Business Data MCQs - Analytics Teacher

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A company wants to compare customer satisfaction among different branches during April 2026 only. Which type of data collection should be used?

Time Series Data

Panel Data

Cross-Sectional Data

Real-Time Data

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A dataset contains several blank cells in the “Department” column. Which data-cleaning action is most suitable first?

Apply Chart Design

Ignore the blanks

Identify and fill or remove missing values

Insert a picture

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Which file format is commonly considered semi-structured?

PDF

JSON

JPG

MP3

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Which type of digital data is represented through pixels?

Video Data

Audio Data

Image Data

Numeric Data

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Which of the following is an example of internal data?

Competitor advertisement

Employee attendance record

Social media review

Government census report

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A retailer compares sales of 15 stores during March 2026 only. Which type of data is this?

Panel Data

Historical Data

Time Series Data

Cross-Sectional Data

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Which of the following is an example of real-time data?

Employee salaries in 2020

Current temperature displayed every second

Last year’s profit report

Monthly sales of 2023

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Which of the following is the strongest reason for using data validation in Excel?

It automatically creates graphs

It changes all text into uppercase

It increases the size of the worksheet

It prevents incorrect or unwanted entries

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Which of the following would most likely be stored as external data?

Employee payroll

Warehouse stock record

Competitor price list

Company sales invoice

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A company records the monthly profit of one branch from January to December. This is an example of?

Panel Data

Semi-Structured Data

Time Series Data

Cross-Sectional Data

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Which of the following situations would require the use of historical data rather than real-time data?

Tracking current stock market prices

Studying five-year sales trends

Monitoring live website visitors

Observing traffic conditions right now

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Which of the following is an example of unstructured data?

Customer video review

Excel worksheet

Payroll spreadsheet

Database table

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Which of the following combinations correctly matches the type of data with its example?

Semi-Structured Data – HTML page

Unstructured Data – Spreadsheet table

External Data – Payroll register

Structured Data – Customer emails

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If a dataset contains “Karachi”, “karachi”, and “KARACHI”, which data-cleaning issue exists?

Wrong Formula

Missing Values

Duplicate Numbers

Inconsistent Formatting

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Which Excel tool helps restrict users so that only valid entries can be entered in a cell?

Flash Fill

Filter

Data Validation

Merge Cells

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Which type of data is arranged in rows and columns?

Qualitative Data

Unstructured Data

External Data

Structured Data

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Which statement best describes panel data?

Data collected continuously from one subject

Data collected from the same subjects over several time periods

Data collected only once from many subjects

Data without any structure

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Which type of data is usually expressed in words rather than numbers?

Qualitative Data

Panel Data

Real-Time Data

Historical Data

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Why is semi-structured data more difficult to analyze than structured data?

It has some organization but no fixed rows and columns

It can only contain numbers

It is always stored outside the organization

It contains no information

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A business wants to identify duplicate customer IDs appearing more than once in an Excel worksheet. Which sequence is most appropriate?

Merge Cells → Wrap Text

Sort → Remove Duplicates

Filter → Sort → Flash Fill

Data Validation → Freeze Panes → Spell Check

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Which digital data type stores photographs?

Image Data

Audio Data

Numeric Data

Text Data

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What is the main purpose of operational data?

Daily business activities

Long-term forecasting

Competitor analysis only

Academic research

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A bank tracks the yearly loan amount of 500 customers from 2020 to 2025. Which type of data is being used?

Panel Data

Cross-Sectional Data

Time Series Data

Historical Data

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Which statement about digital video is correct?

It is a collection of rapidly displayed digital images

It is stored only as text

It cannot be stored in binary form

It is represented only through sound waves

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