CARS MCAT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

The author implies which of the following about clinical practice? A. Some physicians tend to give clinical experience undue preeminence over research experience. B. Even at its best, clinical experience is anarchic. C. The role of clinical experience in the practice of medicine is overly complex. D. Physicians embrace clinical experience primarily because it gives priority to their own intuitions. - Answer- A. Some physicians tend to give clinical experience undue preeminence over research experience. Which of the following is most illustrative of "the illusory correlation bias" (paragraph 3), as it is described in the passage? A. A flutist sometimes performs a difficult trill correctly, and sometimes does not, and is unable to determine the cause of her inconsistency. B. An athlete looks like she has mastered the pole vaulting technique, but since she never actually clears the bar, her coach calls her mastery an illusion. C. A teacher measures his students' performance, praises them in hopes their performance will improve, and then measures their performance again, to assess the effect of the praise. D. A dog trainer attributes a dog's correct response to "Lie down" to the dog's training, but the trainer gives the command only at the end of a tiring walk. - Answer- D. A dog trainer attributes a dog's correct response to "Lie down" to the dog's training, but the trainer gives the command only at the end of a tiring walk. Why does the author most likely mention "the role of chance" (paragraph 4)? A. As part of an explanation of why clinical impressions may be flawed B. As a response to concerns about the small sample size clinicians may use C. As a feature that makes clinical experience superior to evidence-based medicine D. As part of an argument against the use of intuition in medical practice - Answer- A. As part of an explanation of why clinical impressions may be flawed