Easy #1
What is the value for South?
A. 18
B. 19
C. 20
D. 21
Answer: C
Explanation:
Calculation: South shows a value of 20 %
Data Interpretation Practice Questions with Answers
Practice with 30 sample questions organized by difficulty. Click “Show Answer” to reveal the correct answer and explanation.
Easy
Easy #2
What is the value for West?
A. 20
B. 19
C. 18
D. 21
Answer: A
Explanation:
Calculation: West shows a value of 20 %
Easy #3
What is the total of all values?
A. 101
B. 98
C. 99
D. 100
Answer: D
Explanation:
Calculation: Sum: 15 + 40 + 25 + 20 = 100
Easy #4
Which is higher: Electronics or Food?
A. Books
B. Clothing
C. Electronics
D. Food
Answer: D
Explanation:
Calculation: Electronics = 30, Food = 30
Easy #5
Which category has the highest value?
A. Jan
B. Mar
C. Apr
D. Feb
Answer: C
Explanation:
Calculation: Apr has the highest value at 40
Easy #6
Which category has the lowest value?
A. Electronics
B. Clothing
C. Books
D. Food
Answer: B
Explanation:
Calculation: Clothing has the lowest value at 15
Easy #7
What is the value for West?
A. 34
B. 33
C. 35
D. 36
Answer: C
Explanation:
Calculation: West shows a value of 35 %
Easy #8
Which is higher: Product C or Product D?
A. Product D
B. Product A
C. Product B
D. Product C
Answer: D
Explanation:
Calculation: Product C = 35, Product D = 15
Easy #9
What is the total of all values?
A. 98
B. 99
C. 100
D. 101
Answer: C
Explanation:
Calculation: Sum: 25 + 30 + 20 + 25 = 100
Easy #10
What is the value for Operations?
A. 18
B. 19
C. 21
D. 20
Answer: D
Explanation:
Calculation: Operations shows a value of 20 %
Medium
Medium #11
What percentage of the total is Product E?
A. 29
B. 31
C. 28
D. 30
Answer: D
Explanation:
Calculation: 30 / 100 × 100 = 30%
Medium #12
Approximately what is the value for Clothing?
A. 29
B. 30
C. 31
D. 28
Answer: B
Explanation:
Calculation: The value for Clothing is approximately 30
Medium #13
Which category ranks 3rd highest?
A. West
B. South
C. North
D. East
Answer: C
Explanation:
Calculation: Sorted: 30 > 20 > 20 > 20 > 10. The 3rd is North
Medium #14
What is the value for Q4?
A. 80
B. 79
C. 81
D. 78
Answer: A
Explanation:
Calculation: Q4 shows a value of 80 employees
Medium #15
What is the approximate Output value when Budget is closest to 20?
A. 9
B. 11
C. 8
D. 10
Answer: D
Explanation:
Calculation: At Budget ≈ 20, Output ≈ 10
Medium #16
What is the approximate Sales value when Distance is closest to 80?
A. 28
B. 29
C. 31
D. 30
Answer: D
Explanation:
Calculation: At Distance ≈ 80, Sales ≈ 30
Medium #17
What percentage of the total is Product B?
A. 19
B. 18
C. 17
D. 16
Answer: B
Explanation:
Calculation: 60 / 340 × 100 = 18%
Medium #18
Which category ranks 2nd highest?
A. HR
B. Sales
C. R&D
D. Operations
Answer: B
Explanation:
Calculation: Sorted: 35 > 20 > 20 > 15 > 10. The 2nd is Sales
Medium #19
What is the difference between the highest and lowest values?
A. 38
B. 41
C. 39
D. 40
Answer: D
Explanation:
Calculation: Highest: 80, Lowest: 40, Difference: 40
Medium #20
What is the value for Q2?
A. 60
B. 59
C. 61
D. 58
Answer: A
Explanation:
Calculation: Q2 shows a value of 60 thousand $
Hard
Hard #21
What is the difference between the highest and lowest values?
A. 26
B. 24
C. 25
D. 23
E. 27
Answer: C
Explanation:
Calculation: Highest: 100, Lowest: 75, Difference: 25
Hard #22
What is the average value?
A. 18
B. 19
C. 20
D. 21
E. 22
Answer: C
Explanation:
Calculation: Sum / Count = 100 / 5 = 20
Hard #23
What is the difference between the highest and lowest values?
A. 126
B. 127
C. 123
D. 125
E. 124
Answer: D
Explanation:
Calculation: Highest: 175, Lowest: 50, Difference: 125
Hard #24
What is the value for Marketing and Electronics?
A. 66
B. 67
C. 63
D. 64
E. 65
Answer: E
Explanation:
Calculation: The cell at Marketing/Electronics shows 65
Hard #25
What is the range (highest minus lowest)?
A. 76
B. 73
C. 75
D. 74
E. 77
Answer: C
Explanation:
Calculation: 100 - 25 = 75
Hard #26
What is the average value?
A. 134
B. 132
C. 135
D. 133
E. 131
Answer: D
Explanation:
Calculation: Sum / Count = 800 / 6 = 133
Hard #27
What is the percentage change from Jan to Jun?
A. 10
B. 2
C. 5
D. 1
E. 0
Answer: E
Explanation:
Calculation: ((75 - 75) / 75) × 100 = 0%
Hard #28
Is the relationship between Temperature and Sales positive, negative, or no correlation?
A. No correlation
B. Negative
C. Cannot be determined
D. Positive
Answer: D
Explanation:
Calculation: Pearson r = 0.94. The relationship is Positive
Hard #29
What is the percentage change from Product A to Product E?
A. -33
Answer: A
Explanation:
Calculation: ((50 - 75) / 75) × 100 = -33%
Hard #30
What is the range (highest minus lowest)?
A. 175
B. 174
C. 177
D. 176
E. 173
Answer: A
Explanation:
Calculation: 200 - 25 = 175
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