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▸Answering from memory before reading the full scenario.
▸Missing a constraint such as cost, availability, security, scope or command context.
▸Choosing a broad answer when the question asks for the most specific fix.
▸Ignoring why the wrong options are tempting.

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Visualising Data questions

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Question 1easymultiple choice

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A data analyst wants to compare the total sales of four different product categories for a single year. Which chart type is most appropriate for this comparison?

Trap 1: Pie chart

Pie charts show part-to-whole relationships and are not ideal for comparing many categories.

Trap 2: Scatter plot

Scatter plots show relationships between two variables, not comparisons of categories.

Trap 3: Line chart

Line charts are used for trends over time, not for comparing categories.

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A
Pie chart
Why wrong: Pie charts show part-to-whole relationships and are not ideal for comparing many categories.
B
Scatter plot
Why wrong: Scatter plots show relationships between two variables, not comparisons of categories.
C
Line chart
Why wrong: Line charts are used for trends over time, not for comparing categories.
D
Bar chart
Correct. Bar charts are best for comparing values across categories.

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Visualising Data questions

A data analyst wants to compare the total sales of four different product categories for a single year. Which chart type is most appropriate for this comparison?

A dashboard designer is creating a sales performance dashboard and wants to minimize non-data ink to improve clarity. Which action best follows the principle of maximizing the data-ink ratio?

An analyst has a dataset with monthly sales figures for the past five years. They want to highlight the cumulative effect of sales over time and show the total contribution of each month stacked on top of previous months. Which chart type is most suitable?

A data analyst is building a dashboard for executives and wants to ensure the most important metric, total revenue, is immediately visible. Which design principle should the analyst apply?

Which of the following is a key difference between a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) and a metric?

A business analyst wants to show the relationship between advertising spend (independent variable) and sales revenue (dependent variable) for 12 different regions. Each region will be represented by a point. Which chart type is most appropriate?

In Power BI, an analyst wants to create a measure that calculates the total sales for the current year up to the latest date in the data. Which DAX function should be used?

A data analyst needs to visualize the distribution of customer ages in a dataset. The analyst wants to see the frequency of ages grouped into bins. Which chart type should be used?

Which chart type is best for showing the number of website visitors at each stage of a conversion funnel, from initial visit to purchase?

In Tableau, an analyst wants to create a calculated field that returns the average sales per customer only for customers who have made more than five purchases. Which Tableau function or approach would be most efficient?

A data analyst is presenting a time-series chart of monthly sales to executives. The sales dropped sharply in March due to a one-time supply chain disruption. Which storytelling technique would best help the audience understand this anomaly?

A data analyst is working in Looker Studio and wants to add a metric that counts the number of unique customers per month. In the context of Looker Studio, which type of field is this metric?

An analyst is creating a dashboard in Power BI to track sales performance. They want to ensure that when a user selects a specific product category on a slicer, all other visuals on the page filter to show data only for that category. Which TWO actions should the analyst take?

A business analyst needs to show the monthly sales trend for the past three years. Which chart type is most appropriate?

A data analyst wants to compare the revenue across five different product categories. Which chart type is best suited?

In Tableau, you want to create a view showing the total sales per region, but also want to allow users to filter by year without losing the ability to see all regions. What feature should you use to compute the total sales that ignores the year filter?

When designing a dashboard for executives, which principle is most important to follow to ensure key information is immediately visible?

A data analyst needs to show the cumulative revenue over time, with emphasis on the total magnitude. Which chart type is most appropriate?

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