Unit 6: Data Interpretation and Sufficiency - Practice Quiz

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1 What does data interpretation mainly involve?

Data interpretation Easy
A. Writing unrelated mathematical formulas
B. Understanding and analyzing given data
C. Memorizing numbers from a dataset
D. Collecting data without organizing it

2 Which of the following is a common form of data presentation?

Basics of data interpretation and its types Easy
A. News headline
B. Bar graph
C. Personal letter
D. Short story

3 In a table, data arranged horizontally forms a what?

Tabulation Easy
A. Column
B. Sector
C. Axis
D. Row

4 A table shows the number of books read by four students: Amit—4, Bina—7, Chetan—5, and Divya—6. Who read the most books?

Tabulation Easy
A. Bina
B. Amit
C. Chetan
D. Divya

5 What do the lengths or heights of bars in a bar graph represent?

Bar graph Easy
A. Titles of the graph
B. Values of the data
C. Colors of the categories
D. Sources of the data

6 A bar graph shows sales of 20 units on Monday and 35 units on Tuesday. How many more units were sold on Tuesday?

Bar graph Easy
A. 25 units
B. 15 units
C. 10 units
D. 20 units

7 What is the total angle represented by a complete pie chart?

Pie chart Easy
A.
B.
C.
D.

8 A sector of a pie chart has an angle of . What percentage of the whole does it represent?

Pie chart Easy
A.
B.
C.
D.

9 A line moving upward from left to right usually indicates what?

Line graph Easy
A. A constant trend
B. A decreasing trend
C. An increasing trend
D. Missing information

10 A line graph shows temperatures of on Monday and on Tuesday. By how much did the temperature increase?

Line graph Easy
A.
B.
C.
D.

11 What is the main purpose of a data sufficiency question?

Data sufficiency Easy
A. To test whether a graph is colorful
B. To test whether all numbers are positive
C. To test whether a table has headings
D. To test whether the given information is enough

12 To determine the exact value of , which statement is sufficient?

Checking sufficiency of data Easy
A.
B.
C.
D.

13 The numbers of students in Class A and Class B are 30 and 45, respectively. How many more students are in Class B?

Data interpretation Easy
A. 20 students
B. 10 students
C. 15 students
D. 25 students

14 Which type of graph is generally most suitable for showing parts of a whole?

Basics of data interpretation and its types Easy
A. Line graph
B. Scatter plot
C. Bar graph
D. Pie chart

15 A table lists monthly expenses as: Food—, Travel—, and Books—. What is the total expense?

Tabulation Easy
A.
B.
C.
D.

16 In a bar graph, the bars for apples and oranges have heights of 12 and 8 units. What is the difference between the values?

Bar graph Easy
A. 2 units
B. 6 units
C. 8 units
D. 4 units

17 Half of a pie chart is used to represent one category. What angle does that category occupy?

Pie chart Easy
A.
B.
C.
D.

18 A line graph shows a value of 50 in January and 40 in February. What happened to the value?

Line graph Easy
A. It increased by 20
B. It remained unchanged
C. It decreased by 10
D. It increased by 10

19 What should you check first in a data sufficiency problem?

Data sufficiency Easy
A. How long the statements are
B. What order the options follow
C. How many numbers are odd
D. What the question asks

20 What is the value of ? Statement I: . Statement II: . Which conclusion is correct?

Checking sufficiency of data Easy
A. Both statements together are sufficient
B. Statement II alone is sufficient
C. Statement I alone is sufficient
D. Neither statement provides useful data

21 The table shows units sold in two quarters: Product A: 120 and 150; Product B: 180 and 198; Product C: 160 and 200; Product D: 240 and 276. Which product or products recorded the highest percentage increase from Quarter 1 to Quarter 2?

Tabulation Medium
A. Product C only
B. Products A and C
C. Products B and D
D. Product D only

22 A table gives units sold and price per unit for four regions: North: 80 units at $25; South: 120 units at $20; East: 100 units at $30; West: 150 units at $16. Approximately what percentage of the total revenue came from the East region?

Tabulation Medium
A.
B.
C.
D.

23 A factory's monthly production was 420 units in January, 480 in February, in March, and 540 in April. If the average monthly production was 495 units, what was the production in March?

Tabulation Medium
A. 540 units
B. 510 units
C. 570 units
D. 600 units

24 A double bar graph shows sales of four products in 2019 and 2020, respectively: P: 240 and 300; Q: 180 and 225; R: 320 and 400; S: 260 and 325. By how many units did combined sales increase in 2020?

Bar graph Medium
A. 230 units
B. 220 units
C. 250 units
D. 240 units

25 A bar graph shows the daily output of five factories as 120, 150, 90, 180, and 210 units. What is the median daily output?

Bar graph Medium
A. 180 units
B. 210 units
C. 150 units
D. 120 units

26 A bar graph shows visitors to a museum from Monday to Friday as 240, 300, 270, 360, and 330. What is the ratio of Thursday's visitors to the average number of visitors from Monday through Wednesday?

Bar graph Medium
A.
B.
C.
D.

27 A monthly income of $72,000 is represented by a pie chart: Housing $30\%$, Food $25\%$, Transport $15\%$, Savings $20\%$, and Other expenses $10\%$. How much is allocated to Food and Savings together?

Pie chart Medium
A. $32,400
B. $31,500
C. $28,800
D. $30,600

28 The sectors of a pie chart have central angles A: , B: , C: , D: , and E: . What is the ratio of the quantities represented by A and D?

Pie chart Medium
A.
B.
C.
D.

29 In a survey of 2,400 people, preferred online learning. What central angle should represent this group in a pie chart?

Pie chart Medium
A.
B.
C.
D.

30 A line graph records production from January to June as 120, 150, 135, 180, 210, and 195 units. Between which consecutive months was the largest percentage increase recorded?

Line graph Medium
A. May to June
B. April to May
C. January to February
D. March to April

31 A company's quarterly profit, shown on a line graph, was $80,000, $100,000, $120,000, and $140,000. What was the average quarterly profit?

Line graph Medium
A. $108,000
B. $110,000
C. $100,000
D. $105,000

32 Two line graphs show the quarterly sales of companies X and Y. X recorded 40, 60, 55, and 75 units, while Y recorded 50, 55, 65, and 70 units. In how many quarters did X have higher sales than Y?

Line graph Medium
A. 1 quarter
B. 2 quarters
C. 4 quarters
D. 3 quarters

33 A manager wants to present the change in total annual sales over five years and also show each product's share in the latest year. Which combination of charts is most suitable?

Basics of data interpretation and its types Medium
A. A table and a scatter plot
B. A line graph and a pie chart
C. Two line graphs
D. Two pie charts

34 A bar graph compares sales of 82 units and 86 units, but its vertical axis begins at 80. Which interpretation is most accurate?

Basics of data interpretation and its types Medium
A. Sales doubled because the second visible bar is about twice as tall.
B. Sales rose by about , but the truncated scale exaggerates the change.
C. Sales rose by about because the visible height increased substantially.
D. Sales rose by about , and the scale represents the change fairly.

35 Three sections have the following numbers of students and average marks: Section A: 30 students with 68 marks; Section B: 40 students with 74 marks; Section C: 30 students with 82 marks. What is the combined average mark?

Data interpretation Medium
A. 74.6 marks
B. 74.2 marks
C. 73.8 marks
D. 75.0 marks

36 What is the value of ? Statement I: . Statement II: .

Data sufficiency Medium
A. Each statement alone is sufficient.
B. Only Statement I is sufficient.
C. Both statements together are needed.
D. Only Statement II is sufficient.

37 For an integer , is divisible by 6? Statement I: is divisible by 2. Statement II: is divisible by 3.

Checking sufficiency of data Medium
A. Each statement alone is sufficient.
B. Both statements together are needed.
C. Only Statement I is sufficient.
D. Only Statement II is sufficient.

38 What is the area of a rectangle with positive dimensions? Statement I: Its length is 12 cm and its diagonal is 13 cm. Statement II: Its length is 12 cm and its perimeter is 34 cm.

Checking sufficiency of data Medium
A. Only Statement I is sufficient.
B. Each statement alone is sufficient.
C. Only Statement II is sufficient.
D. Both statements together are needed.

39 Is the real number positive? Statement I: . Statement II: .

Data sufficiency Medium
A. Only Statement I is sufficient.
B. Only Statement II is sufficient.
C. Each statement alone is sufficient.
D. Both statements together are needed.

40 Can the average of five observations be determined? Statement I: Their sum is 75. Statement II: Their median is 15.

Checking sufficiency of data Medium
A. Only Statement II is sufficient.
B. Only Statement I is sufficient.
C. Both statements together are needed.
D. Each statement alone is sufficient.

41 In a survey, 60% of respondents use service , 45% use , and 30% use . Also, 20% use both and , 15% use both and , 10% use both and , and 5% use all three. Pairwise percentages include respondents using all three. What percentage uses exactly two services?

Basics of data interpretation and its types Hard
A. 35%
B. 25%
C. 30%
D. 40%

42 Program A succeeds for 10 of 11 easy cases and 81 of 100 difficult cases. Program B succeeds for 90 of 100 easy cases and 8 of 10 difficult cases. Which conclusion is correct?

Data interpretation Hard
A. A and B have equal overall rates after combining the groups.
B. B has the higher overall rate because the group weights differ.
C. The overall comparison is impossible without equal group sizes.
D. A has the higher overall rate because it leads in both groups.

43 A workforce table gives the following data: Department P has 240 employees, of whom 40% are women; Department Q has 160 employees, and its number of men equals the number of women in P; Department R has 180 employees with a men-to-women ratio of . What percentage of the combined workforce is women?

Tabulation Hard
A. 42.24%
B. 40.52%
C. 41.38%
D. 39.66%

44 A sales table lists products P, Q, and R. Their quantities sold are 120, 150, and 180 units; listed prices are $25, $20, and $15 per unit; and discounts are 20%, 10%, and 0%, respectively. What is the realized average selling price per unit across all products?

Tabulation Hard
A. $16.67
B. $17.80
C. $18.00
D. $17.33

45 A grouped bar graph reports output indices with 2020 as the base year . Product A's 2020 output was 240 units and Product B's was 180 units. Their indices were 125 and 140 in 2023, then 150 and 120 in 2024. By what percentage did their combined actual output change from 2023 to 2024?

Bar graph Hard
A. Decreased by 5.26%
B. Increased by 4.35%
C. Decreased by 4.17%
D. Increased by 5.00%

46 A bar graph shows production of 240, 300, 360, and 400 thousand units at plants P, Q, R, and S. Their defect rates are 5%, 4%, 2.5%, and 3%, respectively. What is the overall defect rate across all four plants?

Bar graph Hard
A. 3.25%
B. 3.75%
C. 3.63%
D. 3.46%

47 One pie chart shows workforce shares across departments A, B, C, and D as 20%, 25%, 30%, and 25%. Another shows payroll shares as 18%, 30%, 27%, and 25%. Which department has the highest average pay, and what is its ratio to the lowest departmental average pay?

Pie chart Hard
A. A;
B. C;
C. B;
D. D;

48 A family's annual expenditure is . In its expenditure pie chart, category C subtends . The next year, spending on C rises by 25% while every other category remains unchanged. What angle does C subtend in the new pie chart?

Pie chart Hard
A.
B.
C.
D.

49 A pie chart distributes 2,400 examination candidates among centers A, B, C, and D in shares of 20%, 30%, 25%, and 25%. Their pass rates are 75%, 80%, 68%, and an unknown rate, respectively. If the overall pass rate is 75%, how many candidates failed at center D?

Pie chart Hard
A. 156
B. 144
C. 168
D. 132

50 A line graph gives monthly demand from January through June as 120, 150, 135, 180, 165, and 210 units. Using consecutive three-month moving averages, what is the greatest percentage increase from one moving average to the next?

Line graph Hard
A. 14.81%
B. 15.63%
C. 16.13%
D. 15.00%

51 Two line graphs join consecutive observations by straight segments. At times , series A has values , while series B has values . What is the elapsed time between their two intersection points?

Line graph Hard
A. time units
B. time unit
C. time unit
D. time unit

52 Observations taken at times have values . Which interpretation correctly accounts for the unequal time intervals?

Basics of data interpretation and its types Hard
A. The absolute increase decreases during every successive interval.
B. The rate remains constant because the increments form a pattern.
C. The rate of increase decreases during every successive interval.
D. The final interval has the greatest annualized rate of increase.

53 For real numbers and , what is ?

I.

II.

Data sufficiency Hard
A. Both statements together are sufficient, but neither statement alone is sufficient.
B. Statement II alone is sufficient, but Statement I alone is not.
C. Each statement alone is sufficient.
D. Statement I alone is sufficient, but Statement II alone is not.

54 For a positive integer , is divisible by ?

I. is divisible by both and .

II. is divisible by .

Checking sufficiency of data Hard
A. Each statement alone is sufficient.
B. Statement I alone is sufficient, but Statement II alone is not.
C. Statement II alone is sufficient, but Statement I alone is not.
D. Both statements together are sufficient, but neither statement alone is sufficient.

55 What is the area of a rectangle with positive side lengths?

I. Its perimeter is .

II. Its diagonal is .

Data sufficiency Hard
A. Statement II alone is sufficient, but Statement I alone is not.
B. Statement I alone is sufficient, but Statement II alone is not.
C. Each statement alone is sufficient.
D. Both statements together are sufficient, but neither statement alone is sufficient.

56 For real numbers and , is ?

I.

II.

Checking sufficiency of data Hard
A. Statement II alone is sufficient, but Statement I alone is not.
B. Statement I alone is sufficient, but Statement II alone is not.
C. Each statement alone is sufficient.
D. Both statements together are sufficient, but neither statement alone is sufficient.

57 What is the integer ?

I. is prime and .

II. is odd and .

Data sufficiency Hard
A. Both statements together are sufficient, but neither statement alone is sufficient.
B. Statement II alone is sufficient, but Statement I alone is not.
C. Statement I alone is sufficient, but Statement II alone is not.
D. Each statement alone is sufficient.

58 What is the real number ?

I. is an integer and .

II. and .

Checking sufficiency of data Hard
A. Statement I alone is sufficient, but Statement II alone is not.
B. Both statements together are sufficient, but neither statement alone is sufficient.
C. Each statement alone is sufficient.
D. Statement II alone is sufficient, but Statement I alone is not.

59 For positive real numbers and , what is the ratio ?

I.

II.

Data sufficiency Hard
A. Each statement alone is sufficient.
B. Statement I alone is sufficient, but Statement II alone is not.
C. Both statements together are sufficient, but neither statement alone is sufficient.
D. Statement II alone is sufficient, but Statement I alone is not.

60 What is the population variance of three real observations ?

I. Their arithmetic mean is .

II. .

Checking sufficiency of data Hard
A. Statement II alone is sufficient, but Statement I alone is not.
B. Each statement alone is sufficient.
C. Both statements together are sufficient, but neither statement alone is sufficient.
D. Statement I alone is sufficient, but Statement II alone is not.