Question

The passage’s description of the issue raised by unconditional guarantees for health care or legal services most clearly implies that which of the following is true?

• A. The legal and medical professions have standards of practice that would be violated by attempts to fulfill such unconditional guarantees.
• B. The result of a lawsuit of medical procedure cannot necessarily be determined in advance by the professionals handling a client’s case
• C. The dignity of the legal and medical professions is undermined by any attempts at marketing of professional services, including unconditional guarantees.
• D. Clients whose lawsuits or medical procedures have unsatisfactory outcomes cannot be adequately compensated by financial settlements alone.

Answer 1

The correct option is B The result of a lawsuit of medical procedure cannot necessarily be determined in advance by the professionals handling a client’s case

The best answer is B.
The passage states that a guarantee “may mislead clients by suggesting that lawsuits or medical procedures will have guaranteed outcomes”. This implies that legal and medical outcomes cannot be predicted with absolute certainty. Although the statements in A, C, and D could be true, none of these statements is implied by the description in the passage.