At the museum, each exhibition must pass through six preparation stage

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At the museum, each exhibition must pass through six preparation stages, numbered 1 through 6, before it can be opened to the public. While an exhibition is still moving through these stages, its current stage is recorded at the end of each calendar day. Once Stage 6 is finished, the exhibition is considered  open .

At this museum, each exhibition must pass through six preparation stages, numbered 1 through 6, before it can be opened to the public. While an exhibition is still moving through these stages, its current stage is recorded at the end of each calendar day. Once Stage 6 is finished, the exhibition is considered  open .

Most stages require either 1 or 2 days of work, and none is permitted to last beyond 3 days. If an exhibition remains longer than this limit, it is regarded as  delayed . If an exhibition is discontinued, it is assigned  Stage 0 , which indicates that the process has been terminated and the exhibition will not open.The six stages of exhibition preparation, with departments and timeline shares, are grouped into three phases: Early, Middle, and Final. 
   Stage  Department  Phase  Timeline Share (%)    1  Curation  Early  15    2  Conservation  Early  25    3  Design  Middle  30    4  Installation  Middle  20    5  Administration  Final  5    6  Operations  Final  5The museum keeps a log that records the stage of each exhibition for every day it remains in preparation. The excerpt below shows the log as of Day 5 of Week 7. For example,  Modern Sculpture  began on Day 3 (D-3) of Week 6, spent 2 days in Stage 1, then 3 days in Stage 2, followed by 2 days in Stage 3, and has now been in Stage 4 for 3 days.

Exhibition  W6:   
D-2  W6:   
D-3  W6:   
D-4  W6:   
D-5  W6:   
D-6  W6:   
D-7  W7:   
D-1  W7:   
D-2  W7:   
D-3  W7:   
D-4  W7:   
D-5

Ancient   
Coins  1  1  2  2  2  3  3  3  3  3  3

Modern   
Sculpture  -  1  1  2  2  2  3  3  4  4  4

Medieval   
Tapestries  -  -  -  1  1  1  2  2  3  3  4

Impressionist   
Paintings  2  2  3  3  4  4  5  5  5  6  6

Lost   
Civilizations  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

Bunuel · Accepted Answer

Question 1:

• Stage 1 is directed by the Operations Department.

Incorrect. Tab 2 shows that Stage 1 is handled by Curation, not Operations.

• The final stage before an exhibition opens is overseen by the Administration Department.

Incorrect. Tab 2 indicates Stage 6 is managed by Operations, not Administration.

• Stage 3 generally requires at least 4 days to complete.

Incorrect. Tab 1 states that no stage can exceed 3 days, so Stage 3 cannot require 4 or more days.

• Stage 3, on average, requires the longest time to be completed.

Correct. Supported. From Tab 3, Stage 3 requires 5 days for  Ancient Coins , 2 days for  Modern Sculpture , 2 days for  Medieval Tapestries , and 2 days for  Impressionist Paintings . This totals 11 days across 4 exhibitions, or an average of about 2.75 days. Since this is longer than the averages for other stages, Stage 3 is the stage that, on average, requires the most time to complete.

• An exhibition that is discontinued always stops during Stage 2.

Incorrect. Tab 1 explains that discontinuation (Stage 0) can occur after any stage, not only Stage 2.

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Bunuel · Answer

Question 2:

Ancient Coins : Stage 3 lasts 5 days, which exceeds the 3-day limit.  Delayed . 
  Modern Sculpture : All stages are 3 days or fewer.  Not necessarily delayed . 
  Impressionist Paintings : All stages are 3 days or fewer.  Not necessarily delayed .

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Bunuel · Answer

Question 3:

Early phase : No exhibitions are currently in Stage 1 or Stage 2.  No

Middle phase :  Ancient Coins ,  Modern Sculpture , and  Medieval Tapestries  are in Stage 3 or Stage 4.  Yes

Final phase : Only  Impressionist Paintings  is in Stage 6.  No

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BadukMagician · Answer

This was fun!
I looked through all three tabs to get a general idea of what they're showing

Q1 - Knowing its a timeline question I looked at tab 2, and found out that the longest time it takes for something to be completed is generally day 3 and that matched answer choice D

Q2 - Look at tab three and if any of the stages re-appear more than three times mark them as delayed else not necessarily delayed

Q3 - Tab 2 to Understand that 1-2 is early, 3-4 is mid, and 5-6 is final. Then look at tab 3 to see AC, MS and MT are all middle phase, the other two or final and canceled, so the only stage with two or more exhibitions is Middle.

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Stage	Department	Phase	Timeline Share (%)
1	Curation	Early	15
2	Conservation	Early	25
3	Design	Middle	30
4	Installation	Middle	20
5	Administration	Final	5
6	Operations	Final	5

Exhibition	W6: D-2	W6: D-3	W6: D-4	W6: D-5	W6: D-6	W6: D-7	W7: D-1	W7: D-2	W7: D-3	W7: D-4	W7: D-5
Ancient Coins	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Modern Sculpture	-	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4
Medieval Tapestries	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4
Impressionist Paintings	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	6
Lost Civilizations	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Stage 1 is directed by the Operations Department.
	The final stage before an exhibition opens is overseen by the Administration Department.
	Stage 3 generally requires at least 4 days to complete.
	Stage 3, on average, requires the longest time to be completed.
	An exhibition that is discontinued always stops during Stage 2.

Delayed	Not necessarily delayed
		Ancient Coins
		Modern Sculpture
		Impressionist Paintings

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