatory potential, sometimes even eschewing the use of color.) directly rebut this attack.

Then the paragraph talks about medical textbook illustrations. Why? In light of question 06, I now think they’re describing medical textbook images to show that the high level of detail in medical textbooks may actually introduce bias using color, detail, emphasis, etc. Whereas custom images are made solely for the purpose of clarifying the issue at hand. They are less likely to bias judges and juries.

A. Careful. A “greater” use. The author didn’t say we should use more custom images than we do right now. Instead, they’re defending our current usage.

B. CORRECT. See the explanation above.

C. I was very tempted by this. The 3rd paragraph does help show that images from medical textbooks are not well suited to the courtroom. But….that’s not the purpose of the 3rd paragraph. The purpose of the 3rd paragraph is to show that custom illustrations are not biased, including when compared to medical textbook illustrations.

D. Nonsense. The third paragraph is an argument. Notice the word “but” in line 26.

E. Not quite. The third paragraph does do this, but it’s not the purpose. Notice the word “but” in line 26. The author is disagreeing with lines 23-26, and giving their opinion in lines 26-39. The 3rd paragraph not mere description. It is an argument. Did you pick this answer because it was true? That’s not what you’re supposed to be looking for.

Answer: B

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I am not very clear about the answer for last question, do you have official answer for this ?

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I don't have OE for this passage please try this reasoning might be possible you get the point.

6. The author’s primary purpose in the third paragraph is to

Difficulty: Hard

Explanation

In the second paragraph, the author claims that custom illustrations will be technically accurate. In the 3rd paragraph, he raises a subtler criticism: maybe custom images are biased, even if they’re technically accurate. Lines (use of emphasis, coloration, and other means, even if they are technically accurate. But professional medical illustrators strive for objective accuracy and avoid devices that have inflammatory potential, sometimes even eschewing the use of color.) directly rebut this attack.

Then the paragraph talks about medical textbook illustrations. Why? In light of question 06, I now think they’re describing medical textbook images to show that the high level of detail in medical textbooks may actually introduce bias using color, detail, emphasis, etc. Whereas custom images are made solely for the purpose of clarifying the issue at hand. They are less likely to bias judges and juries.

A. Careful. A “greater” use. The author didn’t say we should use more custom images than we do right now. Instead, they’re defending our current usage.

B. CORRECT. See the explanation above.

C. I was very tempted by this. The 3rd paragraph does help show that images from medical textbooks are not well suited to the courtroom. But….that’s not the purpose of the 3rd paragraph. The purpose of the 3rd paragraph is to show that custom illustrations are not biased, including when compared to medical textbook illustrations.

D. Nonsense. The third paragraph is an argument. Notice the word “but” in line 26.

E. Not quite. The third paragraph does do this, but it’s not the purpose. Notice the word “but” in line 26. The author is disagreeing with lines 23-26, and giving their opinion in lines 26-39. The 3rd paragraph not mere description. It is an argument. Did you pick this answer because it was true? That’s not what you’re supposed to be looking for.

Answer: B

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After reading your answer I realized, I was looking at Para four and not 3rd Para .#Facepalm
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Hi VeritasKarishma GMATNinja AndrewN

Can you please help me with question 3. A and E are very close but I am unable to eliminate E, below is my line of reasoning.

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Even if an unscrupulous illustrator could be found, such illustrations would be inadmissible as evidence in the courtroom unless a medical expert were present to testify to their accuracy.

(A) decide which custom-made medical illustrations should be admissible
(E) provide their opinions as to the accuracy of the illustrations

Now passage states that medical experts testiy on accuracy of illustration and as a result of their testifying illustration can either be admissable or not in court, so isn't this implying that they are deciding which custom-made medical illustrations should be admissible
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Hi VeritasKarishma GMATNinja AndrewN

Can you please help me with question 3. A and E are very close but I am unable to eliminate E, below is my line of reasoning.

Passage states
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Even if an unscrupulous illustrator could be found, such illustrations would be inadmissible as evidence in the courtroom unless a medical expert were present to testify to their accuracy.

(A) decide which custom-made medical illustrations should be admissible
(E) provide their opinions as to the accuracy of the illustrations

Now passage states that medical experts testiy on accuracy of illustration and as a result of their testifying illustration can either be admissable or not in court, so isn't this implying that they are deciding which custom-made medical illustrations should be admissible
Hello, RohitSaluja. This question illustrates why you need to stick closely to what the passage states, to not read between the lines. MikeScarn has handily discussed this question above, in this post, which focuses on answer choices (A) and (E). You have to ask yourself whether the medical expert is actually making a decision on admissibility, and the answer is no. Someone else—perhaps a judge, panel, or jury—would decide on that matter. Expert testimony is simply expert testimony. This is standardized testing at its finest (i.e. its pickiest). Just learn the tendencies and play it safe within your understanding of them when you assess different answer choices. In this case, (A) can be argued against, (E) cannot, so we need to choose the latter.

Thank you for thinking to ask.

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I do realize that in que 6 - answer is B
But I am still unable to prove why D is wrong
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I do realize that in que 6 - answer is B
But I am still unable to prove why D is wrong

Read the lines:

But professional medical illustrators strive for objective accuracy and avoid devices that have inflammatory potential, sometimes even eschewing the use of color.

Notice the word "but" here. Although the third paragraph outlines a possible objection to the use of custom-made medical illustrations, its primary purpose is not to discuss why they are controversial, but rather to respond to one particular objection to their use. So D is wrong.
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5. The author’s attitude toward the testimony of medical experts in personal injury cases is most accurately described as

(A) appreciation of the difficulty involved in explaining medical data to judges and jurors together with skepticism concerning the effectiveness of such testimony
(B) admiration for the experts’ technical knowledge coupled with disdain for the communications skills of medical professionals
(C) acceptance of the accuracy of such testimony accompanied with awareness of the limitations of a presentation that is entirely verbal
(D) respect for the medical profession tempered by apprehension concerning the tendency of medical professionals to try to overwhelm judges and jurors with technical details
(E) respect for expert witnesses combined with intolerance of the use of technical terminology

GMATNinja - Option choice D is wrong because the passage doesn't include - respect for the medical profession?
Hence, Option choice C is correct?
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5. The author’s attitude toward the testimony of medical experts in personal injury cases is most accurately described as

(A) appreciation of the difficulty involved in explaining medical data to judges and jurors together with skepticism concerning the effectiveness of such testimony

(B) admiration for the experts’ technical knowledge coupled with disdain for the communications skills of medical professionals

(C) acceptance of the accuracy of such testimony accompanied with awareness of the limitations of a presentation that is entirely verbal

(D) respect for the medical profession tempered by apprehension concerning the tendency of medical professionals to try to overwhelm judges and jurors with technical details

(E) respect for expert witnesses combined with intolerance of the use of technical terminology

GMATNinja - Option choice D is wrong because the passage doesn't include - respect for the medical profession?

Hence, Option choice C is correct?
(D) states that medical professionals TRY to overwhelm the judge and jury. That implies a level of intent -- as if they really want the judge/jury to be overwhelmed with technical details for some reason. ­

The author doesn't express this attitude in the passage. S/he mentions that "expert testimony by medical professionals often relies heavily on the use of technical terminology," but doesn't say that these experts WANT the judge and jury to be overwhelmed. The nature of the testimony is just pretty technical, which is why the author says that customized illustrations can be helpful.

I hope that helps!­
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While courts have long allowed custom-made medical illustrations depicting personal injury to be presented as evidence in legal cases, the issue of whether they have a legitimate place in the courtroom is surrounded by ongoing debate and misinformation. Some opponents of their general use argue that while illustrations are sometimes invaluable in presenting the physical details of a personal injury, in all cases except those involving the most unusual injuries, illustrations from medical textbooks can be adequate. Most injuries, such as fractures and whiplash, they say, are rather generic in nature—certain commonly encountered forces act on particular areas of the body in standard ways—so they can be represented by generic illustrations.

Another line of complaint stems from the belief that custom-made illustrations often misrepresent the facts in order to comply with the partisan interests of litigants. Even some lawyers appear to share a version of this view, believing that such illustrations can be used to bolster a weak case. Illustrators are sometimes approached by lawyers who, unable to find medical experts to support their clients’ claims, think that they can replace expert testimony with such deceptive professional illustrations. But this is mistaken. Even if an unscrupulous illustrator could be found, such illustrations would be inadmissible as evidence in the courtroom unless a medical expert were present to testify to their accuracy.

It has also been maintained that custom-made illustrations may subtly distort the issues through the use of emphasis, coloration, and other means, even if they are technically accurate. But professional medical illustrators strive for objective accuracy and avoid devices that have inflammatory potential, sometimes even eschewing the use of color. Unlike illustrations in medical textbooks, which are designed to include the extensive detail required by medical students, custom-made medical illustrations are designed to include only the information that is relevant for those deciding a case. The end user is typically a jury or a judge, for whose benefit the depiction is reduced to the details that are crucial to determining the legally relevant facts. The more complex details often found in textbooks can be deleted so as not to confuse the issue. For example, illustrations of such things as veins and arteries would only get in the way when an illustration is supposed to be used to explain the nature of a bone fracture.

Custom-made medical illustrations, which are based on a plaintiff’s X rays, computerized tomography scans, and medical records and reports, are especially valuable in that they provide visual representations of data whose verbal description would be very complex. Expert testimony by medical professionals often relies heavily on the use of technical terminology, which those who are not specially trained in the field find difficult to translate mentally into visual imagery. Since, for most people, adequate understanding of physical data depends on thinking at least partly in visual terms, the clearly presented visual stimulation provided by custom-made illustrations can be quite instructive.
5. The author’s attitude toward the testimony of medical experts in personal injury cases is most accurately described as

(A) appreciation of the difficulty involved in explaining medical data to judges and jurors together with skepticism concerning the effectiveness of such testimony
(B) admiration for the experts’ technical knowledge coupled with disdain for the communications skills of medical professionals
(C) acceptance of the accuracy of such testimony accompanied with awareness of the limitations of a presentation that is entirely verbal
(D) respect for the medical profession tempered by apprehension concerning the tendency of medical professionals to try to overwhelm judges and jurors with technical details
(E) respect for expert witnesses combined with intolerance of the use of technical terminology

The author defends the use of custom‐made medical illustrations in personal‐injury trials. The passage rebuts several criticisms: that generic textbook illustrations are usually sufficient, that custom illustrations are partisan or misleading, and that they distort through emphasis or color. Instead, the author argues custom illustrations are objective, simplify complex medical details for judges and juries, and are vital because they visually represent data that is difficult to convey verbally.

(A) appreciation of the difficulty in explaining medical data + skepticism about the effectiveness of such testimony.

The author acknowledges the difficulty experts face when using technical terms, but does not express skepticism about the testimony’s effectiveness—instead, the author suggests illustrations enhance understanding. So “skepticism” is too strong.

(B) admiration for experts’ technical knowledge + disdain for their communication skills.

The author never shows disdain, the passage simply notes that technical terms are hard for laypeople to visualize, which is a neutral observation.

(C) acceptance of the accuracy of such testimony + awareness of the limitations of a presentation that is entirely verbal.

This matches the passage. The author implicitly accepts experts’ accuracy but explicitly states that verbal testimony relies on technical terminology that non‐experts struggle to translate into visual understanding, hence the need for illustrations to overcome that limitation.

(D) respect for the medical profession + apprehension about experts overwhelming judges/jurors with technical details.

While the author notes technical details can be confusing, there’s no tone of “apprehension” about experts deliberately overwhelming anyone. The focus is on improving comprehension, not criticizing experts.

(E) respect for expert witnesses + intolerance of technical terminology.

The author is not intolerant of technical terms, they simply point out that such terms are hard for non‐experts. The solution offered is visual aids, not eliminating terminology.

Answer: (C)
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