Expression of IdeasVery hardRecommendation grounded in the notes
Expression of Ideas practice question
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- A school's two science labs are booked 95% of the time; its art room is booked 40% of the time.
- Science classes are often split across two sessions because no lab is free.
- The art room could be converted to a lab for about $60,000.
- A survey found that 70% of art students would accept using a general classroom for drawing and painting.
The student wants to make a recommendation and support it with information from the notes. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- A. The school should convert the art room into a third lab: the labs are booked 95% of the time while the art room sits empty 60% of the time, and most art students say a classroom would serve them.Correct
- B. The art room is booked 40% of the time.
- C. The school should build a new art room, since 70% of art students want one.
- D. The school should keep the art room as it is, because converting it would cost $60,000.
Answer: A. The school should convert the art room into a third lab: the labs are booked 95% of the time while the art room sits empty 60% of the time, and most art students say a classroom would serve them.
A recommendation with three supporting facts drawn from the notes — choice A.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The art room is booked 40% of the time.
- A fact with no recommendation.
- C. The school should build a new art room, since 70% of art students want one.
- The survey says 70% would ACCEPT a classroom, not that they want a new art room.
- D. The school should keep the art room as it is, because converting it would cost $60,000.
- The cost is in the notes, but nothing there supports leaving the shortage of labs unaddressed.
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