Online Test — Presentation of Data
15 Questions • 15 min • Chapter MCQ
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Question 1 of 15
Arranging data in rows and columns is called ____ presentation.
Diagrammatic
Tabular
Graphical
Oral
Explanation: Rows and columns form tabular presentation.
Question 2 of 15
The column headings of a table are called:
Stubs
Captions
Body
Title
Explanation: Captions are the column headings.
Question 3 of 15
The row headings of a table are called:
Captions
Stubs
Footnotes
Body
Explanation: Stubs are the row headings.
Question 4 of 15
The part of a table that contains the actual figures is the:
Body
Title
Head note
Source note
Explanation: The body holds the actual data.
Question 5 of 15
The note stating where data came from is the:
Footnote
Source note
Head note
Caption
Explanation: The source note states the origin of the data.
Question 6 of 15
In a simple bar diagram, the value is shown by the bar's:
Colour
Height
Width
Position
Explanation: The height of the bar shows the value.
Question 7 of 15
Bars drawn side by side to compare categories form a:
Component bar diagram
Multiple bar diagram
Histogram
Pie chart
Explanation: A multiple bar diagram has side-by-side bars.
Question 8 of 15
A bar divided into parts to show components of a total is a:
Simple bar diagram
Component bar diagram
Pie chart
Ogive
Explanation: A component (sub-divided) bar diagram shows parts of a total.
Question 9 of 15
In a pie chart, the angle of a slice equals:
(component ÷ total) × 360°
component × 360°
total ÷ component
component + total
Explanation: Slice angle = (component ÷ total) × 360°.
Question 10 of 15
A component worth one-fourth of the total takes a pie angle of:
45°
90°
180°
360°
Explanation: (1/4) × 360° = 90°.
Question 11 of 15
A graph of a frequency distribution with adjoining rectangles is a:
Histogram
Bar diagram
Pie chart
Line graph
Explanation: A histogram has adjoining (touching) rectangles.
Question 12 of 15
Joining the mid-points of the tops of histogram bars gives a:
Frequency polygon
Ogive
Pie chart
Bar diagram
Explanation: That line graph is the frequency polygon.
Question 13 of 15
A cumulative frequency curve is called an:
Ogive
Polygon
Histogram
Pictogram
Explanation: The cumulative frequency curve is the ogive.
Question 14 of 15
The two ogives (less than and more than) cross at the:
Mean
Median
Mode
Range
Explanation: Their intersection gives the median.
Question 15 of 15
Data recorded over time is best shown by a:
Pie chart
Time series (line) graph
Component bar diagram
Histogram
Explanation: A time series graph shows values over time.