evaluating evidence

ATI TEAS
Reading: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Multiple choice
Difficulty 3 of 5

Question

Passage

Passage A: A fictional market kitchen plans a workshop on food preparation. Its handout says that germs can move between foods and recommends keeping raw ingredients apart from other foods. The workshop organizers want to know whether their new table signs change how volunteers arrange ingredients. A recommendation in the handout explains why separation matters, but it does not establish what volunteers actually do.

Passage B: After a rehearsal, one organizer says the signs are attractive and predicts that everyone will follow them. Another organizer suggests recording how volunteers place ingredients before the signs are introduced and again at a comparable rehearsal afterward. The second organizer also proposes using the same observation criteria at both rehearsals. Neither organizer presents recorded observations in this exchange.

Which proposed evidence would best address whether the signs changed volunteer behavior?

A volunteer’s favorite sign color.✗ Incorrect

Preference for a color does not reveal ingredient placement.
The handout’s explanation of why germs can transfer.✗ Incorrect

The handout gives a reason for separation but does not measure behavior at rehearsals.
Consistent observations of ingredient placement at rehearsals before and after the signs.✓ Correct

Comparable observations address the proposed change in actual placement.
An organizer’s prediction that everyone will comply.✗ Incorrect

A prediction is not a record of what volunteers did.

Answer

C. Consistent observations of ingredient placement at rehearsals before and after the signs.

Rationale

Comparable observations address the proposed change in actual placement. The question asks what follows from the passages, so claims that go beyond the information provided are unsupported.

RememberMatch each conclusion to the information the passages actually provide.

Sources

Food Safety (MedlinePlus health topic) MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine · License: US government work (public domain) · Retrieved November 2, 2026 · Summary: Food Safety
State Operations Manual Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · License: US government work (public domain) · Retrieved November 2, 2026 · Page 684

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