50.
Which type of chart shows the hierarchy of levels and positions within a business or
group?
51.
Sylvia wants to compare her company’s sales figures for the last five years using a visual
representation. Which of the following types of charts best suits Sylvia’s purpose?
52.
A company that manufactures and sells three different types of tires wants to compare its
yearly sales of each type of tire for the last four years. What type of graph or chart would
best suit this purpose?
53.
Tam is an office manager in charge of ordering and managing the use of office supplies.
Lately, the office has been going through boxes of paper and copier ink very quickly, so
Tam wants to compare the number of copies made during each of the last three months
using the printing codes of the three executives in the office. Which type of chart would
best help Tam make this comparison?
54.
Roberta works for a company that manufactures furniture. Over the last year, a couple of
the company’s plants have ramped up production, while others have slowed production.
Roberta wants to compare the increase or reduction in production as a percentage of last
year’s production numbers for each plant. Which type of chart would be fit her purpose?
55.
If you need to compare subdivisions of columns, you should use
56.
Which of the following is a defining characteristic of a stacked (subdivided) column chart?
57.
A special form of _____ is used to compare the subdivisions of percentages.
58.
Which of the following is true of a pictograph?
59.
Which of the following is true of a pie chart?
60.
Which of the following is the best method for emphasizing a slice in a pie chart?
61.
Delia owns a company that makes metal and cement garden art. She is meeting with a
small group of business people in the hopes of convincing some of them to invest in her
company so that she can hire more employees and expand production. One of the things
she wants to show them is how sales have risen consistently over the last five years. What
type of chart would best help her do this?
62.
To demonstrate which markets could use additional attention, Lorenzo wants to show his
company’s board of directors how the company’s sales have changed in each state since
the previous year. To do this, Lorenzo would most likely use