PrepTest 142, Section 3, Question 6
Given the amount of time and effort that(448 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(20 more words not shown)
- Aan art museum(12 more words not shown)
- Ba movie studio(10 more words not shown)
- Ca director of(14 more words not shown)
- Da business executive(15 more words not shown)
- Ean art school(18 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The bean counters interfere with artistic work to save money. They insist on cheaper ingredients that approximate the better ones, compromising what the perfumer created. The analogy should therefore connect a business decision about costs to restrictions on the making of art.
What we’re looking for
A person merely involved with art or money is not enough. We need the same relationship between the financial decision maker and the creative work.
Working the answers
- A
Choosing works that appeal to visitors concerns popular taste. It doesn't describe cutting the costs of producing the work or restricting its creator's materials.
- BCorrect
The executive imposes cost-saving restrictions on the director's production. That matches the financial managers' interference with perfume ingredients: someone controlling the money limits how an artist can realize the work. The specific medium changes, but the relevant relationship stays the same.
- C
This includes a budget cut at an arts institution, so it is tempting. But the annual budget might cover buildings, administration, or other operations. Unlike B, it doesn't specifically impose restrictions on artistic production. It also responds to expected falling revenue rather than describing substitutions made to raise profits.
- D
Buying art for a tax advantage uses art for a financial purpose, but it doesn't alter the work or restrict its creation to cut costs. The role of money is different.
- E
This shifts resources from one project to another favored project. The perfume executives are not described as sacrificing one artwork to support another. Their aim is to increase profits through cheaper substitutions.
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