Tips: For main issue questions, focus on the first speaker and the meeting goal.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Whether to renovate the lobby or upgrade the parking garage.: Lobby work and a parking-garage upgrade are not the two spending proposals; parking spaces are a constraint on installing lockers.
• Whether to increase monthly strata fees for all residents.: No one talks about raising strata fees. The discussion is about using existing contingency funds.
• Whether to allow short-term rentals in the building.: Short-term rentals are not proposed; the competing amenities are outdoor space and storage.

Correct Answer: Residents have repeatedly requested shared outdoor space, and relaxed noise by-laws make it more practical.

Why this is correct: Residents repeatedly request shared outdoor space, and relaxed daytime noise by-laws make a rooftop patio more practical.

Tips: Connect the exact proposal to the condition or reason stated for it.

Why the other options are wrong:

• It is significantly cheaper than installing storage lockers.: The patio is not said to be significantly cheaper than lockers.
• It would generate rental income from private events.: Private-event rental revenue is not claimed.
• The building's insurance company has recommended it.: Insurer recommendation is not given.

Correct Answer: Insurance premiums might rise with a rooftop amenity.

Why this is correct: A rooftop amenity might increase insurance premiums.

Tips: Connect the exact proposal to the condition or reason stated for it.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Insurance would cover construction but exclude all later patio use.: Exclusion of all later patio use from coverage is not claimed.
• Every resident would need to buy a separate policy for the patio.: Separate policies for every resident are not mentioned.
• The current building policy already excludes every outdoor amenity.: An existing exclusion of every outdoor amenity is not reported; the stated risk is higher premiums.

Correct Answer: People keep emailing about bikes and seasonal gear cluttering hallways.

Why this is correct: Bikes and seasonal gear clutter the hallways, leading to repeated complaints and a need to address storage.

Tips: Connect the exact proposal to the condition or reason stated for it.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Residents say the storage lockers are too far from their apartments.: Distance from apartments is not the storage complaint in the emails.
• Residents complain that their lockers have been rented to another company.: Renting residents’ lockers to another company is not reported.
• There are more empty lockers than residents need.: The problem is clutter and demand for storage, rather than a surplus of empty lockers.

Correct Answer: Install lockers without reducing parking spaces.

Why this is correct: Storage is preferred only if parking spaces are not reduced. The speaker does not want to exchange a storage problem for a parking problem.

Tips: Requirements are often stated very directly in one sentence.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Require a rise in all residents’ strata fees.: Higher strata fees are not the storage condition stated.
• Install all lockers on the roof.: Roof-only installation is not required.
• Reserve the lockers only for visitors.: Visitor-only use is not the storage condition.

Correct Answer: Cap ongoing maintenance costs for a smaller patio.

Why this is correct: A smaller patio could be supported as long as ongoing maintenance costs are capped.

Tips: Connect the exact proposal to the condition or reason stated for it.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Split the budget equally between both projects.: Equal budget division between both projects is not promised.
• Delay the project for a year.: A one-year delay is not the condition stated.
• Ask residents to contribute additional funds.: Additional resident contributions are not requested.

Correct Answer: Construction could finish before winter if they move quickly.

Why this is correct: Construction could finish before winter if the group moves quickly. Waiting is said to cost a whole year.

Tips: Timing reasons often include months or seasons.

Why the other options are wrong:

• The patio should open in time for a holiday celebration.: A holiday opening date is not given.
• Construction should be delayed until next spring.: Waiting until spring is not advocated in this turn.
• The project should wait until the rainy season is over.: Waiting until the rainy season ends contradicts the immediate timing argument.

Correct Answer: Get cost quotes and use them to decide how to proceed.

Why this is correct: The closing proposes getting quotes and going from there. This means no final choice is made now.

Tips: Outcome questions focus on what happens after the meeting.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Ask the property manager to choose the better option.: The property manager is not assigned to choose between the projects.
• Hire an architect to design both the patio and the storage lockers.: Hiring an architect to design both projects is not proposed.
• Vote immediately on which project to fund.: An immediate vote is not proposed; the next step is to get quotes.