I had B first in mind but began to slightly panic when the narrator stated " if you like B you better be able to say there is a circumstance". However I'm glad I was patient enough to continue to sit through the video lol
I was confused until I made this distinction. From a pure grammatical standpoint, "Like a genetic profile" is a modifier and actually not a subject. However, when we analyze the logic of the passage it is treated as a subject since a parallel is made between "genetic profile" and "fMRI."
So "Like a genetic profile" is a Logical Subject but not a Grammatical Subject.
I thought B was wrong, mainly because the first premise states, how a patient can keep info contained in an FMRI private, so I did not think much about B. If the person cannot access info about the FMRI how could they construct the face? was what I was thinking.
@rickyrivas94 we have to remember that we CANNOT assume. The passage here did not state that the patients did not know about this, however we have to stay in the bounds of the stimulus and infer if it strongly supports the answer.
@rickyrivas94 But the first premise actually doesn't say the patient can keep the information private. It says "can contain information that a patient wishes to keep private." So the patient has the desire to keep it private, but the following line then suggests that it contains enough information that it can be a recognizable image of the patient's face. This suggests that even if there is no label with the patient's name, an association can be made from the image of the face.
#feedback is there anyway we could get back the option on quickview option to save a copy of the question? I used to use this feature to take annotate and take notes
I crashed and burned on this question and chose C, mostly because I read too fast and missed the "Cannot" part in QC and the "Not" part in QA. But if we took away the "not" part in QA, would we have a more reasonably stronger answer choice? My answer is no, because its assuming that fMRI's can be securitized the same way as genetic profiles. Once he was going over the answers, I realized that QB was correct, because in my mind it fixes QA (when I was reading it without the "not"). We can't say "fMRI's need this kind of security measure" thats an assumption, and one we would base off of real life. At most, we know that fMRI's have a break in security that genetic profiles do not, and based off the passage, we do not have a have a fix for the fMRI at the moment. Please let me know if this is a good interpretation or a good way to realize what questions are wrong and right.
#feedback is there anyway to post these questions upfront in the text so we can work through the problems ahead of time or if we prefer to read vs watch the video? There are also some situations where I am plugging away at lessons and can't have audio running but would still like the benefit of being able to work the problem in the lesson. Thank you for your consideration!
So I am thrown off by "B" being the correct answer. I do not think the explanation made much sense to me. Can someone explain. How was I supposed to assume that An fMRI has the potential to compromise patient privacy in circumstances in which a genetic profile would not when the passage states, "Like a genetic profile, a functional magnetic-resonance image (fMRI) of the brain can contain information that a patient wishes to keep private."
That sentence is saying they both do the same thing in the way of compromising patient privacy...or that is how I took it, so I definitely did not rely on B as the answer....anyone got a better explanation to this rather than this person's explanation?
This person said, "(B) tells us that, considering what we know to be true about fMRIs, there are situations where an fMRI could potentially compromise a patient’s privacy. In those same situations, a genetic profile does not have this potential."
I am not following in the way this person breaks it down.
You're focusing on the wrong part. The last two sentences focus on how that private information is accessed, which is what B is supported by. In order to access private information in a genetic profile, you would need to read a label or records. In order to access private information in an fMRI, all you would need to do is look at a face, and you'd know private information that the patient would maybe like to keep discrete.
B states, "An fMRI has the potential to compromise patient privacy in circumstances in which a genetic profile would not." which is true, according to the stim. Someone could look at a familiar person's fMRI and know that they have, for example, Alzheimer's, which could be something they want to keep private. Would this exact same circumstance happen with genetic profiles? No it would not.
why is it okay to assume the fMRIs can be accessed via a label? the text is explicit in that genetic profiles can be accessed via labels, but based on what is it okay to assume that the same is true for fMRIs? why is that assumption okay?
Maybe I am wrong, but I think that if you accept (B) as the conclusion, and the question was regarding weakening the argument, I think (D) could be a correct answer.
Merely consistent with means it's unsupported - It can either be true or false. But do not get it confused with anti-supported either which are contradictions. We do not know enough information from the stimulus to say the answer choice is also true or false.
Example: "People who like ice cream are happier. The author likes ice cream." However, if the answer choice was to say "The author thinks the sky is blue," then it would be unsupported. You do not know if the author thinks the sky is blue from the statements.
I wish I could write on the screen, that would be infinitely more helpful. I resort to underlines and highlights, which make it slightly more difficult.
I read "only referring to labels or records" as it's so easy to get that info by just reading the labels. It. So I initially chose C.
However, as soon as I heard the narrator read the question and put an emphasis on the ONLY. I realized I read it wrong and quickly went back to redo the question and put the answer as B.
I gotta spend more time remembering indicator words. smh.
I got the correct answer it just took me a while because I didn't realize the first sentence "like a genetic profile" was setting the stage to compare a genetic profile and FMRI. After hearing Kevin's explanation I immediately realized - that when I first read the stimulus I was def going too fast.
I initially chose answer choice A and even after listening to the video I still had a very hard time figuring it out. I am sharing it for anyone who is also confused.
I am going to break down the given data in the stimulus:
1)Both an fMRI and a genetic profile contain information that a patient wishes to keep private.
2)An fMRI contains enough information from the patient’s skull to create a recognizable image of the patient’s face.
3)A genetic profile can be linked to a patient only by a label or matching records.
Now, consider this scenario: you have both the genetic profile of a patient and an fMRI of the same patient. Neither has a label. By looking at the fMRI, you could say, “Oh! That’s John’s face!” (since you can recognize a person’s face from the fMRI). But can you also tell that the genetic profile belongs to John? No! Why not? Because you can only identify the owner of a genetic profile if there is a label on it (e.g., “John…”), or if you have some record that lets you match the data to John.
Therefore, in this situation, the fMRI can put the patient’s privacy at a greater risk than the genetic profile.
Answer choice (B) says: “An fMRI has the potential to compromise patient privacy in circumstances in which a genetic profile would not.”
I hope that makes answer choice (B) much clearer now!
Someone help me through the lessons when I attempt the questions before they are explained I get them right. When I drill the questions however I keep getting like 3/5s or 2/5s rarely a 4/5 and never a 5/5 idk what to do
#feedback I find the use of 'merely consistent' to be potentially confusing for learners. A better choice is 'unknowable' or something similar. For example, answer choice A, here, isn't 'consistent' in the literal definition with anything suggested by the stimulus-- it is simply outside the bounds of what is being suggested in the stim. I get what you mean, and it doesn't hinder my understanding, but I feel it is not the best choice of terminology.
Help!!!! I didn't get B when I attempted the question - I didn't know the usage of labels was a reasonable assumption. After knowing B is the answer... is this following logic, to get to the answer, flawed:
The stimulus states that the only way to link a genetic profile to a patient is via label, whereas for fMRIs it says "also contains enough info" to create an image of a patient's face. Since it doesn't specifically say there's only one method for fMRIs (unlike genetic profiles), can I assume that there could also be other methods (even if I didn't think of labels)- which leads to B) the potential to compromise patient privacy in circumstances in which a genetic profile would not.
#feedback This says to review rhetorical questions, but I don't see one in this passage. Also, I'd love to review fact v belief v knowledge but that link is not working for me.
Are the steps to attack the question 1) Read question stem, 2) read answer choices, 3) read stimulus, 4) analyze/parse/work the passage, and either 5a) choose the right answer or 5b) eliminate the incorrect answer?
If we know the answer choices won't make sense until we read the stimulus, why waste those seconds?
No, he was just using that as an example that the answer choices won't make sense unless you read the stimulus. 1) Read question stem, 2) read stimulus, 3) while reading connect/analyze the statements (dots). For example, he did that with the first sentence, he connected the dots in the "Like a genetic profile, FmRI is..." and then 4) check out the answer choices and eliminate what is not supported or cannot be inferred from the stimulus while looking for the correct answer.
As he said, we should always connect back and hold tight to the stimulus
The stimulus never states that FMRIs aren't labeled. It feels like we've made an assumption there that our correct answer B hinges on. Can somebody explain how we can be sure of this?
Why does B hinge on the fact that FMRI's may or may not be labeled?
If you gain access to my genetic profile and my FMRI, what will it take for you to get to know who I am and essentially have my data leaked? For the FRMI, you do not need anything else to know that is me because you can reconstruct my face. For the genetic profile, you need a label for it to tell you that it belongs to me.
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This is one of those questions where I find it easier to eliminate ACDE than straight up choosing B.
@josiahcaterino yeah, I feel like when he talked about B he was using outside knowledge. Which was something I thought we should avoid.
I had B first in mind but began to slightly panic when the narrator stated " if you like B you better be able to say there is a circumstance". However I'm glad I was patient enough to continue to sit through the video lol
@ChandaM same
Would it be true if I think that most of the answer choices of MSS questions have vague vocabulary such as "most", or in this case "potential"?
#feedback: the Fact v. Belief v. Knowledge link is broken
I was confused until I made this distinction. From a pure grammatical standpoint, "Like a genetic profile" is a modifier and actually not a subject. However, when we analyze the logic of the passage it is treated as a subject since a parallel is made between "genetic profile" and "fMRI."
So "Like a genetic profile" is a Logical Subject but not a Grammatical Subject.
I thought B was wrong, mainly because the first premise states, how a patient can keep info contained in an FMRI private, so I did not think much about B. If the person cannot access info about the FMRI how could they construct the face? was what I was thinking.
@rickyrivas94 we have to remember that we CANNOT assume. The passage here did not state that the patients did not know about this, however we have to stay in the bounds of the stimulus and infer if it strongly supports the answer.
@rickyrivas94 But the first premise actually doesn't say the patient can keep the information private. It says "can contain information that a patient wishes to keep private." So the patient has the desire to keep it private, but the following line then suggests that it contains enough information that it can be a recognizable image of the patient's face. This suggests that even if there is no label with the patient's name, an association can be made from the image of the face.
#feedback is there anyway we could get back the option on quickview option to save a copy of the question? I used to use this feature to take annotate and take notes
@NakimRyan there is an option at the top of the article that says "show question" Will show you the question and all answer choices
I crashed and burned on this question and chose C, mostly because I read too fast and missed the "Cannot" part in QC and the "Not" part in QA. But if we took away the "not" part in QA, would we have a more reasonably stronger answer choice? My answer is no, because its assuming that fMRI's can be securitized the same way as genetic profiles. Once he was going over the answers, I realized that QB was correct, because in my mind it fixes QA (when I was reading it without the "not"). We can't say "fMRI's need this kind of security measure" thats an assumption, and one we would base off of real life. At most, we know that fMRI's have a break in security that genetic profiles do not, and based off the passage, we do not have a have a fix for the fMRI at the moment. Please let me know if this is a good interpretation or a good way to realize what questions are wrong and right.
#feedback is there anyway to post these questions upfront in the text so we can work through the problems ahead of time or if we prefer to read vs watch the video? There are also some situations where I am plugging away at lessons and can't have audio running but would still like the benefit of being able to work the problem in the lesson. Thank you for your consideration!
I just learned that if you click the "quick view" above the video, you get a pop-out of the question. this is exactly what I was looking for!
So I am thrown off by "B" being the correct answer. I do not think the explanation made much sense to me. Can someone explain. How was I supposed to assume that An fMRI has the potential to compromise patient privacy in circumstances in which a genetic profile would not when the passage states, "Like a genetic profile, a functional magnetic-resonance image (fMRI) of the brain can contain information that a patient wishes to keep private."
That sentence is saying they both do the same thing in the way of compromising patient privacy...or that is how I took it, so I definitely did not rely on B as the answer....anyone got a better explanation to this rather than this person's explanation?
This person said, "(B) tells us that, considering what we know to be true about fMRIs, there are situations where an fMRI could potentially compromise a patient’s privacy. In those same situations, a genetic profile does not have this potential."
I am not following in the way this person breaks it down.
You're focusing on the wrong part. The last two sentences focus on how that private information is accessed, which is what B is supported by. In order to access private information in a genetic profile, you would need to read a label or records. In order to access private information in an fMRI, all you would need to do is look at a face, and you'd know private information that the patient would maybe like to keep discrete.
B states, "An fMRI has the potential to compromise patient privacy in circumstances in which a genetic profile would not." which is true, according to the stim. Someone could look at a familiar person's fMRI and know that they have, for example, Alzheimer's, which could be something they want to keep private. Would this exact same circumstance happen with genetic profiles? No it would not.
why is it okay to assume the fMRIs can be accessed via a label? the text is explicit in that genetic profiles can be accessed via labels, but based on what is it okay to assume that the same is true for fMRIs? why is that assumption okay?
Maybe I am wrong, but I think that if you accept (B) as the conclusion, and the question was regarding weakening the argument, I think (D) could be a correct answer.
What's the difference between an answer being consistent with the stimulus and an answer supported by the most strongly supported?
Merely consistent with means it's unsupported - It can either be true or false. But do not get it confused with anti-supported either which are contradictions. We do not know enough information from the stimulus to say the answer choice is also true or false.
Example: "People who like ice cream are happier. The author likes ice cream." However, if the answer choice was to say "The author thinks the sky is blue," then it would be unsupported. You do not know if the author thinks the sky is blue from the statements.
I wish I could write on the screen, that would be infinitely more helpful. I resort to underlines and highlights, which make it slightly more difficult.
This may be a lot of work, but I screenshot the questions on my iPad to annotate and watch from my laptop.
I initially read the question wrong.
I read "only referring to labels or records" as it's so easy to get that info by just reading the labels. It. So I initially chose C.
However, as soon as I heard the narrator read the question and put an emphasis on the ONLY. I realized I read it wrong and quickly went back to redo the question and put the answer as B.
I gotta spend more time remembering indicator words. smh.
I got the correct answer it just took me a while because I didn't realize the first sentence "like a genetic profile" was setting the stage to compare a genetic profile and FMRI. After hearing Kevin's explanation I immediately realized - that when I first read the stimulus I was def going too fast.
Same with me!
I initially chose answer choice A and even after listening to the video I still had a very hard time figuring it out. I am sharing it for anyone who is also confused.
I am going to break down the given data in the stimulus:
1)Both an fMRI and a genetic profile contain information that a patient wishes to keep private.
2)An fMRI contains enough information from the patient’s skull to create a recognizable image of the patient’s face.
3)A genetic profile can be linked to a patient only by a label or matching records.
Now, consider this scenario: you have both the genetic profile of a patient and an fMRI of the same patient. Neither has a label. By looking at the fMRI, you could say, “Oh! That’s John’s face!” (since you can recognize a person’s face from the fMRI). But can you also tell that the genetic profile belongs to John? No! Why not? Because you can only identify the owner of a genetic profile if there is a label on it (e.g., “John…”), or if you have some record that lets you match the data to John.
Therefore, in this situation, the fMRI can put the patient’s privacy at a greater risk than the genetic profile.
Answer choice (B) says: “An fMRI has the potential to compromise patient privacy in circumstances in which a genetic profile would not.”
I hope that makes answer choice (B) much clearer now!
@rashysn6sara860 This made more sense to me than the video explanation LOL
Someone help me through the lessons when I attempt the questions before they are explained I get them right. When I drill the questions however I keep getting like 3/5s or 2/5s rarely a 4/5 and never a 5/5 idk what to do
#feedback I find the use of 'merely consistent' to be potentially confusing for learners. A better choice is 'unknowable' or something similar. For example, answer choice A, here, isn't 'consistent' in the literal definition with anything suggested by the stimulus-- it is simply outside the bounds of what is being suggested in the stim. I get what you mean, and it doesn't hinder my understanding, but I feel it is not the best choice of terminology.
Help!!!! I didn't get B when I attempted the question - I didn't know the usage of labels was a reasonable assumption. After knowing B is the answer... is this following logic, to get to the answer, flawed:
The stimulus states that the only way to link a genetic profile to a patient is via label, whereas for fMRIs it says "also contains enough info" to create an image of a patient's face. Since it doesn't specifically say there's only one method for fMRIs (unlike genetic profiles), can I assume that there could also be other methods (even if I didn't think of labels)- which leads to B) the potential to compromise patient privacy in circumstances in which a genetic profile would not.
What is the PT, section, and question number from this problem?
Prep Test 133 Section 3 Question 13
#feedback This says to review rhetorical questions, but I don't see one in this passage. Also, I'd love to review fact v belief v knowledge but that link is not working for me.
That was hard!
I'm trying to comprehend everything JY (?) does.
Are the steps to attack the question 1) Read question stem, 2) read answer choices, 3) read stimulus, 4) analyze/parse/work the passage, and either 5a) choose the right answer or 5b) eliminate the incorrect answer?
If we know the answer choices won't make sense until we read the stimulus, why waste those seconds?
No, he was just using that as an example that the answer choices won't make sense unless you read the stimulus. 1) Read question stem, 2) read stimulus, 3) while reading connect/analyze the statements (dots). For example, he did that with the first sentence, he connected the dots in the "Like a genetic profile, FmRI is..." and then 4) check out the answer choices and eliminate what is not supported or cannot be inferred from the stimulus while looking for the correct answer.
As he said, we should always connect back and hold tight to the stimulus
watches practice lesson lecture
"Yeah okay, that makes sense."
does practice question, gets question wrong
"FML"
The stimulus never states that FMRIs aren't labeled. It feels like we've made an assumption there that our correct answer B hinges on. Can somebody explain how we can be sure of this?
Why does B hinge on the fact that FMRI's may or may not be labeled?
If you gain access to my genetic profile and my FMRI, what will it take for you to get to know who I am and essentially have my data leaked? For the FRMI, you do not need anything else to know that is me because you can reconstruct my face. For the genetic profile, you need a label for it to tell you that it belongs to me.