GMAT Data Insights: Graphics Interpretation 3

Question 1

A stacked bar chart shows total quarterly revenue split by product line. To read one product's trend over quarters, you should track:

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The height of that product's segment across bars

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The total bar height

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The widest bar only

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The chart legend color count

Question 2

A box plot shows a median line far closer to the bottom of the box than the top. This indicates the data is:

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Right-skewed

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Left-skewed

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Symmetric

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Uniformly distributed

Question 3

On a scatter plot, one point sits far from the main cluster. This point is best described as a(n):

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Outlier

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Median

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Trend line

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Mode

Question 4

A bubble chart uses bubble size to show market size. A large bubble at low price and high volume suggests:

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A large market selling many low-priced units

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A small niche market

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A high-priced luxury segment

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Missing data

Question 5

A line graph shows two lines that intersect at March. The intersection point means that in March the two quantities were:

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Equal

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At their maximum

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Both zero

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Negatively correlated

Question 6

A percentage bar shows Region A grew from 200 to 250 units. The percentage increase is:

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25%

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20%

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50%

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12.5%

Question 7

A graph uses a logarithmic y-axis. Equal vertical spacing on this axis represents:

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Equal multiplicative (percentage) changes

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Equal additive changes

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Random intervals

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Cumulative totals