Answer Choice A

Hi @Parker-Zopp, for A, it says that there has been an increased demand that has aggravated the issue. In the passage, we don't see evidence for that. We only know that there have been recent disasters that exemplify the issue. This is why A isn't the right answer here.

so what is the answer and why?

Why is E correct? Why is C incorrect?

@Ceci and @Shiyi-Zhang, Happy to help! The question asks, "Which one of the following inferences about natural disasters and relief efforts is most strongly supported by the passage?" This is an inference question that wants us to select the answer choice that can be inferred about natural disasters and relief efforts based on the passage. The key portion of the text to pay attention to is lines 1 through 6 of the passage, where the author states that a number of natural disasters in recent years has caused relief agencies, communities, and entire nations to reevaluate how they're giving aid to the areas that are affected by natural disasters. From this, we can definitely infer that the responses to these natural disasters have been poor. (E) says, "A number of wasteful relief efforts in the most recent years provided dramatic illustrations of aid programs that were implemented by donors and agencies with little accountability to populations affected by disasters." This can be inferred from the support we're given in lines 1 through 6 of the text. Additionally, the small amount of accountability mentioned at the end of the answer choice is brought up toward the end of the second paragraph in lines 26 through 30, where the author states, "In some instances, tons of food have disappeared into local markets for resale, and, with inadequate accounting procedures, billions of dollars in aid money have gone unaccounted for." (E) has strong textual support and is an inference we can draw out based on the information in the passage, so it's the correct answer choice. @Shiyi-Zhang, You asked why (C) is incorrect. Let's take a look. (C) says, "Numerous relief efforts in the years prior to the most recent provided such vast quantities of aid that most needs were met despite evidence of inefficiency and mismanagement, and few recipient communities questioned traditional disaster response methods." The problem with this answer choice is that it deals with a time period that's outside of the time period that the passage is looking at. In lines 1-6, we're told about a number of natural disasters in RECENT YEARS have forced relief agencies and communities to reevaluate ways they're giving aid. However, we don't have any information about what the aid and relief conditions were like prior to recent years because the passage makes no mention of it. For all we know, they could have been just as bad as the aid and relief conditions from recent years, or they could have been as good or even better than (C) says. We simply don't know. Therefore, when (C) says that most needs were met and that few recipient communities questioned traditional disaster response methods, we can't infer this because we have no textual support to suggest that this is the case. As a result, we can get rid of (C), as it's dealing with a time period that's not discussed at all in the passage. Does this help? Let us know if you have any more questions!

So on this one it looks like A and E got mixed up? Because A (the answer I selected) is the one that says "A number of wasteful relief efforts in the most recent years provided dramatic illustrations of aid programs..." yet it was marked wrong in my analytics. Just wondering what caused that issue here/if this is a glitch I need to look out for on other diagnostics

Wait sorry never mind--it's just wrong in the "view question" on the message board not on the actual test