What is a person with a strong character likely to do when faced with…

Concept — In a reading-comprehension item, the acceptable answer is the one the passage itself asserts, restated or paraphrased, and never extended beyond what is written on the page. General knowledge about the topic, however sound, cannot supply an answer the passage does not carry. The method therefore runs in one direction only:

1. Identify the exact situation named in the question stem.

2. Locate the sentence in the passage that speaks to that same situation.

3. Read off the behaviour the passage attributes there, and match it to the option value that states the same thing.

Application — The stem names one specific situation: a person of strong character who is faced with responsibilities. The passage addresses that situation in its illustrative sentence, "For example, a person with good character is likely to stay committed to their responsibilities, take ownership of their actions and work well in teams." Read against the stem, the behaviour attributed there has two parts: the person stays committed to the responsibility, and the person takes ownership of their own actions. Together these give the answer: stays committed and takes ownership of actions.

Contrast with the other option values:

• Ignores them to focus on personal goals — the passage lists responsibility itself among the qualities that define a person's character, so setting a responsibility aside runs against the account the passage gives.

• Delegates work to others — the passage does mention working well in teams, but cooperating on a duty is not the same as handing that duty over; no sentence in the passage describes character in terms of transferring work to someone else.

• Completes all the tasks — this states how much work is finished. The passage speaks of commitment and ownership, which describe the person's standing relationship to a duty rather than a count of tasks discharged, and a task can be finished without either quality being present.

Cross-check — Both halves of the chosen answer, staying committed and taking ownership of one's actions, appear in the passage's own wording, and no part of it has to be supplied from outside the text. That is the test a comprehension answer must pass.