{"id":"cb_question_bank:7ce750cf-3dee-4ea5-8fca-43cdc8e83b69","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"7ce750cf-3dee-4ea5-8fca-43cdc8e83b69","external_id":"c8cd8993-74e1-4208-a541-f35ff4dbfeda","ibn":null,"question_id":"388b45aa","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"EOI","domain":"Expression of Ideas","skill_code":"TRA","skill":"Transitions","difficulty":"M","score_band":5,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?","stimulus":"Establishing Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is no easy task. Each month, readings of a single second from atomic clocks around the world are taken and sent to the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) in France. ______ blank BIPM metrologists perform the meticulous work of assembling these minutely disparate readings into a globally shared time standard.","stimulus_html":"<p>Establishing Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is no easy task. Each month, readings of a single second from atomic clocks around the world are taken and sent to the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) in France. <span>______</span><span class=\"sr-only\">blank</span> BIPM metrologists perform the meticulous work of assembling these minutely disparate readings into a globally shared time standard.</p>","stem_html":"<p>Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?</p>","rationale_html":"<p>Choice A is the best answer. \"There\" indicates that the work of calculating Coordinated Universal Time takes place at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in France. Because \"there\" indicates a location, it fits the context perfectly.</p><p>Choice B is incorrect. This choice uses an exemplification transition, which doesn’t make sense here. This sentence is describing where the work of coordinating Coordinated Universal Time takes place, not giving an example of the work described in the previous sentence. Choice C is incorrect. This choice uses an exemplification transition, which doesn’t make sense here. This sentence is describing where the work of coordinating Coordinated Universal Time takes place, not giving an example of the work described in the previous sentence. Choice D is incorrect. This choice uses a disagreement transition. But this sentence doesn’t disagree with the previous sentence. They both describe the work involved in calculating Coordinated Universal Time.</p>","correct_answer":["A"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.374000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.374000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p>There,</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>In particular,</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>For example,</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>Conversely,</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}}