General Knowledge
Data
Statistics
Decision making
Statistical Maths
100

What is the name of the headteacher in Roald Dahl's Matilda?

  • Miss Trunchbull
100

What are raw numbers or facts processed to give useful information called? 

a) Data

b) Information

c) Statistics

d) Knowledge

b) Information

100

What does quantitative data represent?

a) Descriptions and feelings

b) Numerical measurements and counts

c) Opinions and beliefs

d) Visual and graphical content

Numerical measurements and counts

100

Which of the following would be an example of predictive analytics?

a) Creating a bar chart to show last year’s sales data

b) Forecasting next quarter’s revenue based on historical sales trends

c) Analyzing customer feedback to understand current satisfaction levels

d) Identifying the root cause of a recent production slowdown

 

b) Forecasting next quarter’s revenue based on historical sales trends

100

What does the mean represent in a data set? 

a) The smallest number

b) The middle number

c) The sum of all numbers divided by the count of numbers

d) The most frequently occurring number

c) The sum of all numbers divided by the count of numbers

200

What is the colour of blood when it's inside your body?

A. Blue

B. White

C. Red

D. Green

Red

200

Which of the following best describes the process of converting raw data into information?

 

a) Organizing, processing, and structuring data to extract meaningful insights

b) Collecting raw data without analyzing it

c) Storing data in its original form for future use

d) Grouping data by subjective characteristics

a) Organizing, processing, and structuring data to extract meaningful insights

200

What is the role of prescriptive analytics in business?

 

a) Describing what has happened

b) Explaining why certain trends are observed

c) Forecasting future outcomes

d) Recommending actions to achieve desired outcomes

d) Recommending actions to achieve desired outcomes

200

What is a dashboard?

A dashboard is a visual display of key performance indicators (KPIs), metrics, and other relevant data, designed to provide users with an at-a-glance summary of important information.

200

What is this called? 

X bar

300

What is the tallest mountain on Earth

Mauna Kea

300

Which type of data can be categorized but not ranked?

  • a) Ordinal data
  • b) Interval data
  • c) Nominal data
  • d) Ratio data

 

Nominal data

300

Which of the following is a feature of descriptive statistics? 

  • a) Generalizing from a sample to a population
  • b) Performing hypothesis testing
  • c) Organizing and summarizing data
  • d) Making predictions based on historical data

Organizing and summarizing data

300

How does diagnostic analytics differ from descriptive analytics? 

a) Diagnostic analytics explains why things happened, while descriptive analytics focuses on what happened

b) Diagnostic analytics focuses on forecasting future events, while descriptive analytics focuses on describing past events

c) Diagnostic analytics uses subjective data, while descriptive analytics uses only numerical data

d) There is no difference; both focus on historical data

a) Diagnostic analytics explains why things happened, while descriptive analytics focuses on what happened

300

What are the 3 "averages"

Mean

Median

Mode

400

Which football club plays its home games at Loftus Road

Queen's Park Rangers

400

Which type of data is used when numbers are used to rank products in order of preference?

a) Nominal data

b) Ordinal data

c) Ratio data

d) Interval data

 

b) Ordinal data

400

In which scenario would inferential statistics be most useful?

a) Describing the total number of products sold by a company

b) Presenting survey results from a small sample of customers to predict overall satisfaction

c) Organizing data into a bar chart

d) Summarizing data from last year's financial statements

b) Presenting survey results from a small sample of customers to predict overall satisfaction

400

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of data-driven decision-making? 

a) Optimized processes

b) Reduced reliance on intuition

c) Complete elimination of biases

d) Competitive advantage

c) Complete elimination of biases

400

Which measure of central tendency is defined as the middle value when data is arranged in order?

a) Mean

b) Median

c) Mode

d) Range

 

b) Median

500

Dump, floater, and wipe are terms used in which team sport?

Volley Ball

500

What is the difference between knowledge and wisdom?

  • a) Wisdom is raw facts, while knowledge applies meaning to those facts.
  • b) Knowledge is understanding information, while wisdom is applying that knowledge ethically and effectively.
  • c) Knowledge represents data in its processed form, while wisdom refers to summarized data.
  • d) There is no significant difference between knowledge and wisdom.

b) Knowledge is understanding information, while wisdom is applying that knowledge ethically and effectively

500

In which situation would inferential statistics be most appropriately used?

a) Describing the performance of a company's sales team

b) Estimating the future revenue of a business based on a sample of past transactions

c) Sorting employee performance ratings

d) Presenting sales data in a pie chart

b) Estimating the future revenue of a business based on a sample of past transactions

500

Name two major challenges in integrating data from multiple sources?

  • Data Format Inconsistencies
  • Data Quality Issues
  • Data Redundancy and Duplicates
  • Data Security and Privacy Concerns
500

What is this? 

Sample Standard Deviation Formula