Choose the correct alternative for each of the following. Which of the…

Concept

A place-based classification question asks whether each item normally belongs to the institution named in the stem. Classify people by their professional role, facilities by their function, and instruments by their usual purpose.

A hospital normally includes healthcare workers and clinical facilities; an instrument whose defining purpose belongs to another field falls outside that ordinary setting.

Application

A nurse provides patient care, and an operation theatre is a facility used for surgery. A telescope is designed for observing distant objects, especially celestial objects, rather than for routine hospital care.

Contrast

• Nurse: a healthcare professional who works in hospitals and other clinical settings.

• Operation theatre: a hospital room or suite equipped for surgical procedures.

• Telescope: an optical instrument for observing distant objects, commonly associated with astronomy.

• More than one of the above: this aggregate choice would require at least two listed items to fall outside ordinary hospital roles or facilities.

• None of the above: this aggregate choice would require every listed item to belong to ordinary hospital roles or facilities.

Result

Therefore, the item not ordinarily found in a hospital is a telescope.