SAT Reading & Writing Practice Test

Based on the passage, which of the following best describes the main challenges Sarah faced?

• Hostile audience members

• Environmental distractions

• Personal nervousness

• Technical difficulties with equipment

The passage suggests that Sarah's response to the challenges was primarily:

• to abandon her presentation

• to adapt while maintaining professional standards

• to complain to the event organizers

• to rush through her speech

Which communication elements does the passage explicitly mention Sarah controlling?

• Pace and pitch only

• Volume and articulation only

• Feedback and messaging only

• Channel and noise only

The author's primary purpose in writing this passage is to:

• criticize modern communication methods

• analyze changes in workplace communication

• promote face-to-face meetings

• explain digital platform features

The word 'facilitate' as used in the passage most nearly means:

• complicate

• enable

• prevent

• reduce

Which of the following would best conclude the passage?

• Therefore, digital platforms should be abandoned.

• Thus, organizations must balance digital convenience with communication effectiveness.

• As a result, employees prefer email to all other forms of communication.

• Consequently, workplace productivity has decreased.

The best placement for a sentence about video conferencing would be:

• at the beginning of the passage

• after the first sentence

• before the final sentence

• at the very end of the passage

Choose the best replacement for the underlined portion: While traditional face-to-face meetings _once dominated_ workplace interactions...

• had once dominated

• has once dominated

• once dominating

• NO CHANGE

In the sentence 'The sender carefully crafted their message to avoid miscommunication,' the word 'crafted' most nearly means:

• built physically

• composed thoughtfully

• created artistically

• constructed randomly

The term 'channel' as used in communication studies most closely means:

• a television station

• a path of water

• a medium for message transmission

• a frequency range