Ideally,it is desirable to have an assessment method that is both highly sensitive and highly specific,but in reality,this is improbable.

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This statement is true. Highly sensitive assessment tests may have a higher rate of false positives, leading to lower specificity, while highly specific tests may have a higher rate of false negatives, leading to lower sensitivity. It's difficult to achieve both high sensitivity and specificity simultaneously.

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