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  • Question

  • During the last six years, the number of practicing physicians has increased by about 20%. During the same time period, the number of healthcare managers has increased by more than 600%. These percentages mean that many doctors have lost the authority to make their own schedules, determine the fees that they charge, and decide on prescribed treatments.
    This paragraph best supports the statement that doctors


  • Options
  • A. resent the interference of healthcare managers.
  • B. no longer have adequate training.
  • C. care a great deal about their patients.
  • D. are less independent than they used to be.
  • E. are making a lot less money than they used to make.

  • Correct Answer
  • are less independent than they used to be. 

    Explanation
    The author of this statement suggests that doctors are less independent. The author stresses that many doctors have lost authority. There is no support for the opinion that doctors resent the healthcare managers, however which rules out choice a. The doctors training is never mentioned (choice b). Doctors may care about their patients (choice c), but this information is not part of the paragraph. Choice e is not mentioned.

    • More questions

    • 1. Secretly is to openly as silently is to

    • Options
    • A. scarcely
    • B. impolitely
    • C. noisily
    • D. quietly
      • Discuss
    • 2. Statements: All trucks fly. Some scooters fly.

      Conclusions:

      1. All trucks are scooters.
      2. Some scooters do not fly.


    • Options
    • A. Only conclusion I follows
    • B. Only conclusion II follows
    • C. Either I or II follows
    • D. Neither I nor II follows
    • E. Both I and II follow
      • Discuss
    • 3. Statement: Nuclear power cannot make a country secure.

      Courses of Action:

      1. We must stop further expenses on increasing our nuclear power.
      2. We must destroy our nuclear capability.
      3. We must concentrate on improving our diplomatic relations.


    • Options
    • A. Only I follows
    • B. Only II follows
    • C. Only III follows
    • D. Only I and III follow
      • Discuss
    • 4. Statements: Prime age school-going children in urban India have now become avid as well as more regular viewers of television, even in households without a TV. As a result there has been an alarming decline in the extent of readership of newspapers.

      Conclusions:

      1. Method of increasing the readership of newspapers should be devised.
      2. A team of experts should be sent to other countries to study the impact of TV. on the readership of newspapers.


    • Options
    • A. Only conclusion I follows
    • B. Only conclusion II follows
    • C. Either I or II follows
    • D. Neither I nor II follows
    • E. Both I and II follow
      • Discuss
    • 5. Look at this series: 544, 509, 474, 439, ... What number should come next?

    • Options
    • A. 404
    • B. 414
    • C. 420
    • D. 445
      • Discuss
    • 6. 3 8 13 18 23 28 33

    • Options
    • A. 39 44
    • B. 38 44
    • C. 38 43
    • D. 37 42
    • E. 33 38
      • Discuss
    • 7. 2 8 14 20 26 32 38

    • Options
    • A. 2 46
    • B. 44 50
    • C. 42 48
    • D. 40 42
    • E. 32 26
      • Discuss
    • 8. Look carefully at the sequence of symbols to find the pattern. Select correct pattern:

    • Options
    • A. 1
    • B. 2
    • C. 3
    • D. 4
      • Discuss
    • 9. Look carefully at the sequence of symbols to find the pattern. Select correct pattern:

    • Options
    • A. 1
    • B. 2
    • C. 3
    • D. 4
      • Discuss
    • 10. Middletown is north of Centerville.
      Centerville is east of Penfield.
      Penfield is northwest of Middletown.
      If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

    • Options
    • A. true
    • B. false
    • C. uncertain
      • Discuss

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