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GMAT Exam Integrated Reasoning IR Questions

Prompt 1

A certain start-up company that makes specialized computer games with historical themes is to hold a meeting of the five partners. Prior to the meeting, three of the partners have circulated memos about Xanthia.

From the finance expert

The amount of money we have spent on developing Xanthia has been much more than we have spent on any other of our games. The returns, as yet, have not been sufficient even to cover our costs. I propose a limit of $150,000 for next year�s marketing budget for Xanthia. If sales do not rise by the end of the year to a level that would, if continued, lead to at least a modest profit on our investment by the end of two or three years, I suggest that we cut our losses and divert our attention to other games.

1. It can be inferred that

Yes No
Only the company founder would be interested in launching new games in the next year
All three partners believe that the development costs for Xanthia have been above the average for the company's games
Less than $150,000 has been spent on marketing Xanthia in the current year

2. It can be inferred that

Yes No
The attitudes of the finance and marketing experts to development costs are more similar to each other than to the views of the company founder
It is probable that one of the main points on the agenda for the meeting is marketing strategies

Prompt 2

A certain organization has explicit rules for promotions and appointments. There are five salary grades: A, B, C, D and E with A being the highest. Three extracts from the rules are given.

Promotion from Grade D to Grade C

Promotion is automatic if the employee has spent five years at Grade D and there are no adverse reports about him or her and his or her age is above 35
Promotion cannot be allowed if less than two years have been spent at Grade D
The age restriction can be relaxed if two or three members of the promotion committee recommend the person strongly
New entrants to the organization cannot be taken in at Grade C

3. Using all the information provided, answer the two questions with either yes or no.

Yes No
Sally joined the company at Grade D when she was 28. Three years later she has applied for promotion to Grade C. Is it possible that she will be promoted?
Norman has never worked with the company. He is 35 years old. Can we conclude that the only possible level at which he can enter the organization is at Grade B?

4. For any employee joining the organization at age 24 at Grade D, what is the minimum number of years before he or she can reach Grade A. (Assume that the employee is in continuous employment, i.e. does not leave and rejoin at a later date)

A. 14
B. 9
C. 8
D. 7
E. 5

1.
Set 1: Red, Blue, Yellow
Set 2: Pink, Turquoise, Orange
Set 3: Purple, Green, Brown
Set 4: Black, White, Silver

A certain company is launching three new products. Color schemes for the packaging are to be selected from colors in the four sets above. Four different colors are needed for each product. For each color scheme, not more than two colors can be selected from one set and colors from not more than three sets can be used.

The first three colors selected for each of the products are
Product 1 Product 2 Product 3
Yellow Blue Green
Pink White Silver
Silver Red Turquoise

Select a color that could be used for the fourth color for all three products. Select a color that could not be used as the fourth color for any of the products.
Could not be used Could be used
Orange
White
Yellow
Purple
Green
Brown

2.
A taxi service charges a base fare of $5, and a rate of $M per mile for the first 10 miles. Thereafter the rate is $0.5M per mile. There is also a charge of $3 per suitcase. Students traveling from and to the local college get a twenty percent discount on the mileage rates. A is a teacher traveling a distance of 8 miles with one suitcase. B is a student traveling 30 miles with two suitcases from the college to the station.

Select the expression for the difference between the amounts paid by A and B in dollars, and for the amount paid by A in dollars.

Difference Amount paid by A
8(1 + M)
3 + 8M
3 + 16M
11 + 16M
3(1 + 8M)
8M