{"id":"cb_question_bank:09175481-911a-491e-a983-79cfae255608","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"09175481-911a-491e-a983-79cfae255608","external_id":"e0d30af8-192d-4f30-8d38-065dbcc99630","ibn":null,"question_id":"aa7e10d0","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"EOI","domain":"Expression of Ideas","skill_code":"SYN","skill":"Rhetorical Synthesis","difficulty":"M","score_band":4,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"The student wants to present the study and its findings. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?","stimulus":"While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: Species belonging to the Orchidaceae (orchid) family can be found in both tropical and temperate environments. Orchidaceae species diversity has not been well studied in temperate forests, such as those in Oaxaca, Mexico. Arelee Estefanía Muñoz-Hernández led a study to determine how many different Orchidaceae species are present in the forests of Oaxaca. Muñoz-Hernández and her team collected orchids each month for a year at a site in Oaxaca. Seventy-four Orchidaceae species were present at the site.","stimulus_html":"<p>While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Species belonging to the Orchidaceae (orchid) family can be found in both tropical and temperate environments.</li>\n<li>Orchidaceae species diversity has not been well studied in temperate forests, such as those in Oaxaca, Mexico.</li>\n<li>Arelee Estefanía Muñoz-Hernández led a study to determine how many different Orchidaceae species are present in the forests of Oaxaca.</li>\n<li>Muñoz-Hernández and her team collected orchids each month for a year at a site in Oaxaca.</li>\n<li>Seventy-four Orchidaceae species were present at the site.</li>\n</ul>","stem_html":"<p>The student wants to present the study and its findings. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?</p>","rationale_html":"<p>Choice A is the best answer. This choice most effectively presents the study and its findings. It opens with the study and names its lead researcher, then tells us its finding: that they identified 74 Orchidaceae species in the temperate forests of Oaxaca, Mexico.&nbsp;</p><p>Choice B is incorrect. This choice doesn’t include the study’s findings, so it fails to achieve the goal. It doesn’t mention that there was a study at all. &nbsp;Choice C is incorrect. This choice doesn’t present the study, so it fails to achieve the goal. It doesn’t mention that there was a study at all. &nbsp;Choice D is incorrect. This choice doesn’t include the study’s findings, so it fails to achieve the goal. </p>","correct_answer":["A"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.348000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.348000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p>A study led by Arelee Estefanía Muñoz-Hernández identified a total of 74 Orchidaceae species in the temperate forests of Oaxaca, Mexico.&nbsp;</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>There are orchids in many environments, but there are 74 Orchidaceae species in Oaxaca, Mexico.</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>Oaxaca, Mexico, is home to temperate forests containing 74 Orchidaceae species.</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>Arelee Estefanía Muñoz-Hernández and her team wanted to know how many different Orchidaceae species are present in the forests of Oaxaca, Mexico, so they conducted a study to collect orchids.</p>","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_name":"College Board digital SAT question bank (community dump)","rights_holder":"College Board","canonical_url":"https://satsuitequestionbank.collegeboard.org/","retrieved_from":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank/main/data/cb-digital-questions.json","attribution":"SAT practice questions © College Board, from the official SAT Suite Question Bank. Retrieved via the community dump at github.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank.","disclaimer":"SAT® and PSAT/NMSQT® are trademarks registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, does not sponsor, and does not endorse this project.","license":"College Board copyright; source repository carries no licence. Local use only.","redistributable":false,"item_count":2017}}