Business Data MCQs - Analytics Teacher

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What is the main purpose of operational data?

Long-term forecasting

Competitor analysis only

Academic research

Daily business activities

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

Merge Cells

Filter

Data Validation

Flash Fill

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

Warehouse stock record

Employee payroll

Competitor price list

Company sales invoice

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

Real-Time Data

Historical Data

Qualitative Data

Panel Data

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

External Data – Payroll register

Unstructured Data – Spreadsheet table

Semi-Structured Data – HTML page

Structured Data – Customer emails

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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?

Cross-Sectional Data

Panel Data

Historical Data

Time Series Data

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

Identify and fill or remove missing values

Ignore the blanks

Apply Chart Design

Insert a picture

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Which file format is commonly considered semi-structured?

JPG

JSON

MP3

PDF

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Which type of digital data is represented through pixels?

Image Data

Numeric Data

Video Data

Audio Data

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

Inconsistent Formatting

Wrong Formula

Missing Values

Duplicate Numbers

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Which type of data is arranged in rows and columns?

External Data

Qualitative Data

Unstructured Data

Structured Data

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Which of the following is an example of internal data?

Government census report

Social media review

Competitor advertisement

Employee attendance record

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

Last year’s profit report

Employee salaries in 2020

Monthly sales of 2023

Current temperature displayed every second

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Which statement best describes panel data?

Data collected only once from many subjects

Data collected from the same subjects over several time periods

Data without any structure

Data collected continuously from one subject

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

Cross-Sectional Data

Time Series Data

Semi-Structured Data

Panel Data

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

Observing traffic conditions right now

Studying five-year sales trends

Monitoring live website visitors

Tracking current stock market prices

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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?

Filter → Sort → Flash Fill

Data Validation → Freeze Panes → Spell Check

Sort → Remove Duplicates

Merge Cells → Wrap Text

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Which statement about digital video is correct?

It cannot be stored in binary form

It is a collection of rapidly displayed digital images

It is represented only through sound waves

It is stored only as text

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Which of the following is an example of unstructured data?

Excel worksheet

Payroll spreadsheet

Database table

Customer video review

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

It contains no information

It can only contain numbers

It is always stored outside the organization

It has some organization but no fixed rows and columns

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

It prevents incorrect or unwanted entries

It changes all text into uppercase

It automatically creates graphs

It increases the size of the worksheet

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Which digital data type stores photographs?

Image Data

Audio Data

Text Data

Numeric Data

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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?

Cross-Sectional Data

Panel Data

Time Series Data

Real-Time Data

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

Cross-Sectional Data

Historical Data

Time Series Data

Panel Data

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