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SAT Command of Evidence practice questions

Command of Evidence is one of the skills tested in the Information and Ideas domain of the Digital SAT Reading and Writing section. Below are 27 free practice questions sorted from easy to hard. Open one to answer it and see the explanation.

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Question 1
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the team's hypothesis?
Easy
Question 2
Which quotation from Sorrell's essay most effectively illustrates his argument?
Easy
Question 3
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to support the analyst's claim?
Easy
Question 4
Which finding, if true, would most directly support Watanabe's hypothesis?
Easy
Question 5
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to support the student's claim?
Easy
Question 6
Which quotation from "Harvest Moon" most effectively illustrates the claim?
Easy
Question 7
Which quotation from "The Lamplighter" most effectively illustrates the claim?
Medium
Question 8
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the example?
Medium
Question 9
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to support the planner's argument?
Medium
Question 10
Which quotation from The Harbor Light most effectively illustrates the claim?
Medium
Question 11
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the example?
Medium
Question 12
Which quotation from "Ode to a Kitchen Clock" most effectively illustrates the claim?
Medium
Question 13
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to support the professor's conclusion?
Medium
Question 14
Which finding, if true, would most directly support Morgenstern's hypothesis?
Medium
Question 15
Which quotation from "The Unfinished Map" most effectively illustrates Whitfield's argument?
Medium
Question 16
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the sociologists' proposal?
Medium
Question 17
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to support the researcher's claim?
Medium
Question 18
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to support the researchers' conclusion?
Medium
Question 19
Which finding, if true, would most directly support Haddad's hypothesis?
Hard
Question 20
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to support the researchers' recommendation?
Hard
Question 21
Which finding, if true, would most directly support Moreau's claim over the critics' view?
Hard
Question 22
Which finding, if true, would most directly support Vinter's position?
Hard
Question 23
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to support the second part of the researcher's conclusion?
Hard
Question 24
Which quotation from The Glass Orchard most effectively illustrates the claim?
Hard
Question 25
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to support the student's claim?
Hard
Question 26
Which quotation from The Long Field most effectively illustrates the claim?
Hard
Question 27
Which finding, if true, would most directly weaken Weiss's argument?
Hard