Data Insights: Multi-Source Reasoning Flashcards

A Tab 1 report says shipping takes 3 business days; Tab 2 shows an order placed Friday. Excluding weekends, when does it arrive?

Answer: Wednesday

Counting Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday as the three business days after Friday gives Wednesday.

MSR data shows two products with overlapping but different margin and volume figures. To find total profit you must:

Answer: Multiply each product's margin by its volume, then sum

Total profit requires combining per-unit margin with volume for each product and summing.

When a tab presents a graph and another presents a table of the same metric, a smart check is to:

Answer: Cross-verify that the two sources agree before relying on either

Cross-referencing sources confirms consistency and catches misreads.

A question states 'Assume demand rises 20%.' The current value from Tab 2 is 500 units. The adjusted value is:

Answer: 600

A 20% increase on 500 yields 500 × 1.20 = 600 units.

In MSR, an answer that is 'true based on the sources' must be:

Answer: Provable using only the given information

MSR inference answers must follow strictly from the provided sources, not external assumptions.

A memo lists eligibility rules with the word 'or'; a candidate meets one of two listed conditions. The candidate is:

Answer: Eligible, since 'or' requires only one condition

An inclusive 'or' is satisfied when at least one condition holds.

Which is the strongest reason MSR questions reuse the same source set across several items?

Answer: To test whether you can extract different relevant data for different questions

Reusing sources tests flexible, question-specific retrieval and synthesis of data.