GMAT Critical Reasoning — Evaluate the Argument The board of directors of the city art museum has begun discussing ways
GMAT Critical Reasoning — Evaluate the Argument The board of directors of the city art museum has begun discussing ways to deal with a large and unexpected budget shortfall. Several prominent members of the board suggest suspending free admission days, which occur every Tuesday, with the additional revenue to go directly into day to day operating costs. The answer to which of the following questions is LEAST directly relevant to the board members' consideration of whether suspending free admission days will correct the shortfall in the museum budget? (A) How many people are expected to pay for admission on days that were previously free? (B) Do most members of the board agree that this is the best solution? (C) What percentage of the budget shortfall are day to day operating costs? (D) Did the free admission days have any impact on creating the budget problems? (E) Will the money generated from the plan be sufficient to cover day to day operating costs? ||The correct answer is (B) . Whether board members agree is about internal politics, not about whether the plan will actually fix the shortfall. All other options address the plan's financial viability: (A) revenue potential, (C) what the revenue targets, (D) root cause, and (E) sufficiency.||
