Tips: Distinguish the meeting's stated task from the background that motivates it.

Why the other options are wrong:

• To negotiate a new contract with a private snow removal company.: The dialogue assigns priorities for city snow clearing; no private-company contract is being negotiated.
• To decide whether to purchase new snow ploughs for the city.: The limited number of ploughs constrains the priority list, but no purchase decision is proposed.
• To review complaints about snow removal from the previous winter.: Last winter's complaints motivate the work. Reviewing those complaints is not the stated purpose of finalising the new list.

Correct Answer: Hospital access roads and emergency vehicle routes.

Why this is correct: Hospital access roads and emergency vehicle routes are explicitly placed at the top of the snow-removal list because blocked routes delay emergency responses.

Tips: Listen for the routes attached to the strongest priority language.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Shopping district roads to maintain economic activity.: Shopping districts are not named as the highest priority.
• Government buildings and the Parliament Hill area.: Government buildings and Parliament Hill are not named as the highest priority.
• Major highways and provincial roads entering the city.: Major highways and provincial roads are not the routes placed at the top.

Correct Answer: Three schools in Kanata had to delay opening last February because buses could not get through.

Why this is correct: Three schools in Kanata had to delay opening last February because buses could not get through. That incident is used to explain why school zones should be added to the first tier.

Tips: Match the proposed priority with the incident used to justify it.

Why the other options are wrong:

• School zone accidents increased by fifty percent during the last winter.: No fifty-percent increase in school-zone accidents is reported.
• Parents have threatened legal action if buses are delayed again.: Parents were furious, but a threat of legal action is not reported.
• The provincial education ministry requires schools to report any weather-related closures.: No provincial requirement to report closures is given as the reason.

Correct Answer: There are only forty-two ploughs for the entire city, so a long first-tier list defeats the purpose.

Why this is correct: The city has only forty-two ploughs. The discussion explains that making the first-tier list too long would defeat its purpose because crews have limited capacity.

Tips: Connect a resource limit with the problem it creates.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Residents on second-tier streets would complain about unfair treatment.: No complaint about unfair treatment of second-tier streets is given as this capacity problem.
• The union contract limits how many hours plough operators can work per shift.: No union limit on shift hours is mentioned.
• City Council has not approved the budget for additional first-tier routes.: No refusal of funding for extra first-tier routes is mentioned.

Correct Answer: Hospitals first, then fire station access roads, then school zones.

Why this is correct: The initial proposed order is hospitals first, then fire station access roads, then school zones. Transitway ramps are added later, after school zones.

Tips: Track the order as it is first proposed, then separate later additions.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Emergency routes, bike lanes, school zones, then hospitals.: Bike lanes are placed in tier two, and hospitals are not last.
• Fire stations, transit routes, hospitals, then school zones.: The proposed order begins with hospitals, not fire stations or transit routes.
• School zones, hospitals, fire stations, then transit routes.: School zones do not come before hospitals and fire access.

Correct Answer: If buses cannot run on schedule, thousands of commuters are stranded, causing secondary traffic problems.

Why this is correct: The argument is that buses running late would strand thousands of commuters and create secondary traffic problems on surrounding roads. This explains the proposal to clear Transitway ramps earlier.

Tips: Listen for the full reason the speaker gives, not only the request.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Federal funding for transit requires that ramps be cleared within twelve hours.: No federal funding condition or twelve-hour clearing requirement is stated.
• The Transitway ramps are located near hospitals and schools.: Proximity to hospitals and schools is not given as the reason.
• OC Transpo drivers have refused to operate buses on uncleared ramps.: No refusal by OC Transpo drivers to operate buses is reported.

Correct Answer: Forty-eight hours, in line with the current by-law.

Why this is correct: A forty-eight-hour target is proposed for residential streets, explicitly described as what the current by-law allows, and included in the final tier-two summary. The explanation reports the discussion's by-law claim.

Tips: Match the number and any condition attached to it; do not substitute a different clearing target.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Thirty-six hours, a new standard proposed by the committee.: No thirty-six-hour standard is proposed; the stated target is forty-eight hours.
• Seventy-two hours after a storm ends.: The target is forty-eight hours, not seventy-two.
• Twenty-four hours after a storm ends.: The target is forty-eight hours, not twenty-four.

Correct Answer: The protected lanes on Laurier are narrow and require smaller equipment.

Why this is correct: The protected lanes on Laurier are described as narrow, so smaller equipment will be needed to clear them.

Tips: Check whether each option states something said, or adds a claim no one makes.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Bike lanes should not be cleared because cycling in winter is dangerous.: The discussion includes bike lanes in tier two; it does not recommend leaving them uncleared.
• The city does not own any equipment designed for bike lane clearing.: Needing smaller equipment does not establish that the city owns none.
• Bike lane clearing has not been included in the current by-law.: No exclusion of bike-lane clearing from the by-law is stated.