BREAKING: Target Test Prep releases Brand New 2026 On Demand GMAT prep course

Redeem

Confusion in medical profession.

This topic has expert replies
Post new topic Locked
Previous Topic Next Topic
User avatar
Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts
Posts: 72
Joined: Thu Jun 09, 2011 12:30 pm
Thanked: 14 times
Followed by:1 members
GMAT Score:730

Confusion in medical profession.

by coderversion1 » Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:03 am
According to a panel of health officials, there has been a great deal of confusion in the medical profession about whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition more related to appearance than to health.

(A) about whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition more related to appearance than to

(B) with respect to obesity being a biological disorder posing serious health risks or if it is related more to appearance than

(C) over whether or not obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or it is a condition more related to appearance than to

(D) about obesity and if it is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition related to appearance more than to

(E) concerning whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or it is a condition related to appearance more than.


OA unknown. Expert replies needed.
Top
Source: — Sentence Correction |
User avatar
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 496
Joined: Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:34 am
Thanked: 38 times
Followed by:1 members

by sl750 » Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:22 am
IMO A

You can eliminate B, and E as those answers make illogical comparison, namely, comparing ' a condition related to appearance than health'

C introduces a parallelism error - 'it is a condition' which is not parallel with 'obesity is a biological disorder'
D introduces a conditional statement - 'if it is a biological disorder'
Top
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 189
Joined: Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:57 am
Thanked: 17 times
Followed by:1 members

by gmat25 » Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:18 am
Approach:

try to speak words in this way

Confusion Over ---> may be

Confusion About ---> may be

Confusion with ---> clearly sounds awkward (drop B)

Confusion concerning ---> clearly sounds awkward (drop E)

Now in GMAT, u almost always prefer WHETHER over IF (if u are not sure when whether should be used and when if should be used) --> Drop D

Whether X or Y is the correct idiom, just like either X or Y

so drop Op C and hence Op A is the answer.

Hope this help!!!!
Top
Post new topic Locked
• Page 1 of 1