SAT Rhetorical Synthesis Practice — Drill 2

The student wants to describe which group of residents benefited most from the library vaccination clinics. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

1. A A city introduced free flu vaccination clinics at public libraries in 2021.
2. B Vaccination rates among library-clinic users rose from 28% to 54% within one flu season.
3. C The increase in vaccination rates was largest among residents who had previously reported difficulty finding time to visit a traditional doctor's office.
4. D The program did not include vaccination clinics at any other type of public building.

The student wants to emphasize how the godwit prepares for its extraordinary nonstop flight. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

1. A The bar-tailed godwit undertakes one of the longest known nonstop migratory flights of any bird.
2. B The flight took just over eleven days without a single stop to rest, eat, or drink.
3. C One tracked individual flew roughly 8,435 miles nonstop from Alaska to Australia.
4. D Before departing on its nonstop journey, the godwit nearly doubles its body weight in fat reserves to fuel the eleven-day flight.

The student wants to describe which operating rooms benefited most from the checklist. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

1. A The checklist did not include any changes to post-operative patient monitoring procedures.
2. B Post-surgical infection rates dropped from 4.2% to 1.8% within a year of the checklist's introduction.
3. C A hospital system introduced a standardized hand-hygiene checklist for surgical teams in 2019.
4. D The largest infection-rate improvement occurred in operating rooms that had previously reported the highest infection rates.

The student wants to support the claim that Jemison brought a uniquely broad range of expertise to her spaceflight. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

1. A Before joining NASA, Jemison worked as a physician and served in the Peace Corps in West Africa, experience she later drew on to conduct medical experiments during her spaceflight.
2. B Jemison conducted experiments on bone cell research and motion sickness during her spaceflight.
3. C Mae Jemison became the first Black woman to travel to space in 1992.
4. D After leaving NASA, Jemison founded a company focused on integrating technology into daily life.

The student wants to explain what specific material Donovan used in her first prototype. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

1. A Marion Donovan invented an early disposable diaper cover in the late 1940s.
2. B She eventually sold the manufacturing rights, and disposable diaper covers became widely popular.
3. C She initially sewed a prototype using a plastic shower curtain from her own bathroom.
4. D Several manufacturers rejected her invention at first, viewing disposable products as impractical.

The student wants to contrast radiocarbon dating with dendrochronology. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

1. A Unlike dendrochronology, which counts annual growth rings for a precise calendar year, radiocarbon dating estimates age by measuring the decay of a radioactive isotope.
2. B Radiocarbon dating becomes less precise for samples older than about 50,000 years.
3. C Dating techniques in archaeology have advanced rapidly over the past several decades.
4. D Scientists often use both radiocarbon dating and dendrochronology together to refine date estimates.

The student wants to summarize a surprising finding of the pilot program. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

1. A Despite the program including no mentorship or training component, grant recipients showed markedly higher survival rates without having more prior industry experience than non-recipients.
2. B Businesses that received a grant were 40% more likely to still be operating after three years than businesses that applied but did not receive one.
3. C A pilot program provided small business grants to first-time entrepreneurs in a mid-sized city.
4. D Small business policy has been debated by economists and policymakers for decades.

The student wants to explain the underlying process that creates a fjord. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

1. A Glaciers carve valleys deeper than rivers can carve on their own.
2. B A glacier's weight and grinding motion carve a deep U-shaped valley, which becomes a fjord when the glacier retreats and rising sea levels flood the carved channel.
3. C Norway, Chile, and New Zealand are among the regions with prominent fjord coastlines today.
4. D Fjords are long, narrow inlets with steep sides found in several coastal regions.

The student wants to explain why Webb can observe objects that Hubble cannot. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

1. A Because infrared light can pass through cosmic dust clouds that block visible light, Webb can observe star and planet formation that Hubble's visible-light instruments cannot detect.
2. B Webb orbits much farther from Earth than Hubble does, to keep its instruments extremely cold.
3. C The James Webb Space Telescope observes primarily in infrared light, unlike Hubble, which observes mainly visible and ultraviolet light.
4. D Hubble observes mainly in visible and ultraviolet light.

The student wants to highlight a mismatch identified by industry analysts. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

1. A Surveys show that cost savings are the most commonly cited reason shoppers give for using these marketplaces.
2. B Online secondhand clothing marketplaces have grown rapidly over the past decade.
3. C Industry analysts study consumer behavior across many different retail sectors.
4. D Even though sustainability is a less commonly cited motivator among shoppers, these marketplaces have significantly increased sustainability-focused marketing, revealing a gap analysts have identified between marketing and actual consumer motivation.