{"id":8923,"date":"2011-10-10T02:00:37","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=8923"},"modified":"2011-10-10T04:11:15","modified_gmt":"2011-10-10T11:11:15","slug":"gmat-question-of-the-day-oct-10-statistics-and-critical-reasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-question-of-the-day-oct-10-statistics-and-critical-reasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Question of the Day (Oct 10): Statistics and Critical Reasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Math (PS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Which set(s) has the greatest standard deviation?<\/p>\n<p>1. Set 1 consisting of 10 digits<br \/>\n2. Set 2 consisting of 10 first positive consecutive even numbers<br \/>\n3. Set 3 consisting of 10 first primes<\/p>\n<p>(A) set 1<br \/>\n(B) set 2<br \/>\n(C) set 3<br \/>\n(D) set 1 and 2<br \/>\n(E) set 1, 2, and 3<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: rgb(141, 179, 226); border-top: 4px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 4px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5px; margin-left: 20px; font-size: 15px; font-family: Gergia,serif; font-weight: bold\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 19px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px\">GMAT Daily Deals<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 10px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">Knewton Releases New GMAT Premium Live Course. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/courses\/knewton-gmat-discount-coupon-code\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Learn more!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0pt 0pt 0px 20px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-type: disc\">FREE B-School Cheat Sheets from Precision Essay for top MBA programs such as Harvard, Standford, and Wharton. <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/static\/forward.php?r=https:\/\/www.precisionessay.com\/resources\/bschool-cheat-sheet\/\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><u>Learn more!<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbal (CR)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Federal regulations require that corporations use separate accounting firms for audit and non-audit services. This presents difficulties for many multi-national companies because there are only four large international accounting firms based in the United States. An outspoken group of CEOs has suggested breaking up the \u201cBig Four\u201d firms into smaller operations, so that corporations will have more options for their accounting needs.<\/p>\n<p>Which of the following stipulations would be most helpful in assuring the success of the CEOs\u2019 plan to provide more variety in accounting services by breaking up the Big Four firms?<\/p>\n<p>(A) The firms should maintain their multi-national contacts.<br \/>\n(B) CEOs for the new companies should be chosen from inside each firm.<br \/>\n(C) Corporations must keep the same firm for their audit services, but should choose a new firm for non-audit needs.<br \/>\n(D) The new firms should maintain their internal audit procedures.<br \/>\n(E) The Big Four firms should divide so that the audit and non-audit sections are not broken up.<\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#cecece\">\nAnswers to the questions: <strong>C<\/strong>, <strong>E<\/strong><br \/>\nFor explanations please see these threads: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/range-sd-m03q34-72087.html\">math<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/cr-accounting-firms-68923.html\">verbal<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Like these questions?<\/strong> Get the GMAT Club question collection: <a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/tests\/\">online at GMAT Club<\/a> OR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fentity%2FGMAT-Club%2FB0048PPF3U%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dntt_athr_dp_pel_1&tag=gmatclub-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957\">on your Kindle<\/a> OR <a href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=PJTlq5NYqfE&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=blog&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fgmat-toolkit%252Fid328345537%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D6%2526partnerId%253D30\">on your iPhone\/iPad<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math (PS) Which set(s) has the greatest standard deviation? 1. 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