Q.1 List of numbers is usually best aligned _______.
A. On decimal points
B. To the right
C. At the center
Ans : On decimal points
Q.2 “Use a picture. It’s worth a thousand words.” was said by _______.
A. Mark Twain
B. Benjamin Disraeli
C. Tess Flanders
Ans : Tess Flanders
Q.3 Who wrote The Future of Data Analytics?
A. John Tukey
B. Michael Friendly
C. Edward Tufte
Ans : John Tukey
Q.4 When visualizing complex information, should one always try to show as much data as possible?
A. Yes
B. No
Ans : No
Q.5 Which of Tufte’s principles states one should not distort data?
A. Visual integrity
B. Aesthetic Elegance
C. Data-ink ratio
Ans : Visual integrity
Q.6 What is graphical excellence related to?
A. User experience
B. Usability
C. Utility
Ans : Usability
Q.7 What is the desired endpoint on the continuum of understanding?
A. Wisdom
B. Information
C. Knowledge
Ans : Wisdom
Q.8 Which of the following is typically a less critical purpose of visualization for the data consumer compared with the analyst?
A. Exploration
B. Understanding
C. Rhetoric
Ans : Exploration
Q.9 _________ is considered to be the leading expert on information visualization.
A. Edward Tufte
B. Charles Joseph Minard
C. William Smith
Ans : Edward Tufte
Q.10 The advent of computing has _____________.
A. made information visualization easier with higher power and speed
B. a minimal impact on information visualization
C. increased the cost of visualizing data
Ans : a minimal impact on information visualization
Q.11 What is more likely to be true of information visualization for analysts than consumers?
A. It should be a static representation
B. It will be easier to understand
C. It should be an interactive representation
Ans : It should be an interactive representation
Q.12 What is Shneiderman’s visualization mantra?
A. Highlighting and focus first, drill down and hyperlinks, then temporal fusion
B. Overview first, zoom and filter, then details-on-demand
C. Visual affordance first, objectives, then aesthetics
Ans : Highlighting and focus first, drill down and hyperlinks, then temporal fusion
Q.13 Which of the following analysis is done when you have two dependent variables?
A. Bivariate analysis
B. Univariate analysis
C. Multivariate analysis
Ans : Bivariate analysis
Q.14 Which is a common way to present univariate data?
A. Tree diagram form
B. Star map form
C. Tabulated form
Ans : Tabulated form
Q.15 Which property is the hardest to use successfully in information visualization?
A. Area
B. Position
C. Color
Ans : Color
Q.16 How many dimensions would you map a trivariate data set in?
A. Two
B. Three
C. One
Ans : Three
Q.17 Which of the following relationships would be suggested by the change in volume of a liquid over a day?
A. Temporal relationship
B. Spatial relationship
C. Linear relationship
Ans : Spatial relationship
Q.18 Which of the following is a technique for reducing complexity in graphs?
A. Maximum Spanning Trees (MST)
B. Minimum Spanning Trees (MST)
C. Moderate Spanning Trees (MST)
Ans : Minimum Spanning Trees (MST)
Q.19 Which analysis tool was invented by Xerox PARC?
A. Attribute exploration
B. Magic Lens
C. Dynamic Querying
Ans : Magic Lens
Q.20 An edge is commonly represented on a network diagram using a _______.
A. Line
B. Circle
C. Square
Ans : Line
Q.21 The following are techniques for reducing complexity in graphs, except __________.
A. Polar disparity curves
B. Spring embedder
C. Force-directed
Ans : Polar disparity curves
Q.22 Which of the following data sets would typically require multivariate analysis?
A. The differences in hair color in a population
B. The properties of different smartphones
C. The associates’ ages in a company
Ans : The properties of different smartphones
Q.23 The horizontal axis Cam Tree was developed from the vertical axis Cone Tree primarily because ________.
A. It allows longer labels
B. It is more natural to view hierarchies from left to right
C. It has better shadows
Ans : It allows longer labels
Q.24 Which of the following multivariate analysis tools has a series of axes emanating from a single central point?
A. Star Plot
B. Chernoff
C. Table Lens
Ans : Star Plot
Q.25 Which analysis tool often uses clickable calendars, radio buttons, sliders, and so on?
A. Magic Lens
B. Dynamic Querying
C. Attribute exploration
Ans : Dynamic Querying
Q.26 Which of the following is an example of hierarchical information visualization?
A. A bar chart
B. A pie chart
C. A tree map
Ans : A tree map
Q.27 Who proposed the bifocal display?
A. Richard Williams
B. Robert Spence
C. Riccardo Mazza
Ans : Robert Spence
Q.28 Which of the following techniques is/are employed to render multivariate analysis through information visualization?
A. Icon Representations and Pixel-Oriented Representations
B. Geometric Representations and Icon Representations
C. Pixel-Oriented Representations
D. All the options
Ans : All the options
Q.29 Which of the following techniques uses a bifocal display and third dimension to provide context?
A. Perspective Walls
B. Hyperbolic Browser
C. SpaceTree
Ans : Perspective Walls
Q.30 Which of the following multivariate analysis tools has a series of axes emanating from a single central point?
A. Chernoff
B. Table Lens
C. Star Plot
Ans : Star Plot
Q.31 Who made the term information overload famous.
A. Bill Gates
B. Alvin Toffler
C. Bertrand Gross
Ans : Bertrand Gross
Q.32 Which is NOT a form of analysis commonly carried out with information visualization?
A. Explorative analysis
B. Confirmation analysis
C. Theoretical analysis
Ans : Theoretical analysis
Q.33 Who created the world’s first statistical diagram?
A. Florence Nightingale
B. Francis Galton
C. Michael Florent van Langren
Ans : Michael Florent van Langren
Q.34 The following are techniques for reducing complexity in graphs, except __________.
A. Spring embedder
B. Force-directed
C. Polar disparity curves
Ans : Polar disparity curves
Q.35 The dancing histogram works because it __________.
A. Relaxes the constraint of which data series is at the base of the columns
B. Relaxes the constraint of the choice of what data to present
C. Allows more flexible color choice
Ans : Allows more flexible color choice
Q.36 Which discipline was information visualization once considered to be a subset of?
A. Human-Computer Interaction
B. Usability
C. User Experience Design
Ans : Human-Computer Interaction
Q.37 Which of the following is typically a less critical purpose of visualization for the data consumer compared with the analyst?
A. Rhetoric
B. Exploration
C. Understanding
Ans : Exploration
Q.38 For a data analyst, exploratory visualization is particularly difficult because ___________.
A. They do not know what they are looking for
B. There is a lot of data
C. It involves novel visualizations
Ans : There is a lot of data
Q.39 When visualizing complex information, should one always try to show as much data as possible?
A. Yes
B. No
Ans : Yes
Q.40 What is the desired endpoint on the continuum of understanding?
A. Information
B. Wisdom
C. Knowledge
Ans : Wisdom
Q.41 The following are types of data, except ________.
A. Numerate
B. Quantitative
C. Ordinal
Ans : Quantitative
Q.42 Mind maps differ from concept maps such that they always work around a ______ central concept.
A. Single
B. Double
C. Triple
Ans : Single
Q.43 _________ is considered to be the leading expert on information visualization.
A. William Smith
B. Edward Tufte
C. Charles Joseph Minard
Ans : Edward Tufte
Q.44 Information Scent helps you know about ________.
A. The future – the likelihood of finding the data you want as you perform new interactions
B. The past – the history of data you have seen and the interactions you have performed
C. The present – the data being currently visualized
Ans : The future – the likelihood of finding the data you want as you perform new interactions
Q.45 Visual analytics is primarily about interactive visualization and ________.
A. Algorithmic processing
B. Real-world data
C. Other people
Ans : Algorithmic processing
Q.46 Which of the following data sets would typically require multivariate analysis?
A. The associates’ ages in a company
B. The properties of different smartphones
C. The differences in hair color in a population
Ans : The properties of different smartphones
Q.47 Which of the following is an example of hierarchical data that is encountered regularly in real life in an interactive visualization format?
A. Telephone list
B. Word documents
C. File directory
Ans : File directory
Q.48 What is true of a node on a network diagram?
A. It may be either a physical entity or an abstract entity
B. It must be an abstract entity
C. It must be a physical entity
Ans : It may be either a physical entity or an abstract entity
Q.49 Which of the following relationships would be suggested by the change in volume of a liquid over a day?
A. Temporal relationship
B. Spatial relationship
C. Linear relationship
Ans : Linear relationship