2026
Consider this claim:
"Daily stress contributes to long-term health problems."
Which is the strongest evidence to support the claim? - Answers a. Researchers have shown
that stress can be a factor in the development of heart disease, depression, and obesity.This
answer is correct.
b. On a community health forum, a middle-aged man wrote, "I know for a fact that my high
blood pressure is directly linked to my stress level."
c. In one recent survey, forty percent of respondents reported having trouble sleeping because
of stress.
Correct Answer: a
Consider this claim:
"College is worth the cost of tuition because graduates experience greater financial success."
Which is the strongest evidence to support the claim? - Answers a. A prominent financial
blogger writes, "My father dropped out of college in his senior year, and he always regretted it. I
was determined to not make the same mistake."
b. The lifetime earnings of a college graduate are about half a million dollars more than those of
someone with only a high school diploma.This answer is correct.
, c. College graduates are more likely than those who don't have college degrees to report being
in excellent health.
Correct Answer: b
In the following passage, the narrator reflects on his mother's character. Select the best
evidence to support the statement "Photographs of the narrator's mother don't reflect her
personality as he knew it."
She liked to make me laugh by calling herself an Okie even though she was as glossy and nervy
and stylish as a racehorse. That exotic character unfortunately comes out a little too stark and
unforgiving in photographs—her freckles covered with makeup, her hair pulled back in a
ponytail at the nape of her neck like some nobleman in The Tale of Genji— and what doesn't
come across at all is her warmth, her merry, unpredictable quality, which is what I loved about
her most. It's clear, from the stillness she emanates in pictures, how much she mistrusted the
camera; she gives off a watchful, tigerish air of steeling herself against attack. - Answers a. It's
clear, from the stillness she emanates in pictures, how much she mistrusted the camera; she
gives off a watchful, tigerish air of steeling herself against attack.
b. That exotic character unfortunately comes out a little too stark and unforgiving in
photographs
c. She liked to make me laugh by calling herself an Okie even though she was as glossy and
nervy and stylish as a racehorse.
d. and what doesn't come across at all is her warmth, her merry, unpredictable quality, which is
what I loved about her most.
Correct Answer: d
Select the best evidence to support the statement "Patty is a very thoughtful person."