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himanshu_chauhan
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Appendicitis (inflammation of the appendix) is potentially f

by himanshu_chauhan Sun Jan 04, 2015 1:58 am

Which of the following most logically completes the passage?

Appendicitis (inflammation of the appendix) is potentially fatal; consequently, patients with symptoms strongly
suggesting appendicitis almost have their appendix removed. The appropriate surgery is low-risk but performed
unnecessarily in about 20 percent of all cases. A newly developed internal scan for appendicitis is highly accurate,
producing two misdiagnoses for every 98 correct diagnoses. Clearly, using this test, doctors can largely avoid
unnecessary removals of the appendix without, however, performing any fewer necessary ones than before, since .

A. the patients who are correctly diagnosed with this test as not having appendicitis invariably have medical
conditions that are much less serious than appendicitis

B. the misdiagnoses produced by this test are always instances of attributing appendicitis to someone who does
not, in fact, have it

C. all of the patients who are diagnosed with this test as having appendicitis do, in fact, have appendicitis

D. every patient who is diagnosed with this test as having appendicitis has more than one of the symptoms
generally associated with appendicitis

E. the only patients who are misdiagnosed using this test are patients who lack one or more of the symptoms
that are generally associated with appendicitis

OA is B: I could not understand the reasoning behind this CR.

What is wrong with choice C.

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Re: Appendicitis (inflammation of the appendix) is potentially f

by RonPurewal Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:09 am

"gmat prep 3" is part of the paid material; therefore, we can't host that material here.

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