Identify and Describe Audience Practice Test
•10 QuestionsRead the following passage and answer the question.
We have turned the phrase “mental health crisis” into a catchall that excuses inaction. If every problem is a crisis, then no one is accountable for building systems that work on an ordinary Tuesday. Schools, workplaces, and clinics do not need more inspirational posters; they need capacity. That means insurance networks that reimburse therapy at rates providers will accept, community clinics open after 5 p.m., and crisis lines that can transfer callers to local care instead of offering a polite dead end. It also means measuring outcomes—wait times, follow-up rates, and no-show barriers—so funding follows what helps. Compassion is not only a feeling. It is a schedule, a budget, and a staffed phone line.
The passage is primarily directed toward readers who…
Read the following passage and answer the question.
We have turned the phrase “mental health crisis” into a catchall that excuses inaction. If every problem is a crisis, then no one is accountable for building systems that work on an ordinary Tuesday. Schools, workplaces, and clinics do not need more inspirational posters; they need capacity. That means insurance networks that reimburse therapy at rates providers will accept, community clinics open after 5 p.m., and crisis lines that can transfer callers to local care instead of offering a polite dead end. It also means measuring outcomes—wait times, follow-up rates, and no-show barriers—so funding follows what helps. Compassion is not only a feeling. It is a schedule, a budget, and a staffed phone line.
The passage is primarily directed toward readers who…