As part of a collaborative ten-year plan involving technology upgrades, program development, and remodeling, four art museums—in Country X: the...
GMAT Multi Source Reasoning : (MSR) Questions
As part of a collaborative ten-year plan involving technology upgrades, program development, and remodeling, four art museums—in Country X: the Arts Institute, City Museum, and Blake Museum; and in Country Y: the Davis Institute—will be closed for remodeling, one at a time, during a continuous seven-year period. For three of the four successive closings (labeled Periods I, II, III, and IV), the duration is to be two calendar years each. Other than during the seven years of successive closings, none of the four museums is to be closed during the ten-year period.
The plan stipulates that during the seven-year remodeling, each museum, during its period of closure and only then, will lend just one of its collections to one of the other three museums; when it reopens, it will immediately get its loaned collection back. No other borrowing or lending of art works by the museums is to occur during the ten years.
Suppose the Davis Institute lends its Bronze Age Sculptures collection and immediately following its two-year closure period reopens with a special exhibition of sculpture, including the Bronze Age Sculptures collection and another sculpture collection borrowed under the ten-year plan. Given this and the information in the tabs, for each of the following sequences of closings for Periods I, II, III, and IV, respectively, select Yes if the sequence is possible. Otherwise, select No.
OWNING THE DATASET
Understanding Source A: Text Source - Ten-Year Plan
| Information from Source A | Analysis |
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| "four art museums—in Country X: the Arts Institute, City Museum, and Blake Museum; and in Country Y: the Davis Institute" |
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| "will be closed for remodeling, one at a time, during a continuous seven-year period" |
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| "For three of the four successive closings (labeled Periods I, II, III, and IV), the duration is to be two calendar years each" |
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| "each museum, during its period of closure and only then, will lend just one of its collections to one of the other three museums" |
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| "when it reopens, it will immediately get its loaned collection back" |
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| "No other borrowing or lending of art works by the museums is to occur during the ten years" |
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Summary: The plan involves four museums closing sequentially over seven years, with each museum lending one collection during its closure period.
Understanding Source B: Text Source - Constraints
| Information from Source B | Analysis |
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| "The Arts Institute can be closed either for Period III or for Period IV but no earlier" |
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| "City Museum will close for just one calendar year" |
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| "The Blake Museum will borrow only collections of 20 works or less" |
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| "The Blake Museum will accept loan collections for a full two-year period only" |
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| "The Davis Institute, in Country Y, will not borrow collections explicitly devoted only to Country X artists" |
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Summary: Specific timing and borrowing restrictions limit when certain museums can close and which collections they can receive, with Blake Museum and City Museum facing unique constraints.
Understanding Source C: Table with Text - Collections
Text Analysis:
| Information from Source C | Analysis |
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| "Only collections with titles mentioning artists of a particular country consist exclusively of works by such artists" |
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Table Analysis:
Arts Institute collections:
- Sixteenth-Century Landscape Paintings: 15 works
- Sculptures by Country X Artists: 28 works
- Nineteenth-Century Paintings: 31 works
- Twentieth-Century Paintings: 12 works
- Inference: Has both the smallest (12) and largest (31) collections among all museums
- Linkage to Source B: The "Sculptures by Country X Artists" (28 works) cannot be loaned to Davis Institute and exceeds Blake's 20-work limit
Blake Museum collections:
- Medieval Manuscripts: 10 works
- Eighteenth-Century Portrait Paintings: 10 works
- Seventeenth-Century Paintings: 8 works
- Medieval Sculptures: 4 works
- Inference: All collections are small (\(\mathrm{\leq 10}\) works), well within Blake's own borrowing limit
- Linkage to Source B: Blake can lend any of its collections without reciprocal borrowing concerns
City Museum collections:
- Sixteenth-Century Portrait Paintings: 22 works
- Twentieth-Century Sculptures: 16 works
- Bronze Age Sculptures: 12 works
- Linkage to Source B: Only Bronze Age Sculptures (12 works) could go to Blake; the other two exceed Blake's 20-work limit
- Linkage to Sources A & B: City Museum's one-year closure means it cannot lend to Blake at all
Davis Institute collections:
- Twentieth-Century Portrait Paintings: 22 works
- Medieval Tapestries: 8 works
- Paintings by Country Y Artists: 18 works
- Inference: Has the only Country Y-specific collection
Summary: Each museum has 3-4 collections of varying sizes (4-31 works), with Blake's size restrictions and Davis's content restrictions creating a complex lending network where some collections have multiple borrowing options while others are severely limited.
Overall Summary
- The four museums will undergo sequential closures over seven years
- Three museums will close for two years each and City Museum will close for just one year
- Each museum must lend one collection during its closure
- Blake Museum can only receive collections of \(\mathrm{\leq 20}\) works and only from two-year closures
- This eliminates City Museum as a lender to Blake
- Davis Institute cannot receive collections exclusively featuring Country X artists
- Collection sizes vary from 4-31 works across all museums
- Arts Institute is restricted to close only in Periods III or IV
- These constraints create an intricate puzzle where lending partnerships must be carefully planned
- All museums must successfully participate in the exchange program despite the restrictions
Question Analysis
Given that Davis Institute lends its Bronze Age Sculptures during closure and must display both this collection and another borrowed sculpture collection after reopening, determine if each of these three museum closure sequences allows Davis to fulfill these requirements.
Key Constraints:
- Davis must lend Bronze Age Sculptures during its closure
- Davis must have another sculpture collection available for display after reopening
- Museums can only lend during their own closure periods
- All general plan constraints must be satisfied (timing, lending rules, etc.)
Answer Type Needed: Logical evaluation of each sequence's possibility
Connecting to Our Analysis
Need to check closure timing constraints, lending restrictions (especially that museums can only lend during their closure periods), and verify that Davis can have both its returned Bronze Age Sculptures and another borrowed sculpture collection available after reopening. The analysis contains all necessary constraints and collection information to determine feasibility.
Extracting Relevant Findings
Evaluating each sequence against constraints and lending possibilities. Key constraints: Arts must close in Period III or IV; City closes for 1 year only; Blake accepts only 2-year loans and ≤20 works; Davis won't accept Country X artist sculptures; Museums can only lend during their own closure periods.
Hypothesis: Each sequence must allow Davis to both lend its Bronze Age Sculptures during closure and have another sculpture collection available after reopening.
Individual Statement/Option Evaluations
Statement 1 Evaluation
Sequence: Blake(I)-Davis(II)-Arts(III)-City(IV)
- Analysis: Period I: Blake (2 years), Period II: Davis (2 years), Period III: Arts (2 years), Period IV: City (1 year)
- Problem Identified: In Period I, only Blake is closed, but Blake needs to borrow a collection to participate in the plan
- Critical Issue: Since museums can only lend during their own closure periods, and no other museum is closed during Period I, no museum can lend to Blake
- Result: This violates the plan requirements and makes the sequence impossible
Statement 2 Evaluation
Sequence: Davis(I)-City(II)-Blake(III)-Arts(IV)
- Analysis: Period I: Davis (2 years), Period II: City (1 year), Period III: Blake (2 years), Period IV: Arts (2 years)
- Davis Lending: Davis lends Bronze Age Sculptures during Period I and gets it back after Period I
- Blake Lending: Blake lends Medieval Sculptures to Davis during Period III
- Special Exhibition: Davis can hold its special exhibition during Period III (after Davis has reopened but while Blake is still closed), featuring both Bronze Age Sculptures (returned) and Medieval Sculptures (borrowed from Blake)
- Result: All constraints are satisfied and this sequence is possible
Statement 3 Evaluation
Sequence: City(I)-Blake(II)-Arts(III)-Davis(IV)
- Analysis: Period I: City (1 year), Period II: Blake (2 years), Period III: Arts (2 years), Period IV: Davis (2 years)
- Problem Identified: Davis closes in the final period and needs another sculpture collection for its special exhibition after reopening
- Critical Issue: Since all other museums close before Davis, any sculpture collections they lend to Davis would be returned to the lending museums before Davis reopens
- Result: Davis cannot retain another sculpture collection for its post-closure special exhibition, making this sequence impossible
Systematic Checking
Verified timing constraints and lending possibilities for each sequence:
- Museums can only lend during their own closure periods
- Davis must have both Bronze Age Sculptures (returned) and another sculpture collection available after reopening
- Sequence 1 fails because Blake cannot receive any collection during Period I
- Sequence 2 works because Blake can lend to Davis during Period III while Davis has reopened
- Sequence 3 fails because Davis cannot retain another collection for post-closure exhibition
- All timing and constraint requirements must be simultaneously satisfied
Final Answer
- Statement 1: No
- Statement 2: Yes
- Statement 3: No
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