KAPLAN VERBAL (public health officia)l

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KAPLAN VERBAL (public health officia)l

by PAB2706 » Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:35 pm
A Public Health Official reported that 60% of the children at summer school have never had measles or chicken pox,and that of this 60% not one child has ever been observed to eat the cheese served in the school lunches.From this he concluded that children who abstain from cheese products will protect themselves from most childhood diseases.


Each of the following ,if true, would strengthen the official's argument EXCEPT:

a) Medically Speaking .whatever serves to inhibit measles and chicken pox will generally inhibit the entire spectrum of childhood diseases.

b)The observation the officer carried out was extremely accurate, and all those observed to abstain from cheese at school did,in fact , abstain.

c)The children's eating habit are the same at school as anywhere else,and those who abstain fron cheese products at school do so in general.

d)Recent research has pointed to a deficiency in cheese products as one of the major causes of measles and chicken pox infections.

e)Most cheeses and cheese products harbor bacteria that are known to be causative agents for many childhood disease,such as measles and chicken pox.
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by slash » Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:54 pm
I think the option is E is the right answer

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by raunekk » Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:24 am
imo:D

stimulus says:
Abstainin from cheese -->>> protect children frm diseases

D talks abt intake of cheese..

"deficiency in cheese products"-->>major causes of measles and chicken pox infections.


which doesnt help in anyway..
its not pertaining to the stimulus.


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by 4meonly » Tue Nov 04, 2008 1:52 am
d) Recent research has pointed to a deficiency in cheese products as one of the major causes of measles and chicken pox infections.

D states that if anyone will not eat cheese he will get chicken pox infection.

This considerably weakens argument's conclusion by stating that premise is not correct

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by cramya » Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:31 am
1 more vote for D)

OA please? Please post OA's using spoiler if possible

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by vivek.kapoor83 » Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:48 am
1 more vote for D....

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by catchyblues » Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:42 am
D it is....

D) Recent research has pointed to a deficiency in cheese products as one of the major causes of measles and chicken pox infections.

Only this statement doesn't strengthen the official's argument.... It infact weakens

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by Jatinder » Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:20 pm
I would Go with A

No where in stimulus , we are talking about inhibitions.

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by PAB2706 » Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:11 pm
the OA is D...

Thank you guys.....i get it now.

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by peter.p.81 » Wed May 11, 2016 3:12 am
Answer D seems to be logical one out of other answer choices