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

Why the other options are wrong:

• Whether to close the community centre on weekends.: The proposal is adding evening coverage, not closing the centre on weekends.
• Whether to reduce the number of children enrolled at the centre.: Enrollment would be reviewed after a pilot to assess use. Reducing the number of enrolled children is not the proposal.
• Whether to build a new childcare facility in Prince George.: Staffing and transportation constrain extended hours at the existing centre. No new childcare facility is proposed.

Correct Answer: Additional certified early childhood educators would be required, and finding qualified staff is difficult.

Why this is correct: The person on the right talks about regulations and says they need additional certified educators. The person on the right also says qualified people are difficult to find locally.

Tips: Listen for the reason the speaker gives for hesitating.

Why the other options are wrong:

• The person on the right thinks the centre already stays open too late.: The person on the right does not say current hours are already too late.
• The person on the right believes children should not attend daycare in the evenings.: The person on the right recognizes need rather than objecting to evening care in principle.
• The person on the right wants to relocate the childcare centre to a larger building first.: Relocation is not the person on the right's prerequisite.

Correct Answer: A pilot limited to two evenings a week with a review after three months.

Why this is correct: The person in the centre suggests perhaps two evenings a week as a pilot, followed by an enrolment review after three months.

Tips: For compromise questions, find conditions starting with if or provided that.

Why the other options are wrong:

• A permanent extension of hours to midnight every weeknight.: Permanent midnight operation every weeknight exceeds the proposed trial.
• Asking parents to volunteer instead of hiring certified staff.: Parent volunteers replacing certified educators are not proposed.
• Hiring a night shift of educators to cover seven days a week.: A seven-day night shift is not the initial trial.

Correct Answer: There are fewer buses in the evening, especially in winter, making it difficult for staff to leave safely.

Why this is correct: The person on the right is uneasy and wants to check more things first. The person on the right highlights fewer buses in winter and requires a transportation plan before staff leave at nine p.m.

Tips: Follow the scope of the question and distinguish the stated point from other suggestions.

Why the other options are wrong:

• The parking lot has no lighting after dark.: Lack of parking-lot lighting is not reported.
• Northern Health guidelines prohibit childcare after 8 p.m.: An after-eight prohibition is not reported.
• The building's fire alarm system does not work after 6 p.m.: Failure of the fire alarm after six is not reported.

Correct Answer: A taxi voucher or adjusted schedules.

Why this is correct: The person in the centre asks about taxi vouchers or adjusted educator shifts as possible transportation options, without confirming either arrangement.

Tips: Follow the scope of the question and distinguish the stated point from other suggestions.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Moving the centre closer to a bus route.: Relocating the centre is not the person in the centre's suggestion.
• Providing staff with company vehicles.: Company vehicles are not suggested.
• Asking parents to drive staff members home.: Parents driving staff home is not suggested.

Correct Answer: Survey results from parents at the hospital.

Why this is correct: The person in the centre cites hospital parents' survey results showing larger-than-expected evening demand.

Tips: Details questions often focus on one specific line.

Why the other options are wrong:

• A provincial order requiring immediate midnight opening.: An immediate midnight order is not reported.
• A summer-only staff vacation calendar.: A vacation calendar is not the evidence cited.
• A confirmed one-year grant agreement.: A confirmed grant is not the evidence cited.

Correct Answer: Following Northern Health guidelines, providing a staff transportation plan, and staying within the current budget.

Why this is correct: The speakers describe staying within Northern Health guidelines and the current budget as conditions for support. A real staff transportation plan is also required for late winter evenings. No formal licensing confirmation is stated.

Tips: Listen to all requirements attached to the proposal.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Federal funding approval and a new building lease.: Federal funding approval and a new lease are not stated requirements.
• A vote by all parents and written approval from Northern Health.: A parent vote and written Northern Health approval are not stated requirements; following guidelines is different from obtaining that approval.
• Hiring at least ten new early childhood educators.: Additional certified educators are discussed, but no requirement to hire at least ten is stated.

Correct Answer: Gather more information and reconvene.

Why this is correct: The person on the left closes by suggesting more information and another discussion, without declaring a final commitment by all three speakers.

Tips: For next step questions, focus on future tense actions.

Why the other options are wrong:

• The community centre should be closed during winter months.: Winter closure is not proposed.
• Extended hours should begin immediately without a pilot.: Immediate implementation without a pilot is not proposed.
• The proposal should be rejected entirely.: Total rejection is not the closing suggestion.