How did Japan’s console-purchase lotteries help test whether gaming improves well-being?

Check your understanding

15-question test

Answer all the questions, then check your results.

1. True / False

   1.All 97,602 survey respondents participated in the console-purchase lotteries.

   ATrueBFalse
2. 2.The estimated benefits differed according to both the console and the demographic group.

   ATrueBFalse
3. 3.The duration finding establishes that gaming becomes harmful once daily play exceeds three hours.

   ATrueBFalse

4. Reading Comprehension

   4.What made the purchase lotteries useful to the researchers?

   AThey helped separate gaming’s effects from differences associated with choosing to play.BThey ensured that every respondent spent the same amount of time gaming.CThey replaced survey responses with clinical assessments.DThey established why particular consoles worked differently.
5. 5.What does the reported range of 0.1–0.6 describe?

   AThe percentage of respondents whose distress disappeared.BThe recommended proportion of leisure time devoted to gaming.CEstimated beneficial effects expressed in standard deviations.DThe difference in response rates between console groups.
6. 6.Inference: Which approach to screen-time policy best reflects the article’s conclusion?

   AUse the findings to justify unlimited play for everyone.BApply the pandemic findings unchanged in every country.CIgnore evidence of benefits because some uncertainty remains.DConsider players and patterns of play while acknowledging the study’s limits.

7. Grammar & Phrasal Verbs

   7.Which sentence would sound most natural in professional English?

   AThe findings warrant consideration, but they do not justify unrestricted play.BThe findings warrant to be considered, but they do not justify unrestricted play.CThe findings are worth to consider, but they do not justify unrestricted play.DThe findings deserve considering them, but they do not justify unrestricted play.
8. 8.Which reformulation preserves the article’s degree of certainty about non-respondents?

   ANon-respondents could have differed from respondents.BNon-respondents must have differed from respondents.CNon-respondents cannot have differed from respondents.DNon-respondents were found to differ from respondents.
9. 9.An editor wants to replace “establish why” without changing the claim. Which version works best?

   AThese differences rule out an explanation for the consoles’ different results.BThese differences do not pin down why the consoles produced different results.CThese differences account fully for the consoles’ different results.DThese differences do not explain away the consoles’ different results.

10. Prepositions

    10.Complete the sentence: “The study estimated beneficial effects of console ownership ___ psychological distress and life satisfaction.”

    AatBwithCfromDon
11. 11.Complete the sentence: “Benefits varied ___ console and demographic group.”

    AtoBbyCatDfor
12. 12.Which word completes the sentence with the article’s meaning? “Extending play ___ three hours per day was less beneficial than more limited play.”

    AtowardsBwithinCuntilDbeyond

13. Vocabulary & Synonyms

    13.What does “diminishing benefits” mean in this article?

    ABenefits becoming more widely distributed.BBenefits proving impossible to measure.CBenefits becoming smaller as playing duration increases.DBenefits necessarily turning into harm.
14. 14.Which phrase is closest in meaning to “a blanket verdict”?

    AA judgement that applies only to a narrowly defined subgroup.BA decision postponed until further evidence arrives.CA judgement applied across cases without recognising important differences.DA conclusion based exclusively on clinical assessments.
15. 15.What does treating all gaming as “interchangeable” imply here?

    AAssuming players frequently exchange their consoles.BAssuming different forms and patterns of gaming can be treated as equivalent.CAssuming every game requires the same technical skills.DAssuming gaming must alternate with another leisure activity.