Information and IdeasEasy–MediumEvidence for a claim about bus shelters
Information and Ideas practice question
A council claims that adding roofs to bus stops has increased the number of passengers using the buses in winter.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?
- A. Winter passenger numbers at the stops that received roofs rose by 15 percent, while numbers at stops without roofs were unchanged.Correct
- B. The roofs cost $4,000 each.
- C. Passengers said they liked the new roofs.
- D. Buses ran more often in winter.
Answer: A. Winter passenger numbers at the stops that received roofs rose by 15 percent, while numbers at stops without roofs were unchanged.
Roofed stops rose; unroofed did not.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The roofs cost $4,000 each.
- Cost is not use.
- C. Passengers said they liked the new roofs.
- Liking is not use.
- D. Buses ran more often in winter.
- More buses could explain a rise everywhere, not the difference.
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