{"id":"cb_practice_pdf:t6-english-m2-q32","source_id":"cb_practice_pdf","source_item_id":"t6-english-m2-q32","external_id":null,"ibn":null,"question_id":null,"program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":null,"domain":null,"skill_code":null,"skill":null,"difficulty":null,"score_band":null,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"rationale","layout_warning":null,"form_id":"cb_practice_pdf:test-6","module_number":2,"position":32,"stem":"While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: • Doña María do Carmo Bandeira was a Brazilian botanist. • Between 1924 and 1941, she collected approximately 800 botanical samples. • She collected a sample of Polytrichum juniperinum from Serra de Itatiaia in Mauá in February of 1925. • She collected a sample of Sphagnum gracilescen from Ponte do Inferno in Corcovado in March of 1925. • Polytrichum juniperinum and Sphagnum gracilescen are both species of moss. The student wants to emphasize the sample collected from Serra de Itatiaia. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?","stimulus":"","stimulus_html":null,"stem_html":"<p>While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: • Doña María do Carmo Bandeira was a Brazilian botanist. • Between 1924 and 1941, she collected approximately 800 botanical samples. • She collected a sample of Polytrichum juniperinum from Serra de Itatiaia in Mauá in February of 1925. • She collected a sample of Sphagnum gracilescen from Ponte do Inferno in Corcovado in March of 1925. • Polytrichum juniperinum and Sphagnum gracilescen are both species of moss. The student wants to emphasize the sample collected from Serra de Itatiaia. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?</p>","rationale_html":"<p>Choice B is the best answer. The sentence emphasizes the sample collected from Serra de Itatiaia, noting that Bandeira collected a Polytrichum juniperinum sample there in 1925. Choice A is incorrect. The sentence introduces Bandeira to an audience unfamiliar with her work; it doesn’t emphasize the sample she collected from Serra de Itatiaia. Choice C is incorrect. While the sentence mentions the sample Bandeira collected from Serra de Itatiaia, it doesn’t emphasize this sample over the sample from Ponte do Inferno. Choice D is incorrect. The sentence provides examples of the botanical samples Bandeira collected; it doesn’t emphasize the sample collected from Serra de Itatiaia.</p>","correct_answer":["B"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":null,"source_updated_at":null,"options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p>Doña María do Carmo Bandeira was a botanist notable for collecting approximately 800 botanical samples between 1924 and 1941.</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>Among the many botanical samples Doña María do Carmo Bandeira collected was Polytrichum juniperinum, a species of moss she collected from Serra de Itatiaia in 1925.</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>Between 1924 and 1941, Doña María do Carmo Bandeira collected many botanical samples, such as Polytrichum juniperinum from Serra de Itatiaia and Sphagnum gracilescen from Ponte do Inferno.</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>Between 1924 and 1941, Doña María do Carmo Bandeira collected samples of Polytrichum juniperinum and Sphagnum gracilescen, both species of moss. STO</p>","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"cb_practice_pdf","source_name":"College Board full-length SAT practice tests (PDF)","rights_holder":"College Board","canonical_url":"https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/practice/practice-tests/paper","retrieved_from":"https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/practice/practice-tests/paper","attribution":"Full-length SAT practice tests 4–11 © College Board, published free at satsuite.collegeboard.org.","disclaimer":"Extracted from PDF layout: equations, figures and tables do not survive intact. Use the original PDFs for anything the text renders poorly. SAT® is a trademark registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with and does not endorse this project.","license":"College Board copyright. Free to download; not licensed for redistribution.","redistributable":false,"item_count":905}}