Multi-Source Reasoning Data Insights Practice Questions

According to the first tab, the residents are assumed to work "one-third of the hours" in an assigned shift. If the shift is 24 hours long, then, a resident is assumed to work for 8 hours. In that case, the hourly wage would be $105 / 8 hours = $13.125. Rounded to the hundredths place, this is $13.13. The resident indicates that the average time worked over the past month was actually 17.5 hours. The hourly wage in this case would be $105 / 17.5 hours = $6.00. The difference between the two wages is $13.13 - $6.00 = $7.13.

Statement 1: Cannot Infer. The Residency Association indicates that the residents are assumed to work 1/3 of the 24-hour shift, or 8 hours, but the president does not claim that residents should not work more than that amount. They claim only that they work too much. We can infer that they think they should work less than 17.5 hours, but we do not know what they think of an 8-hour cutoff. Likewise, the Hospital Board never indicates a specific time beyond which residents should not be able to work.

Statement 2: Both Accept. As part of their argument, the residents complain that their working conditions are dangerous and that, as a result, serious mistakes have been made. We can infer, then, that the residents believe the hospital is responsible for setting reasonable working hours in order to minimize or prevent errors made by residents (among other goals). The Hospital Board indicates that "when a resident" is working, "there is always an experienced physician on hand" in order to "correct any potential errors." The board, then, also believes that the hospital is responsible for minimizing or preventing errors made by medical residents.

Statement 3: Cannot Infer. The residents state that they "are taken advantage of terribly" and cite the fact that they are "undermined or treated poorly by senior doctors – sometimes when patients are present" as one piece of evidence. The residents, then, agree with this statement. We might surmise that any ethical hospital board also would not want doctors to treat medical residents poorly when patients are present (or at any time!), but the Hospital Board's statement never addresses this aspect of the resident's complaint. We do not know how the board feels about this issue.

According to the table on the Funding Sources tab, three teams have a Percent Funded figure exceeding 100%: Gymnastics, Soccer, and Track and Field. For each of these, we can calculate the amount of extra money generated by the respective team. The first tab indicates that there are four funding sources and that individual endorsements are not part of the overall team calculations, leaving three funding sources: TV rights, team sponsors, and government funding. These three sources are all detailed in the second tab. (Note that none of the three will receive government funding because all three already exceed 100% of their own expenses.)

Gymnastics:
The gymnastics team has a total of 1,100 + 890 = 1,990 in funding and this represents 115% of the team's monetary needs, or 1,990 = 1.15x. The actual amount needed, then, is 1,990 / 1.15 = 1,730, and the surplus is 1,990 - 1,730 = 260. (Note that we can round our calculations because the problem asks for the approximate level of surplus funding.)

Soccer:
The Soccer team has a total of 1,800 + 1,300 = 3,100 in funding and this represents 126% of the team's monetary needs. The actual amount needed, then, is 3,100 / 1.26 = 2,460, and the surplus is 3,100 - 2,460 = 640.

Track and Field:
The Track and Field team has 1,000 + 345 = 1,345 in funding and this represents 103% of the team's monetary needs. The actual amount needed, then, is 1,345 / 1.03 = 1,306, and the surplus is 1,345 - 1,306 = 39.

Total Surplus:
The total surplus is 260 + 640 + 39 = 939, or approximately 940.

The correct answer is A.