LISTENING COMPREHENSION (5 Pts) Love sports! (Vocabulary of sports, weather, and reflexive verbs) Nieves is an international student from Costa Rica. She went home to spend summer with her family. She is telling her parents what her life was like during her first semester at Penn State. Read the following questions before listening to the audio script. Then, listen to the audio and choose the option that best answers each of the questions according to what the story says.

Jet: – Nieves, ¿a qué hora ____ (ustedes) en el hotel para ir a la playa?

GRAMMAR D: More Vacationing (Preterit of -er and -ir verbs whose stem ends in a vowel and stem-changing -ir verbs) (2 pts) Paso 1 (1 pt)Nieves seems very interested in what Jet has to say so he continues telling her about his last trip and the events he attended. Choose the correct option to complete the following sentence.

Economic development has been linked to increased environmental degradation.  Explain the following causes of environmental degradation, and how they are linked to the economic growth of many developing countries over the last several decades: industrialized farming, fossil-fuel power generation, contamination of the seas, urbanization, and growth in air traffic. Use examples to support your argument.

A patient has a knee replacement with joint cement. The PT wrote in the plan of care to apply ultrasound over the medial knee. What should the PTA do? 

Based on the flight booking example, what is a key distinction between an AI chatbot and an AI agent?

In traditional automation, what do we define in advance?

A patient has diabetic neuropathy (decreased sensation) in the feet. The PTA wants to apply ultrasound due to plantar fascitis. What precaution is most important?

A PTA has been working with a patient with left hip pain 3 times a week for the past 2 weeks. Sessions have included ultrasound, PROM, and strengthening. Today the patient reports no changes in pain or functional abilities. What should the PTA discuss with the PT?

A patient presents with a recent ankle sprain (2 days ago). The PTA wants to reduce inflammation and edema without increasing tissue temperature. Which ultrasound parameters should the PTA choose?