Q12

[sh854]

Hi all, I chose C for the answer to this question. The passage says medical textbook illustrations are objective. Why is this wrong?

[sh854]

Hi, can someone please help?

[ohthatpatrick]

"According to the passage" question stems normally indicate some fact-finding up front before we look at answer choices.

The keywords we have to go off here are "a way textbook DIFFERS from custom". Let's see if we can find a line reference.

I'm locking in on line 36-41. It says "Unlike textbooks, custom ..."

This should be where we find our fact. It looks like the textbook illustrations include "extensive detail" while the custom ones include "only the information that is relevant for the case".

ANSWER CHOICES

(A) accuracy? we're looking for amount of detail

(B) This sounds like the opposite of what would be true.

(C) they're both objective. The line reference I think you saw (line 33) is referring to the people who design custom illustrations.

(D) Perfect! Sounds just like the fact we found.

(E) This sounds like the opposite of what would be true.


If you're not currently in the habit of locking in question stem keywords with an ACTUAL line reference, prior to looking at answer choices, it's a HUGE way to improve your speed / accuracy with detail questions.

People think it will take too long to find something, but your brain can scan the passage in under 20 seconds and usually knows which paragraph to start with in the first place. The more you trust that the test writers put synonyms / verbatim phrases into question stems to lock-in with a specific sentence, the more you trust finding that fact and scanning the answer choices with supreme conviction that you're looking for THAT fact.

Hope this helps.