CSPA Interpreting Graphical Information Questions and Answers

Question 1

The following bar chart shows the number of units sold per quarter for a particular product. In which quarter was there a sharp decline in sales compared to the previous quarter?

<GRAPHIC: A bar chart titled 'Quarterly Unit Sales'. Q1 bar is at 450, Q2 bar is at 600, Q3 bar is at 250, and Q4 bar is at 400.>

Accepted Answer

Q3

Answer

Q1

Answer

Q2

Answer

Q4

Question 2

A project manager uses the following pie chart to represent the team's total work hours for a week. If the team worked a total of 160 hours, how many hours were spent on 'Testing'?

<GRAPHIC: A pie chart titled 'Weekly Work Hour Distribution'. Slices are: 'Development' at 50%, 'Meetings' at 25%, 'Testing' at 15%, and 'Admin' at 10%.>

Accepted Answer

24 hours

Answer

15 hours

Answer

80 hours

Answer

40 hours

Question 3

The line graph below tracks the number of customer support tickets received each day over a work week. Which of the following statements is the most accurate interpretation of the graph?

<GRAPHIC: A line graph titled 'Daily Customer Support Tickets'. The x-axis is Day (Mon-Fri) and y-axis is Number of Tickets. Points are: Mon(30), Tue(45), Wed(40), Thu(60), Fri(55).>

Accepted Answer

The highest number of tickets was received on Thursday.

Answer

The number of tickets received decreased every day.

Answer

The busiest day of the week was Wednesday.

Answer

The number of tickets increased steadily throughout the entire week.

Question 4

A manager is reviewing the following table on employee training completion. Based on the data, which employee has completed the highest percentage of their assigned modules?

<GRAPHIC: A table with 3 columns: 'Employee', 'Assigned Modules', 'Completed Modules'. Rows are: Ben (Assigned: 20, Completed: 15), Sarah (Assigned: 16, Completed: 12), Carlos (Assigned: 25, Completed: 20).>

Accepted Answer

Carlos

Answer

Ben and Sarah completed the same percentage.

Answer

Sarah

Answer

Ben

Question 5

The flowchart below shows the process for submitting an expense report. An employee has just uploaded their receipts. According to the flowchart, what is the immediate next step?

<GRAPHIC: A flowchart showing boxes connected by arrows. Start -> 'Fill out expense form' -> 'Upload receipts' -> 'Submit for manager approval' -> 'Is it approved?' -> (Yes) -> 'Reimbursement processed'. -> (No) -> 'Revise and resubmit'.>

Accepted Answer

Submit the report for manager approval.

Answer

Fill out the expense form.

Answer

Wait for the reimbursement to be processed.

Answer

Revise and resubmit the report.

Question 6

A company plots the number of weekly safety drills against the number of workplace incidents. What does the scatter plot suggest?

<GRAPHIC: A scatter plot titled 'Safety Drills vs. Incidents'. The x-axis is 'Number of Weekly Drills' (0 to 5) and the y-axis is 'Number of Incidents' (0 to 10). Data points are clustered high on the left and trend downwards to the right, showing that as drills increase, incidents decrease.>

Accepted Answer

More safety drills are associated with a lower number of incidents.

Answer

More safety drills are associated with a higher number of incidents.

Answer

The number of safety drills has no relationship with the number of incidents.

Answer

Fewer safety drills lead to fewer incidents.