5.1 - Data and Their Reoresentation.


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5.1.1 - Data, Statiscal Data and Frequency Distribution.


1. What is data defined as in its raw form?
  • (A) Information
  • (B) Processed information
  • (C) Collection of information
  • (D) Numerical value
Correct Answer: (C) Collection of information
2. What is the singular form of 'data'?
  • (A) Statistic
  • (B) Datum
  • (C) Data point
  • (D) Variable
Correct Answer: (B) Datum
3. In which sense is the term 'statistics' used?
  • (A) Only singular
  • (B) Only plural
  • (C) Both plural and singular
  • (D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (C) Both plural and singular
4. What type of variable takes only finite values?
  • (A) Continuous variable
  • (B) Discrete variable
  • (C) Observational variable
  • (D) Categorical variable
Correct Answer: (B) Discrete variable
5. What is the process of arranging raw data in a systematic order called?
  • (A) Collection
  • (B) Analysis
  • (C) Seriation
  • (D) Validation
Correct Answer: (C) Seriation
6. How is frequency defined in the context of data?
  • (A) The number of different variables
  • (B) The number of times a value occurs
  • (C) The average value of observations
  • (D) The total number of observations
Correct Answer: (B) The number of times a value occurs
7. What type of frequency distribution is based on a single variable?
  • (A) Bivariate frequency distribution
  • (B) Multivariate frequency distribution
  • (C) Univariate frequency distribution
  • (D) Grouped frequency distribution
Correct Answer: (C) Univariate frequency distribution
8. What is a grouped frequency distribution?
  • (A) Frequencies of distinct values
  • (B) Frequencies divided into groups
  • (C) Frequencies of only continuous variables
  • (D) Frequencies of non-numerical data
Correct Answer: (B) Frequencies divided into groups
9. In a frequency table, what is the mid-point of a class?
  • (A) The upper limit of the class
  • (B) The lower limit of the class
  • (C) The average of the upper and lower limits
  • (D) The total frequency
Correct Answer: (C) The average of the upper and lower limits
10. What is the difference between the upper and lower limits of a class called?
  • (A) Frequency
  • (B) Class width
  • (C) Class limit
  • (D) Magnitude
Correct Answer: (B) Class width
11. Which of the following is a characteristic of continuous variables?
  • (A) They take finite values
  • (B) They can assume all values within a range
  • (C) They are always whole numbers
  • (D) They are not measurable
Correct Answer: (B) They can assume all values within a range
12. What type of frequency distribution shows the relationship between two variables?
  • (A) Univariate frequency distribution
  • (B) Bivariate frequency distribution
  • (C) Discrete frequency distribution
  • (D) Grouped frequency distribution
Correct Answer: (B) Bivariate frequency distribution
13. What is the purpose of frequency distribution?
  • (A) To summarize raw data
  • (B) To collect raw data
  • (C) To visualize data without numbers
  • (D) To create random data
Correct Answer: (A) To summarize raw data
14. Which of the following represents ungrouped data?
  • (A) Data arranged in groups
  • (B) Data in its original form
  • (C) Data without frequency
  • (D) Data converted to information
Correct Answer: (B) Data in its original form
15. What is the purpose of arranging data in an array?
  • (A) To randomize data
  • (B) To organize data for easier analysis
  • (C) To eliminate data
  • (D) To combine data
Correct Answer: (B) To organize data for easier analysis

5.1.2 - Graphical Representation of Data.


16. What is the primary benefit of using graphs to represent frequency distribution?
  • (A) They require less space
  • (B) They make data intelligible and easier to compare
  • (C) They are more complex
  • (D) They eliminate the need for calculations
Correct Answer: (B) They make data intelligible and easier to compare
17. Which of the following is NOT a type of graph used for representing frequency distributions?
  • (A) Histogram
  • (B) Frequency Polygon
  • (C) Line Chart
  • (D) Cumulative Frequency Curve
Correct Answer: (C) Line Chart
18. In a histogram, the heights of the rectangles are proportional to what?
  • (A) The mid-points of the class-intervals
  • (B) The frequencies of the respective classes
  • (C) The cumulative frequencies
  • (D) The total number of observations
Correct Answer: (B) The frequencies of the respective classes
19. How is a frequency polygon constructed?
  • (A) By drawing rectangles for each class
  • (B) By plotting mid-points of class-intervals and joining them with straight lines
  • (C) By using curved lines only
  • (D) By calculating averages of the frequencies
Correct Answer: (B) By plotting mid-points of class-intervals and joining them with straight lines
20. What characterizes a frequency curve?
  • (A) It has sharp turns
  • (B) It is a continuous smooth curve without sudden changes
  • (C) It only represents cumulative frequencies
  • (D) It is always in the form of a polygon
Correct Answer: (B) It is a continuous smooth curve without sudden changes
21. What is an ogive?
  • (A) A type of histogram
  • (B) A cumulative frequency polygon
  • (C) A frequency curve
  • (D) A linear graph
Correct Answer: (B) A cumulative frequency polygon
22. In a cumulative frequency curve, what are the x-coordinates based on?
  • (A) Frequencies
  • (B) Upper limits of the classes
  • (C) Mid-points of the classes
  • (D) Lower limits of the classes
Correct Answer: (B) Upper limits of the classes
23. What is the main purpose of a frequency curve?
  • (A) To show total counts
  • (B) To summarize categorical data
  • (C) To smooth out the frequency polygon for better clarity
  • (D) To represent discrete data only
Correct Answer: (C) To smooth out the frequency polygon for better clarity
24. What do you obtain by plotting more than cumulative frequency against lower limits?
  • (A) Less than type cumulative frequency polygon
  • (B) Frequency polygon
  • (C) More than type cumulative frequency polygon
  • (D) Histogram
Correct Answer: (C) More than type cumulative frequency polygon
25. Which graph begins and ends at the baseline?
  • (A) Histogram
  • (B) Frequency Polygon
  • (C) Frequency Curve
  • (D) Cumulative Frequency Curve
Correct Answer: (C) Frequency Curve
26. What is a characteristic of a histogram?
  • (A) It has continuous lines
  • (B) It consists of rectangles with heights proportional to frequencies
  • (C) It represents cumulative frequencies only
  • (D) It uses mid-points of classes
Correct Answer: (B) It consists of rectangles with heights proportional to frequencies
27. How are points plotted in a frequency polygon?
  • (A) By using frequency as x-coordinates
  • (B) By plotting central values of class-intervals as x-coordinates and frequencies as y-coordinates
  • (C) By using cumulative frequencies only
  • (D) By random selection of points
Correct Answer: (B) By plotting central values of class-intervals as x-coordinates and frequencies as y-coordinates
28. Which type of graph is typically used to show cumulative frequency?
  • (A) Histogram
  • (B) Frequency Curve
  • (C) Ogive
  • (D) Bar Graph
Correct Answer: (C) Ogive
29. What happens to a frequency polygon when it is smoothed further?
  • (A) It becomes a histogram
  • (B) It becomes a cumulative frequency polygon
  • (C) It becomes a frequency curve
  • (D) It becomes a line chart
Correct Answer: (C) It becomes a frequency curve
30. Why might poorly constructed messages hinder effective listening in a presentation?
  • (A) They provide too much information
  • (B) They may distract from the main message
  • (C) They confuse the audience
  • (D) All of the above
Correct Answer: (D) All of the above