evaluating evidence

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

Question

Passage

Passage A: A fictional community center is deciding how to notify visitors when outdoor air quality is poor. An informational sheet explains that pollution can make breathing more difficult for people with COPD and suggests staying indoors during poor air quality. It does not report whether center visitors see notices or whether a particular notification method changes their decisions.

Passage B: The center manager believes a message at the entrance reaches more visitors than a message on a rarely viewed noticeboard. She has not counted views of either message. A volunteer proposes recording how many visitors notice each placement under comparable conditions and asking them the same neutral question about the notice. The manager's confidence is a prediction; the suggested observations would provide information relevant to it.

Which finding would most directly support the manager’s claim about reach?

Visitors consistently report noticing the entrance message more often than the noticeboard message under comparable conditions.✓ Correct

Comparable reports of noticing each placement address relative reach.
The manager prefers the entrance design.✗ Incorrect

A design preference does not show how many people noticed a message.
The informational sheet discusses breathing difficulties.✗ Incorrect

The health information does not measure notice visibility.
The center has an indoor meeting room.✗ Incorrect

The existence of a room does not compare the placements.

Answer

A. Visitors consistently report noticing the entrance message more often than the noticeboard message under comparable conditions.

Rationale

Comparable reports of noticing each placement address relative reach. 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

COPD Living With National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH) · License: US government work (public domain) · Retrieved November 2, 2026 · How to manage COPD at home

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