NYC Information Ordering and Visualization 4

Question 1

A scatter plot comparing officer years of experience (x-axis) against number of commendations (y-axis) shows a cluster of points rising from left to right. What does this pattern indicate?

Accepted Answer

Officers with more experience tend to receive more commendations

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No relationship between experience and commendations

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Officers with fewer commendations have more experience

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The data contains too many errors to interpret

Question 2

A civil service exam roster lists candidates in the following order: Williams, Nguyen, Martinez, Johnson, Chen. What ordering principle was used?

Accepted Answer

Reverse alphabetical by last name

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Ascending numeric score

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Alphabetical by last name

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Order of registration

Question 3

A flowchart for processing a permit application contains a diamond-shaped decision box labeled 'Is the application complete?' with YES and NO branches. What does the diamond shape specifically represent?

Accepted Answer

A decision point requiring a yes/no or true/false answer

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A data storage step

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A process or action step

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The start or end of the process

Question 4

A supervisor must rank five employees by performance score from highest to lowest: Rivera (88), Thompson (92), Okafor (88), Lee (95), Patel (79). How should Rivera and Okafor be ordered relative to each other?

Accepted Answer

Okafor before Rivera because O comes before R alphabetically

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Rivera before Okafor because R comes before O alphabetically in reverse

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Rivera before Okafor because she was hired first

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Their order does not matter since their scores are equal

Question 5

A histogram shows the distribution of response times (in minutes) for emergency calls. Most bars are clustered between 4–8 minutes, with a long tail extending to 30 minutes. What does this distribution shape indicate?

Accepted Answer

The data is skewed right, with most calls responded to quickly but some taking much longer

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Response times are uniformly distributed

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The data is skewed left, with most calls taking a long time

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The histogram is drawn incorrectly and must be redone

Question 6

A records clerk must file documents using the following rule: numbers before letters, then alphabetically. Where does the file labeled '7B-Housing' belong relative to 'B7-Housing' and 'A-Housing'?

Accepted Answer

Before A-Housing

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After B7-Housing

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Between A-Housing and B7-Housing

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Its position depends on the document date

Question 7

Which of the following best describes the purpose of adding a data label directly onto a bar in a bar chart?

Accepted Answer

To allow the reader to read the exact value without consulting the y-axis scale

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To replace the need for an x-axis title

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To indicate that the bar represents a forecast rather than actual data

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To show the percentage each bar contributes to the total