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by ketkoag » Fri May 01, 2009 4:34 am
It is widely assumed that a museum is helped financially when a generous patron donates a potential exhibit. In truth, however, donated objects require storage space, which is not free, and routine conservation, which is rather expensive. Therefore, such gifts exacerbate rather than lighten the demands made on a museum’s financial resources.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?
(A) To keep patrons well disposed, a museum will find it advisable to put at least some donated objects on exhibit rather than merely in storage.
(B) The people who are most likely to donate valuable objects to a museum are also the people who are most likely to make cash gifts to it.
(C) A museum cannot save money by resorting to cheap storage under less than adequate conditions, because so doing would drive up the cost of conservation.
(D) Patrons expect a museum to keep donated objects in its possession rather than to raise cash by selling them.
(E) Objects donated by a patron to a museum are often of such importance that the museum would be obliged to add them to its collection through purchase if necessary.
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Re: museum

by ankit1383 » Fri May 01, 2009 6:27 am
ketkoag wrote:It is widely assumed that a museum is helped financially when a generous patron donates a potential exhibit. In truth, however, donated objects require storage space, which is not free, and routine conservation, which is rather expensive. Therefore, such gifts exacerbate rather than lighten the demands made on a museum’s financial resources.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?
(A) To keep patrons well disposed, a museum will find it advisable to put at least some donated objects on exhibit rather than merely in storage.
Out of Scope
(B) The people who are most likely to donate valuable objects to a museum are also the people who are most likely to make cash gifts to it.
Conclusion says these gift exacerbate..but this statement talks about cash gifts...even if they dnt donate patron..they may still donate cash..and hence this statement doesnt weaken the conclusion
(C) A museum cannot save money by resorting to cheap storage under less than adequate conditions, because so doing would drive up the cost of conservation.
Irrelevant to the conclusion
(D) Patrons expect a museum to keep donated objects in its possession rather than to raise cash by selling them.
This strengthen the conclusion because if they are allowed to sell...will amount to profits
(E) Objects donated by a patron to a museum are often of such importance that the museum would be obliged to add them to its collection through purchase if necessary.
If these are not gifted,museum will buy it and hence this weakens
IMO E

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by ketkoag » Fri May 01, 2009 7:26 am
please elaborate ur answer.....

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Re: museum

by ankit1383 » Fri May 01, 2009 7:50 am
Not gud at expalining things but..Will try again....
Conclusion:such gifts exacerbate rather than lighten the demands made on a museum’s financial resources.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?
(E) Objects donated by a patron to a museum are often of such importance that the museum would be obliged to add them to its collection through purchase if necessary.

This choice state that if these patrons are not gifted to the museum,they will purchase it...which mean they wil incurr a cost...over and above to storage and maintainence cost...and hence this choice weakens the conclusion....

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by ketkoag » Fri May 01, 2009 11:13 pm
yeah i think that is true but B also states that those people are giving money gifts in addition to the valuable objects and this weakens the conclusion that the gifts exacerbate the demands. :?

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by nervesofsteel » Sun May 03, 2009 3:52 pm
IMO E

B may not weaken the argument as .. most likely and cash gift... are vague terms...
they may or may not gift cash...
cash gift doesn't provide hint regarding How much...
if they gifted cash less than the expenses incurred to maintain the Gifts.. then gifts will increase the cost...

In E as the gifts are very imp for the museum and they will buy it anyway.. then having those gifts for free and then maintaining the gifts will be a cheaper business for museums...

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by mehravikas » Sun May 03, 2009 5:36 pm
Hope this helps...

Here is my explanation that why the answer is not B -

Argument says that generous patron donations are a burden on museums because those items require storage space (which is not free) and expensive routine conservation....

This means that overall its a loss for museums to take these items. However 'E' states museums can even purchase those items if necessary. Therefore E weakens the argument in the following ways -

1. Why would museums buy something which costs them heaps to maintain
2. Even if maintenance costs heaps, and museums are ready to purchase (if necessary), that means they must be getting something out of it.

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by samanthaJ79 » Sun May 15, 2016 6:20 am
I also with E

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by samanthaJ79 » Sun May 15, 2016 6:20 am
I also with E