For a particular custom basketball game, a player receives a personal

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For a particular custom basketball game, a player receives a personal warning upon accumulating at least 3 fouls within any 12 minute quarter and complete ejection from the court upon accumulating 5 such fouls at any time during the 48 minute game. For any single 48 minute game, missing between 2 minutes and 4 minutes of playtime counts as one-third of an absence, missing between 4 minutes and 10 minutes of playtime counts as half an absence, and missing more than 10 minutes counts as a full absence. However, a basketball player may postpone playtime to make up for up to 3 minutes of unexcused absence at another time.

The table contains descriptions of the unexcused absences of 5 players of a particular custom basketball game. Assume that in each case the basketball player had no other unexcused absences and made up no other time. In the table, select a description of a basketball player who qualified for a personal warning but not a complete ejection, and select a description of a basketball player who qualified for a complete ejection. Make only two selections, one in each column.

KarishmaB · Accepted Answer

3 mins to read the data is a lot. We need to peruse the data and make sense of it, not learn it. Often test takers mistake understanding for memorising or taking notes. When a list of data is given regarding various parameters, you can simply skim through it and come to it if needed. Here I make a mental note that there are conditions given for personal warning and ejection. What they are, I will see properly if the questions asks. Also, there are conditions given for 1/3rd absence, 1/2 absence, full absence. Fine. I will come to it if I need it.

Then we go to the question to see what it is we need.

KarishmaB · Answer

I do not know. I know what unexcused absences (when you don't take permission for a legit reason but are missing from the game) are but how they are connected to fouls I don't know. As a non-basketball player, I don't understand this, but the question doesn't require me to. The point is - can you answer what is asked? 
For that, the entire discussion on unexcused absences is irrelevant. Now will you get bogged down by a couple of sentences when facing this question on the GMAT or will you jump to the question and try to figure out what it is that they are asking. Often there is a ton of irrelevant info given in DI questions.

Apt0810 · Answer

Personal warning:Fouled none in the first quarter, none in the second quarter, none in the third quarter, and four times in the fourth quarter.

Since in the fourth quarter the played fouled for 4 times so for personal warning a player should have atleast 3 warning in 1 quarter

Complete ejection:Fouled once in the first quarter, once in the second quarter, once in the third quarter, and twice in the fourth quarter

Since player committed 5 fouls in the 48 minutes game

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kntombat · Answer

According to the stimulus, a player receives a personal warning when they accumulate at least 3 fouls in a single quarter and complete ejection if they accumulate 5 fouls anytime during the duration of the game i.e. 48 mins.

Keeping in these two conditions in mind, 
The 3rd player who    "Fouled none in the first quarter, none in the second quarter, none in the third quarter, and four times in the fourth quarter"  will be issued a personal warning .    &
The 5th player who    "Fouled once in the first quarter, once in the second quarter, once in the third quarter, and twice in the fourth quarter"  will be issued a complete ejection .

Gemmie · Answer

Warning: 3 Fouls within 12 min quarter
Rejection: 5 Fouls within 48 min game (4 quarters)

1/3 Absence: Missing 2-4 min
1/2 Absence: Missing 4-10 min
Full absence: Missing > 10 min

May postpone to makeup for at most 3 min of unexcused absence

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 Personal warning : 3 fouls within any quarter

=> Find any with at least 3 times in 1 quarter

=> Only this one fits:  Fouled none in the first quarter, none in the second quarter, none in the third quarter, and four times in the fourth quarter

Complete ejection:

Fouled once in the first quarter, none in the second quarter, twice in the third quarter, and once in the fourth quarter
=> 1 + 2 + 1 = 4

Fouled none in first quarter, none in the second quarter, twice in the third quarter, and twice in the fourth quarter
=> 2 + 2 = 4

Fouled none in the first quarter, none in the second quarter, none in the third quarter, and four times in the fourth quarter
=> 4

Fouled twice in the first quarter, once in the second quarter, once in the third quarter, and none in the fourth quarter
=> 2 + 1 + 1 = 4

Fouled once in the first quarter, once in the second quarter, once in the third quarter, and twice in the fourth quarter 
=> 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 5

Sneha2021 · Answer

KarishmaB   GMATNinja

What's the meaning of this line? Please help.
"However, a basketball player may postpone playtime to make up for up to 3 minutes of unexcused absence at another time."

Thanks!

satish_sahoo · Answer

KarishmaB   chetan2u   GMATNinja

It took me exactly 4 mins to solve this set.

Although answering the options barely took 30 secs and were pretty much straight forward. The huge information overload in the question stem took more than 3 mins of my time to process.

Any suggestion how to minimize time?

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Personal warning	Complete ejection
		Fouled once in the first quarter, none in the second quarter, twice in the third quarter, and once in the fourth quarter
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		Fouled none in the first quarter, none in the second quarter, none in the third quarter, and four times in the fourth quarter
		Fouled twice in the first quarter, once in the second quarter, once in the third quarter, and none in the fourth quarter
		Fouled once in the first quarter, once in the second quarter, once in the third quarter, and twice in the fourth quarter

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