From passage: "A recent study examined attempts to increase attendance of Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANMs) at clinics in Rajasthan, which involved high-tech time clocks to monitor attendance. The study's title says it all: Band-Aids on a Corpse. E-governance can be just as bad as any other governance when the real issue is people and their motivation." Think process: Band-aid = small, superficial fix → Corpse = something fundamentally broken/dead → Together = trying tiny fixes on huge problems that need complete overhaul The author uses this title right after mentioning technology solutions (time clocks) and immediately follows with "when the real issue is people and their motivation" → showing that tech fixes miss the deeper problem.

Elimination strategy: Look for what matches the metaphor's meaning, not just the specific example details. 🟠 Option 1 → scope-error → focuses on equipment issues at clinics, but metaphor is about solution approach being wrong, not clinic conditions 🟠 Option 2 → scope-error → focuses on nurse training quality, but metaphor criticizes the monitoring method itself as inadequate fix 🟠 Option 3 → partial-truth → mentions monitoring didn't work (correct) but focuses on funding aspect that's not in the metaphor's meaning 🟢 Option 4 → correct → captures both parts: "electronic monitoring" = band-aid (small tech fix), "superficial solution to serious problem" = exactly what corpse represents (deep, systemic issues) The metaphor criticizes using surface-level technological solutions for fundamental human motivation problems - which is exactly what option 4 describes.

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