Business Data MCQs - Analytics Teacher

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

It contains no information

It is always stored outside the organization

It has some organization but no fixed rows and columns

It can only contain numbers

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

Time Series Data

Cross-Sectional Data

Panel Data

Semi-Structured Data

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Which statement about digital video is correct?

It is represented only through sound waves

It is a collection of rapidly displayed digital images

It cannot be stored in binary form

It is stored only as text

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Which digital data type stores photographs?

Numeric Data

Text Data

Image Data

Audio Data

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Which statement best describes panel data?

Data collected from the same subjects over several time periods

Data without any structure

Data collected continuously from one subject

Data collected only once from many subjects

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Which file format is commonly considered semi-structured?

JPG

JSON

PDF

MP3

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

Missing Values

Wrong Formula

Inconsistent Formatting

Duplicate Numbers

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

Ignore the blanks

Insert a picture

Apply Chart Design

Identify and fill or remove missing values

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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

Data Validation → Freeze Panes → Spell Check

Sort → Remove Duplicates

Filter → Sort → Flash Fill

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

Panel Data

Real-Time Data

Historical Data

Qualitative Data

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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

Time Series Data

Panel Data

Historical Data

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Which of the following is an example of internal data?

Government census report

Competitor advertisement

Employee attendance record

Social media review

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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 type of digital data is represented through pixels?

Audio Data

Numeric Data

Video Data

Image Data

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What is the main purpose of operational data?

Academic research

Competitor analysis only

Daily business activities

Long-term forecasting

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

Company sales invoice

Employee payroll

Warehouse stock record

Competitor price list

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Which of the following is an example of unstructured data?

Payroll spreadsheet

Customer video review

Database table

Excel worksheet

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

Merge Cells

Flash Fill

Filter

Data Validation

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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

Tracking current stock market prices

Monitoring live website visitors

Studying five-year sales trends

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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?

Panel Data

Time Series Data

Cross-Sectional Data

Real-Time Data

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

Current temperature displayed every second

Last year’s profit report

Monthly sales of 2023

Employee salaries in 2020

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Which type of data is arranged in rows and columns?

Structured Data

External Data

Unstructured Data

Qualitative Data

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

Unstructured Data – Spreadsheet table

Structured Data – Customer emails

Semi-Structured Data – HTML page

External Data – Payroll register

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