The chart depicts the organizational structure of the government of

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https://s3.amazonaws.com/wmx-api-production/courses/61212/images/GID1250.gif The chart depicts the organizational structure of the government of City C. Currently, 5 departments report directly to the City Manager, and each department consists of 2–5 agencies. Due to budgetary concerns, the government will be restructured as follows. The Human Resources Department and its agencies will be eliminated. Payroll will be moved to the Finance Department where it will be part of a single agency created by consolidating Accounting and Collections; Building Maintenance responsibilities will be transferred to Engineering. The Police and Fire Departments will be consolidated into a single department, and Prevention and Suppression will be merged into a single agency of that consolidated department. From the drop-down menus, select the options that create the most accurate statement based on the information provided. As a result of the restructuring, a total of GRAPH_1_PLACEHOLDER departments will report to the City Manager, and the maximum number of agencies per department will be GRAPH_2_PLACEHOLDER . ID: 100440 1.jpg

Apt0810 · Answer

Per the question instructions there will be 3 departments left after the merger,which are :
1) Finance department
2) Public works department
3)Police and fire department

And maximum number of agencies per department will be seven since when we combine police and fire department ( and in them combining Prevention and suppression in one) will result in total of 7 agencies

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bM22 · Answer

After all the above mentioned restructuring happens:
The Departments and sub departments will be as follows:
1. Finance Departments 
a. Management
b. Meter Reading
c. Accounting, Collections & Payroll (all merged into 1)

2. Public Works Dept.
a. Administration.
b. Engineering & Building Maintenance - (merged into 1.)
c. Sanitation
d. Streets
e. Water and Sewer

3. Police and Fire Dept.
a. Dispatch,
b. Investigation
c. Patrol
d. Animal Control
e. Prevention and Suppression (merged into 1)
f. First Responders
g. Emergency Management

Thus we can see that there are a total of 3 departments and the max sub departments that any dept has is 7.
 
 Answer B and D.

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Official Explanation

As a result of the restructuring, a total of__________departments will report to the City Manager, and the maximum number of agencies per department will be_________.

Explanation

According to the chart and the accompanying text, there are currently 5 departments that report to the City Manager (Finance, Public Works, Police, Fire, Human Resources). As part of the proposed restructuring, 1 of the departments (Human Resources) will be eliminated and 2 of the departments (Police, Fire) will be consolidated into a single department. This would result in a total of 3 departments (Finance, Public Works, the consolidated Police/Fire Department) that will report to the City Manager.

The correct answer is 3.

According to the chart and the accompanying text, there are currently between 2 and 5 agencies in each department, and Public Works is the only department with 5. Public Works will not gain or lose any agencies as part of the restructuring. However, the Police and Fire Departments, which each have 4 agencies, will be consolidated into a single department consisting of 7 agencies, given that 2 of the agencies in the current Fire Department (Prevention, Suppression) will be combined. The Finance Department currently has 4 agencies, and, as part of the restructuring, 2 of the agencies within the Finance Department (Accounting, Collections) will be combined, resulting in a total of 3. The Human Resources Department will be eliminated. Thus, as a result of the restructuring, the maximum number of agencies within a department (consolidated Police/Fire Department) would be 7.

The correct answer is 7.

GMATCoachBen · Answer

Video solution here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Muh1O9K8mSg

This problem is rated "Medium" in OG 2023-2024.

SPEEDBOATS · Answer

How are people getting this question done in 2.5 mins?

GMATCoachBen · Answer

SPEEDBOATS  I understand, this is a tough one and one of the most complex diagrams we'll see, so it's ok if it takes you a bit longer. Keep in mind that the AVERAGE time on IR questions should be around 2.5 mins, but that means we can take longer on the harder ones as long as we are quicker on the easier ones.

The key for speed is to just focus on exactly what it's asking for. We don't actually need all of the details.

I explain a shorter solution in the last 57 seconds of this video here (link goes directly to the clip):  https://youtu.be/Muh1O9K8mSg?si=UU4VlF6w74IGZvvz&t=163

ShilpiAgnihotrii · Answer

Lovely question, but took me approx. 4 mins to answer it.

anushree01 · Answer

imo the way to avoid spending much time on the question will be to : 
-> quickly read the passage
-> read the question stem & see what is asked
-> go the passage again & draw the new structure to get up to the mark answers.
Thanks!

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