Correct Answer: Simone read heavy edits as doubt about her analysis
Passage Reference: asking whether my edits to the water-quality report meant I doubted your analysis
Why this is correct: Simone's comment asked whether the heavy edits meant Adrian doubted her analysis. Adrian learned this and wrote his whole message to answer that worry.
Tips: Find the sentence where Adrian first names the water-quality report. Go through it to the end, then test each option against it.
Why the other options are wrong:
- residents thought Simone wrote the summary: Nothing in the message says residents thought this. Adrian is answering Simone's own worry.
- the council rejected every technical conclusion: The conclusions were kept. Only the audience changed.
- engineers asked for a shorter appendix: Engineers were the original audience, not the issue.
Correct Answer: Simone's evidence still supported the conclusions
Passage Reference: Your calculations and source notes were the reason I could shorten the report without weakening its conclusions.
Why this is correct: Her calculations and source notes let him shorten the report without weakening conclusions.
Tips: Find where Adrian writes about shortening the report. Test each option against his words there.
Why the other options are wrong:
- the equipment comparison replaced the results: He removed that comparison.
- residents had already approved every sentence: No resident approval of wording is stated.
- the council said accuracy no longer mattered: He still wants accuracy.
Correct Answer: keeps evidence available without blocking the main point
Passage Reference: I moved the sampling method and full tables to an appendix so interested readers can still inspect them.
Why this is correct: Methods and tables move to an appendix so interested readers can still inspect them while the main report stays clear.
Tips: Find the sentence about the appendix. Read the part that tells you why he moved things there.
Why the other options are wrong:
- makes tables secondary and outside the report: They remain part of the document in the appendix.
- cuts Simone's technical work from the conclusions: Her work still supports the conclusions.
- limits methods to expert readers only: Anyone interested can still read the appendix.
Correct Answer: it answers a real concern and prevents a false contamination idea
Passage Reference: That detail answers a concern people actually raised and prevents them from mistaking trapped air for contamination.
Why this is correct: It addresses a concern people raised and stops them mistaking trapped air for contamination.
Tips: Find the sentence that follows the cloudy-water explanation. Read it carefully before you choose.
Why the other options are wrong:
- it fails to support the report's conclusions: He kept it because it helps readers.
- it gives residents the full measurement method: Methods went to the appendix.
- it warns that cloudiness may mean contamination: It prevents that false conclusion.
Correct Answer: returned major edits without explaining the new audience
Passage Reference: I should have explained the audience change before returning a draft covered in edits.
Why this is correct: He should have explained the audience change before returning a heavily edited draft.
Tips: Find where Adrian says what he should have done. Compare each option with his words.
Why the other options are wrong:
- let Simone collect source notes: Her notes were valuable.
- placed technical tables in an appendix: He still defends that choice.
- kept the public concern about cloudy water: Keeping that explanation was intentional.
Correct Answer: plain language that stays true to the evidence
Passage Reference: I want the final version to be accessible because it is accurate, not instead of being accurate.
Why this is correct: Adrian asks Simone to review the public summary with him so the simpler wording still represents the evidence. What he wants is plain language that stays accurate.
Tips: Find what Adrian asks Simone to do with him. Then read the reason he gives for asking.
Why the other options are wrong:
- full technical detail with no public explanation: The main report is for residents in plain language.
- accessibility that ignores uncertain results: Accuracy remains required.
- accuracy available only to engineering staff: Evidence stays visible in the appendix for others too.
Correct Answer: a negative judgment on my technical work
Passage Reference: the scale of the revision could reasonably look like a judgment on your work
Why this is correct: Simone had read the scale of edits as a judgment on her work.
Tips: Name her original interpretation of the edits.
Why the other options are wrong:
- approval of the engineering draft: Heavy edits did not look like approval.
- evidence that residents wanted longer tables: Residents want clearer meaning, not longer tables.
- a request for more equipment comparisons: He removed that comparison.
Correct Answer: what the findings mean in residents daily lives
Passage Reference: many of whom want to know what the results mean for their homes rather than how each measurement was produced
Why this is correct: Residents want to know what results mean for their homes more than how each measurement was produced.
Tips: Match the new audience need.
Why the other options are wrong:
- how every measurement was produced: That detail moved toward the appendix.
- which author deserves credit: Authorship credit is not the new focus.
- why engineers prefer older equipment: Equipment comparison was removed.
Correct Answer: preserves access to evidence while simplifying the main report
Passage Reference: your technical work has not been replaced by mine. It now supports the plain-language conclusions and remains visible in the appendix
Why this is correct: The appendix keeps technical evidence available while the main section stays clearer.
Tips: Find where Adrian says what happened to Simone's technical work. Check each option against his words.
Why the other options are wrong:
- makes the sampling method less accurate: Moving text does not change accuracy.
- removes Simone's work from the final document: Her work remains in the appendix.
- forces every resident to read technical tables first: Tables are optional in the appendix.
Correct Answer: responds directly to something residents might misread
Passage Reference: prevents them from mistaking trapped air for contamination
Why this is correct: Cloudy water after the tap is something residents might misread as contamination.
Tips: Choose the detail that prevents a public misunderstanding.
Why the other options are wrong:
- shows why older machines should be purchased: That was the removed comparison.
- replaces the need for water testing: Testing still matters.
- matters only to the engineering team: It addresses a public concern.
Correct Answer: support each other in the final wording
Passage Reference: accessible because it is accurate, not instead of being accurate
Why this is correct: Adrian wants accessibility because of accuracy, so both goals should support each other.
Tips: Complete the idea that the two goals work together.
Why the other options are wrong:
- compete until one goal is dropped: He refuses that trade-off.
- depend on removing Simone's evidence: Her evidence stays.
- belong in separate reports with no connection: One public summary should hold both.
