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© UCLES 2015 BioMedical Admissions Test Specimen 30 minutes SECTION 3 Writing Task Instructions to Candidates Please read this page carefully, but do not open the question paper until you are told that you may do so. This paper is Section 3 of 3. A separate answer sheet is provided for this section. Please check you have one. You must complete the answer sheet in black pen. Please complete the answer sheet with your:  Name  BMAT candidate number  Centre number  Initials This question paper contains a choice of four tasks, of which you must answer only one. There is space on the question paper for preliminary notes. Your answer must be written on the answer sheet provided and in English. No additional answer sheets may be used. Candidates with permission to use a word processor must not exceed 550 words. The tasks each provide an opportunity for you to show how well you can select, develop and organise ideas and communicate them effectively in writing. Before you begin writing, take time to think carefully about what you need to say and the ways in which the organisation and layout of your response might help convey your message. Diagrams etc. may be used if they enhance communication. Take care to show how well you can write and be concise, clear and accurate. Any rough work should be done on this question paper. Remember that when you are told that you may begin you will have only 30 minutes to choose and complete your task, and that your complete response must be contained on the single page provided for your answer. The disciplines involved in this are regarded as key features of the task. Dictionaries and calculators may NOT be used. Please wait to be told you may begin before turning this page. This paper consists of 2 printed pages and 2 blank pages. 

© UCLES 2015 2 Use this space and the back page for notes etc. if you wish. Remember that your response must be written on the single page answer sheet provided.

3 © UCLES 2015 YOU MUST ANSWER ONLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS 1 “A little learning is a dangerous thing.” (Alexander Pope) Explain what this statement means. Argue to the contrary to show that a little learning is not dangerous. To what extent do you think learning can be a dangerous thing? 2 “Our belief in any particular natural law cannot have a safer basis than our unsuccessful critical attempts to refute it.” (Karl Popper) Explain what this statement means. Argue to the contrary that science may not proceed by attempting to refute hypotheses. To what extent do you think this statement accurately reflects the nature of scientific method? 3 It is ridiculous to treat the living body as a mechanism. Explain what this statement means. Argue to the contrary. To what extent do you think this apparent contradiction can be resolved? 4 Dolphins are very intelligent and so similar to humans that they are worthy of a special ethical status: that of ‘non-human persons’. Explain what this statement means. Argue to the contrary that dolphins should not be given special ethical status. To what extent do you agree that intelligence and similarity to humans bestows special ethical status?

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