Having entered all the amounts for which he or she is eligible, the form-filler now has to total the amounts on lines 1 to 14. The operation is signalled by the word ‘total’ and ‘add.’ Although we know that some people will have problems if they have to add more than three or four amounts, this added complexity is not reflected in the rating for this item. The type of operation is an addition (1) Specificity of operation: numbers in a column (+0); numbers are adjacent (+0); labels and amounts identified without a search (+0) operation is identified semantically (+0); numbers identified in a previous task (+1); units require no transformation (+0); total rating 1. No distractors

The total claim amount now has to be encoded by fitting it into one of the intervals in the two column claim code chart on page 2. The question asked here will be something like, “If I have a claim amount of $10,500, what code letter do I enter in box A. This is an integration task (document rubric) (3); in which numbers are compared (+0); match on one feature (+0); one item response (+0); literal match for given (+0) new information frame requires no inference (+0); total rating 3. The type of information requested is a code (a thing) (1). Distractors for the requested code letters (2).