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- Choose the best way to answer each question.
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Correct Answer: The Region of Waterloo delivered twelve new recycling and composting bins that need to be placed in the community park.
Why this is correct: The meeting follows delivery of twelve recycling and composting bins; the speakers need to choose their locations before the cleanup event.
Tips: For a meeting trigger, connect the opening event with the action immediately required.
Why the other options are wrong:
- The city announced a ban on single-use plastics in parks.: No ban on single-use plastics is announced.
- Residents complained about the lack of green space in the neighbourhood.: No complaint about lack of green space prompts this meeting.
- A new park is being built and requires waste management planning.: The bins are for an existing community park, not a newly planned park.
Correct Answer: It is where most visitors enter, and the single garbage bin there overflows every weekend.
Why this is correct: Most visitors enter through the Weber Street entrance, and its single garbage bin overflows every weekend. Those two problems make the entrance an obvious location for new bins.
Tips: Decide what the question asks for and choose the option supported by the discussion.
Why the other options are wrong:
- The city requires all bins to be visible from the street.: No rule requiring bins to be visible from the street is mentioned.
- It is the only paved area in the park.: The entrance is not described as the park’s only paved area.
- It is the safest location for heavy equipment.: Heavy-equipment safety is not given as the reason for this location.
Correct Answer: Parents buy snacks from the vending machine and wrappers end up on the ground because the nearest bin is too far away.
Why this is correct: Parents buy snacks from the vending machine, and wrappers end up on the ground. The nearest bin is a three-minute walk away, which explains the litter problem at the playground.
Tips: Decide what the question asks for and choose the option supported by the discussion.
Why the other options are wrong:
- Children are vandalizing the existing bins.: The problem is discarded snack wrappers, not vandalism of bins.
- The playground equipment is outdated and dangerous.: No problem with outdated or dangerous playground equipment is reported.
- There is no seating for parents near the play area.: No lack of seating for parents is reported.
Correct Answer: The dog walking trail exit on Bridgeport Road.
Why this is correct: The fourth location suggested is the dog walking trail exit on Bridgeport Road, where owners have no place to dispose of waste bags.
Tips: Listen for the new location after the three existing sites are summarised.
Why the other options are wrong:
- The sports field on the west side of the park.: The west-side sports field is not proposed as the fourth location.
- The parking lot at the centre of the park.: The central parking lot is not proposed as the fourth location.
- The community garden near the north entrance.: The north-entrance community garden is not proposed as the fourth location.
Correct Answer: Signs using the same icons as the region's curbside bins so people recognize them.
Why this is correct: The proposed signs will use the same icons as the region’s curbside bins so people can recognise them immediately.
Tips: Keep the sign design separate from other materials mentioned later.
Why the other options are wrong:
- Custom bin covers to match the park's theme.: No custom bin covers are proposed.
- A colour-coded map of the entire park.: A map is later planned for the maintenance crew, but it is not the design offered for the bin signs.
- A mobile app for reporting overflowing bins.: No mobile reporting app is proposed.
Correct Answer: Saturday morning, with signs printed and laminated by Friday.
Why this is correct: Saturday morning is offered for placement and signage together, and the response accepts Saturday with signs ready by Friday. Both parts of the final option are stated.
Tips: Match the proposed time with the replies that follow.
Why the other options are wrong:
- The day before the weekend cleanup event.: The dialogue does not identify installation as the day before the cleanup event; it explicitly names Saturday morning.
- After receiving approval from the city council.: No city council approval is a prerequisite in the installation discussion.
- The following Monday during regular maintenance hours.: Monday installation is not proposed.
Correct Answer: Email them a map showing each bin location so they can update their pickup route.
Why this is correct: The maintenance crew needs to add the new bin sites to its pickup route. The stated next step is to email the crew a map showing each location.
Tips: Match the recipient, method and information in the proposed action.
Why the other options are wrong:
- Ask them to provide extra bins from their storage.: No request for extra bins is proposed.
- Schedule a meeting with them to discuss waste management strategy.: The stated action is an email with a map, not a strategy meeting.
- Hire additional workers for bin collection.: No hiring of additional collection workers is proposed.
Correct Answer: Checking back in a month to see if any adjustments are needed.
Why this is correct: The final suggestion is to check back in a month and see whether any adjustments are needed.
Tips: Use the final concrete follow-up rather than the broader goal of improving recycling.
Why the other options are wrong:
- Hosting a community event to raise awareness about recycling.: No community recycling-awareness event is suggested as the follow-up.
- Conducting a survey of park visitors about their waste habits.: No survey of park visitors is suggested as the follow-up.
- Applying for a government grant to purchase more bins.: No grant application for more bins is suggested as the follow-up.
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