To complete the task, the given information basic activities of daily living has to be matched to the heading of the list on the right hand side of the page. Following the heading is a list of activities that have the attribute of being basic activities of daily living. These list items complete the requested information frame: The basic activities of daily living are walking; speaking; perceiving, thinking and remembering; hearing; feeding and dressing; and eliminating bodily waste.

In general, processing tasks are easier if the language used in the question matches that used in the document where the answer will be found. For example, consider the kind of questions that would be answered using the chart below. It is designed to answer questions such as: “What is the maximum amount of annual income allowed for a single person who is receiving the GIS?” For this question, given information includes ‘receiving GIS,’ ‘single person,’ and ‘maximum annual income.’

A single person receiving the GIS is allowed a maximum amount of annual income.

The requested information is an ‘amount.’

What is that maximum amount of annual income?

To answer the question the given information is used to ‘locate’ the amount that will satisfy the criteria ‘single person’ and ‘maximum annual income.’ There is an exact match for the term ‘single person’ as the first item in the first column. Some slight inference is needed to see that the ‘maximum income’ at the head of the second column is, in fact, ‘maximum annual income.’ The ‘amount’ requested by the question is found at the intersection of the selected row and column, $11,736.

Following directives or answering questions requires readers to match information in the question or directive to corresponding information in the reading selection or document in order to arrive at answers or carry out tasks such as entering information. This involves the strategies of locating, cycling, integrating, and generating.