MA - Presenting Information

The table below shows a company's sales figures for the first six months of the year.

What kind of graph or chart would you use to show the fluctuations of total monthly sales figures across the six months?

• Percentage component bar chart

• Scatter diagram

• Line graph

• Pie chart

Which of the following would be best suited to represent the relationship between a company’s advertising expenditure and its sales revenue?

1. A pie chart

2. A bar chart

3. A scatter graph

• 1 only

• 2 only

• 3 only

• 2 and 3

The following bar chart shows the overhead expenses for a business for each quarter of 20X1

What was the reduction in overhead expenses between quarter three and quarter four?

• $12,00,000

• $800,000

• $400,000

• $40,000

The cost of materials for product A are as follows. Material W: $2,250

Material X: $3,000

Material Y: $3,600

Material Z: $150

If the material proportions were displayed on a pie chart, how many degrees would material Y represent?

• 1400 degrees

• 44 degrees

• 140 degrees

• 144 degrees

Based on the graph, which TWO of the following statements are correct? Statement 1 - At a level of activity of 30 units the total cost is $350

Statement 2 - The fixed element of the cost is $200

Statement 3 - The cost appears to be non-linear

Statement 4 - The variable element of the cost is $10 per unit

• 1 & 2

• 3 & 4

• 2 & 4

• 1 & 4

A darts player hits his target 40% of the time. Which pie chart represents his hits and misses?

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People from Iceland were asked to pick their favourite from: lamb, fish and hot dog. A pie chart was made and 270 degrees represented lamb. What does this mean?

• hot dogs are the least preferred food

• 25% of the people don't like lamb

• lamb is the most preferred food

• 270% of the people prefer lamb

This pie chart shows the colour of hats that Tom owns. Which colour hat does he own the second most of?

• red

• blue

• green

• yellow

Which pie chart represents the same data as the table?

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Which of the following would best present the portion of total revenue generated by geographic region for one year ?

• Bar Chart

• Pie Chart

• Scatter Diagram

• Table