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Year

CAT 2018

Section

Data

Topic

Caselets

Difficulty

Hard

Question

Slot-2

Read the passage and answer the questions below.

Passage:

An agency entrusted to accredit colleges looks at four parameters: faculty quality (F)(F), reputation (R)(R), placement quality (P)(\mathrm{P}), and infrastructure (I)(I). The four parameters are used to arrive at an overall score, which the agency uses to give an accreditation to the colleges. In each parameter, there are five possible letter grades given, each carrying certain points: A(50\mathrm{A}(50 points ),B(40), \mathrm{B}(40 points ),C(30), \mathrm{C}(30 points ),D(20), \mathrm{D}(20 points )), and F(0\mathrm{F}(0 points )). The overall score for a college is the weighted sum of the points scored in the four parameters. The weights of the parameters are 0.1,0.2,0.30.1,0.2,0.3 and 0.4 in some order, but the order is not disclosed. Accreditation is awarded based on the following scheme:

RangeAccreditation
Overall score 45\geq 45AAA
3535 \leq Overall score <45<45BAA
2525 \leq Overall score <35<35BBA
1515 \leq Overall score <25<25BBB
Overall score <15<15Junk

Eight colleges apply for accreditation, and receive the following grades in the four parameters ( F,R,P\mathrm{F}, \mathrm{R}, \mathrm{P}, and I ):

FRPI
A-oneAAAB
Best EdBCDD
CosmopolitanBDDC
DominanceDDBC
Education AidAABA
FancyAABB
GlobalCFDD
High QCDDB

It is further known that in terms of overall scores:

  1. High Q is better than Best Ed;

  2. Best Ed is better than Cosmopolitan; and

  3. Education Aid is better than A-one.

Question 1

What is the weight of the faculty quality parameter?

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.1

Question 2

How many colleges receive the accreditation of AAA?

Question 3

What is the highest overall score among the eight colleges ?

Question 4

How many colleges have overall scores between 31 and 40 , both inclusive?

0

2

1

3

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