The question given below contains three elements. These elements may or may…
2023
The question given below contains three elements. These elements may or may not have some inter linkage. Each group of elements may fit into one of these diagrams at (A), (B), (C), (D) and/or (E). You have to indicate the group of elements which correctly fits into the diagrams. Which of the following diagrams indicates the best relation between Hospital, Nurse and Patient ?
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Concept: In a three-element classification / Venn-diagram question, first decide how the three given terms relate to each other in real life. There are four possible structures: (i) all three groups overlap with one another so every pair shares members; (ii) one group sits entirely inside a second, which sits entirely inside the third — a strict hierarchy of concentric circles; (iii) two of the groups are distinct, non-overlapping categories that both belong to the third, broader group — two separate circles inside one larger circle; or (iv) one pair of terms is nested (one inside the other) while the third term stands completely apart with no connection. Match the real-world relation of the given terms to exactly one of these four structures.
Application: Here the three terms are Hospital, Nurse and Patient. A hospital is the overall setting; a nurse and a patient are the two kinds of people found inside it. Any given person at a hospital is classified as either a nurse or a patient — never both at the same time — so the Nurse group and the Patient group do not share members with each other. At the same time, both nurses and patients belong to the hospital, so neither group can be drawn as lying outside it. This matches structure (iii): the Nurse circle and the Patient circle are drawn separate from (not overlapping) each other, and both are drawn completely inside one larger circle representing the Hospital.
Cross-check: Testing the other three structures confirms this is the only fit:
A diagram where all three circles mutually intersect would require nurses and patients to share members (some person counted as both) — false, since the two are mutually exclusive roles.
A diagram of three concentric circles (a strict hierarchy) would require one of nurse/patient to be a subtype entirely contained within the other — false, since they are two distinct, parallel categories of people, not one nested inside the other.
A diagram with one nested pair plus a fully separate third circle would require one of nurse/patient to have no connection to the hospital at all — false, since both nurses and patients are found within the hospital.
Result: Only the diagram with two separate, non-overlapping circles (Nurse and Patient) fully enclosed inside one larger circle (Hospital) correctly represents the relation.
