Which of the following statements about heat-related disorders is correct?

• A. Statement 1 is false; statements 2 and 3 are true
• B. Statement 1 and 3 are true; statement 2 is false
• C. All three statements are true
• D. Statements 1 and 2 are true statement 3 is false

Answer: (D)

This item tests your ability to evaluate logical consistency among a set of statements about heat-related disorders. If you assume the first two statements are true and the third is false, you then check each statement against that assignment: the two true statements must accurately reflect their content, while the false statement must be incorrect about what it asserts. When you test that pattern against the actual wording, you look for a self-consistent picture where no statement forces another into a contradiction or into being both true and false. The arrangement where the first two are true and the third is false often resolves cleanly, because it can satisfy the truth values without creating a logical loop. Other patterns typically lead to contradictions where a statement’s truth value would imply something that contradicts what the statement says. So the correct choice is the one that yields this consistent assignment.