Name: Class: Date:
Test Bank For
Data Visualization Exploring and Explaining with Data 2nd Edition 2025 by Jeffrey D. Camm, James
J. Cochran, Michael J. Fry, Jeffrey W. Ohlmann
Chapter 1-9
chapter 1
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. A _____ displays the location of shots attempted by a player during a basketball game with different symbols or colors
indicating successful and unsuccessful shots.
a. player plot
b. basketball chart
c. control chart
d. shot chart
2. Sentiment analysis using text data such as tweets is an example of how data visualization can be used to support more
effective _____.
a. Auditing
b. marketing
c. stock pricing
d. scientific research
3. The following chart is an example of a _____.
a. player plot
b. basketball chart
c. control chart
d. shot chart
4. A _____ shows the progression of a numerical variable for various categories from larger to smaller values.
a. time series plot
,Name: Class: Date:
b. bar chart
c. control chart
d. funnel chart
5. The following chart is an example of a _____.
a. high-low-close stock chart
b. box and whiskers plot
c. clustered bar chart
d. control chart
6. What type of data is that for which categories of like items are identified by labels or names?
a. Quantitative
b. Numerical
c. Categorical
d. Arithmetic
7. A high-low-close stock chart is particularly useful for analysts in the _____ industry.
a. Finance
b. human resources
c. professional sports
d. Marketing
8. A _____ variable takes on values that are numbers on the real number line.
a. qualitative
b. quantitative
c. categorical
d. nominative
9. In the natural sciences, data are often _____, so maps are used frequently.
a. geographic
b. quantitative
c. Ordinal
d. weather-related
,Name: Class: Date:
10. If we collect data on the number of wins the Dallas Cowboys earned each of the past 10 years, we have __________
data.
a. cross-sectional
b. time series
c. nonhistorical
d. Survey
11. With the increased use of analytics in business, human resources management (HRM) has become much more data-
driven. Indeed, HRM is sometimes now referred to as _____.
a. hiring analytics
b. people analytics
c. human resources analytics
d. data hiring
12. What field of analytics consists of techniques that use mathematical models constructed from past data to predict
future events or better understand the relationships between variables?
a. Descriptive analytics
b. Predictive analytics
c. Prescriptive analytics
d. Restorative analytics
13. Which of the following is an example of time series data?
a. VISA balances of 30 students on December 31 of this year
b. Net earnings reported by Xena Corp. for the last 10 quarters
c. Dollar exchange rates yesterday against 10 other world currencies
d. Titles of the top 10 movies in total revenue last week
14. The scientific process of transforming data into insights for making better decisions is _____.
a. Analytics
b. visualization
c. Surveying
d. Sampling
15. Which of the following is an example of a categorical variable?
a. Air temperature
b. Whether a person has a traffic violation
c. Bank account balance
d. Value of company stock
16. Predictive analytics consists of techniques that use mathematical models constructed from past data to predict future
events or __________.
a. describe what has happened in the past
b. better understand the relationships between variables
c. determine a course of action for the future
d. suggest a decision
, Name: Class: Date:
17. Data visualization can help which industry for planning and scheduling, inventory planning, and demand forecasting?
a. Accounting
b. Operations management
c. Sports
d. Scientific research
18. A _____ shows three numerical values: high value, low value, and closing value for the price of a share of stock over
time.
a. high-low-close stock chart
b. box and whiskers plot
c. clustered bar chart
d. control chart
19. The following chart is an example of a _____.
a. scatter chart
b. bubble chart
c. clustered bar chart
d. control chart
20. Mathematical or logical models that suggest a decision or course of action and include mathematical optimization
models, decision analysis, and heuristic or rule-based systems are used in the field of _____.
a. descriptive analytics
b. predictive analytics
c. prescriptive analytics
d. restorative analytics
21. A key interest of human resources management professionals is employee churn, which refers to the _____.
a. productivity of employees
b. turnover in an organization’s workforce
c. daily email count in the organization
d. hiring standards of a company
Test Bank For
Data Visualization Exploring and Explaining with Data 2nd Edition 2025 by Jeffrey D. Camm, James
J. Cochran, Michael J. Fry, Jeffrey W. Ohlmann
Chapter 1-9
chapter 1
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. A _____ displays the location of shots attempted by a player during a basketball game with different symbols or colors
indicating successful and unsuccessful shots.
a. player plot
b. basketball chart
c. control chart
d. shot chart
2. Sentiment analysis using text data such as tweets is an example of how data visualization can be used to support more
effective _____.
a. Auditing
b. marketing
c. stock pricing
d. scientific research
3. The following chart is an example of a _____.
a. player plot
b. basketball chart
c. control chart
d. shot chart
4. A _____ shows the progression of a numerical variable for various categories from larger to smaller values.
a. time series plot
,Name: Class: Date:
b. bar chart
c. control chart
d. funnel chart
5. The following chart is an example of a _____.
a. high-low-close stock chart
b. box and whiskers plot
c. clustered bar chart
d. control chart
6. What type of data is that for which categories of like items are identified by labels or names?
a. Quantitative
b. Numerical
c. Categorical
d. Arithmetic
7. A high-low-close stock chart is particularly useful for analysts in the _____ industry.
a. Finance
b. human resources
c. professional sports
d. Marketing
8. A _____ variable takes on values that are numbers on the real number line.
a. qualitative
b. quantitative
c. categorical
d. nominative
9. In the natural sciences, data are often _____, so maps are used frequently.
a. geographic
b. quantitative
c. Ordinal
d. weather-related
,Name: Class: Date:
10. If we collect data on the number of wins the Dallas Cowboys earned each of the past 10 years, we have __________
data.
a. cross-sectional
b. time series
c. nonhistorical
d. Survey
11. With the increased use of analytics in business, human resources management (HRM) has become much more data-
driven. Indeed, HRM is sometimes now referred to as _____.
a. hiring analytics
b. people analytics
c. human resources analytics
d. data hiring
12. What field of analytics consists of techniques that use mathematical models constructed from past data to predict
future events or better understand the relationships between variables?
a. Descriptive analytics
b. Predictive analytics
c. Prescriptive analytics
d. Restorative analytics
13. Which of the following is an example of time series data?
a. VISA balances of 30 students on December 31 of this year
b. Net earnings reported by Xena Corp. for the last 10 quarters
c. Dollar exchange rates yesterday against 10 other world currencies
d. Titles of the top 10 movies in total revenue last week
14. The scientific process of transforming data into insights for making better decisions is _____.
a. Analytics
b. visualization
c. Surveying
d. Sampling
15. Which of the following is an example of a categorical variable?
a. Air temperature
b. Whether a person has a traffic violation
c. Bank account balance
d. Value of company stock
16. Predictive analytics consists of techniques that use mathematical models constructed from past data to predict future
events or __________.
a. describe what has happened in the past
b. better understand the relationships between variables
c. determine a course of action for the future
d. suggest a decision
, Name: Class: Date:
17. Data visualization can help which industry for planning and scheduling, inventory planning, and demand forecasting?
a. Accounting
b. Operations management
c. Sports
d. Scientific research
18. A _____ shows three numerical values: high value, low value, and closing value for the price of a share of stock over
time.
a. high-low-close stock chart
b. box and whiskers plot
c. clustered bar chart
d. control chart
19. The following chart is an example of a _____.
a. scatter chart
b. bubble chart
c. clustered bar chart
d. control chart
20. Mathematical or logical models that suggest a decision or course of action and include mathematical optimization
models, decision analysis, and heuristic or rule-based systems are used in the field of _____.
a. descriptive analytics
b. predictive analytics
c. prescriptive analytics
d. restorative analytics
21. A key interest of human resources management professionals is employee churn, which refers to the _____.
a. productivity of employees
b. turnover in an organization’s workforce
c. daily email count in the organization
d. hiring standards of a company
