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SMLE Question #18948
Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Objective: OBJ-367
Last updated: March 2026
A public health team evaluates a new screening test for a disease in which the current standard test misses many true cases. In a validation study against a definitive reference standard, the new test is intended to reduce false negatives, even if this increases false positives. Which test characteristic is expected to be high for this new screening test?
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