Sat practice Test #8 Answer Explanations

Choice D is the best answer. The main idea of the paragraph is that 
court reporters can distinguish between words and extraneous noises 
in the courtroom, which digital recorders can’t always do. This choice 
offers an example of what can go wrong in a courtroom because digital 
recorders can’t always pick up “indistinct testimony”: the need for 
retrial because of indistinct testimony from witnesses.
Choices A, B, and C are incorrect because they don’t support the 
main idea of the paragraph. Making additional announcements at 
the beginning of a trial (choice A), monitoring to ensure equipment 
is functioning properly (choice B), and changing roles and duties of 
several members of the courtroom staff (choice C) are not examples 
of what can happen as a result of using digital recorders that can’t 
distinguish words from other courtroom noises.
QUESTION 34
Choice B is the best answer. The adverb “however” indicates that 
regardless of the conditions that affect “combustion and the resulting 
fire” on Earth, their behavior in space is different.
Choices A, C, and D are incorrect because they do not show the true 
relationship between the information that comes before and what follows 
the linking adverb. “Moreover” means that additional information 
will follow; “accordingly” means that what follows corresponds to 

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what has already been said or that what follows is a consequence; 
and “subsequently” means that what follows happens after what 
was previously stated. None of these choices indicates the difference 
between the behaviors of combustion and fire on Earth and in space.
QUESTION 35
Choice D is the best answer. The past tense verb “sought” clearly 
and concisely conveys the idea that the students were trying to find 
a method to study combustion of biofuels. Additionally, the word 
“biofuels” is correctly placed immediately in front of the parenthetical 
information that defines it to prevent confusion.
Choices A and B are incorrect because they are wordy and the word 
“biofuel” is not placed immediately in front of the parenthetical 
information that defines it. Choice C is incorrect because it uses the verb 
“looked,” which is not preferable to “sought” in this science context.
QUESTION 36