GMAT Data Insights: Multi-Source Reasoning 4

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Wednesday

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Monday

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Tuesday

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Saturday

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

Use margin alone

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Add the margins

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Use volume alone

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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

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Trust only the graph

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Ignore the table

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Average graph and table values blindly

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

600

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520

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550

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400

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Provable using only the given information

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Likely or plausible

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Based on outside business knowledge

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The most optimistic outcome

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Eligible, since 'or' requires only one condition

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Ineligible, both needed

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Indeterminate

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Eligible only if both met

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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

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To save space only

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Because the data never changes

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To make questions identical