A doctor performs a diagnosis (professional act). In the same way, a judge performs which professional act?

Introduction / Context:
This item tests role-to-action mapping across professions. A doctor’s recognized professional act is diagnosis. Analogously, we need the specific act associated with a judge. Among the choices, “judgement” (also spelled “judgment”) precisely names the decision a judge delivers after evaluating a case.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• Doctor → diagnosis (identifying illness/condition).
• Judge → judgement (authoritative decision in a case).
• We prefer the professional act, not the workplace or a generic outcome.

Concept / Approach:
Preserve “profession → signature act”. Court is the judge’s workplace; punishment can be a consequence but is not the judicial act itself; lawyers are different professionals. “Judgement” best mirrors “diagnosis” as a core, named act of the role.

Step-by-Step Solution:

Verification / Alternative check:
Judicial processes culminate in a judgement/verdict. The term is formal and definitive, just as “diagnosis” is in medicine.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:
Court: place; Punishment: sanction/consequence; Lawyer: another role; Verdict: close in meaning but “judgement” is the broader formal act encompassing the court’s decision.

Common Pitfalls:
Picking “court” due to association with judges but breaking the act-mapping pattern.

Final Answer:
Judgement