Info Visualization Festa is the process of representing data in a visual and meaningful way so that a user can better understand it. Dashboards and scatter plots are common examples of information visualization.
Info Visualization Festa MCQs
Question# 1 Who wrote The Future of Data Analytics?
1) John Tukey
2) Michael Friendly
3) Edward Tufte
Answer: -John Tukey
Question# 2 When visualizing complex information, should one always try to show as much data as possible?
1) Yes
2) No
Answer: -No
Question# 3 List of numbers is usually best aligned _.
1) On decimal points
2) To the right
3) At the center
Answer: -On decimal points
Question# 4 “Use a picture. It’s worth a thousand words.” was said by _.
1) Mark Twain
2) Benjamin Disraeli
3) Tess Flanders
Answer: -Tess Flanders
Question# 5 Which of Tufte’s principles states one should not distort data?
1) Visual integrity
2) Aesthetic Elegance
3) Data-ink ratio
Answer: -Visual integrity
Question# 6 What is graphical excellence related to?
1) User experience
2) Usability
3) Utility
Answer: -Usability
Question# 7 What is the desired endpoint on the continuum of understanding?
1) Wisdom
2) Information
3) Knowledge
Answer: -Wisdom
Question# 8 Which of the following is typically a less critical purpose of visualization for the data consumer compared with the analyst?
1) Exploration
2) Understanding
3) Rhetoric
Answer: -Exploration
Question# 9 _ is considered to be the leading expert on information visualization.
1) Edward Tufte
2) Charles Joseph Minard
3) William Smith
Answer: -Edward Tufte
Question# 10 The advent of computing has _.
1) made information visualization easier with higher power and speed
2) a minimal impact on information visualization
3) increased the cost of visualizing data
Answer: -a minimal impact on information visualization
Question# 11 What is more likely to be true of information visualization for analysts than consumers?
1) It should be a static representation
2) It will be easier to understand
3) It should be an interactive representation
Answer: -It should be an interactive representation
Question# 12 What is Shneiderman’s visualization mantra?
1) Highlighting and focus first, drill down and hyperlinks, then temporal fusion
2) Overview first, zoom and filter, then details-on-demand
3) Visual affordance first, objectives, then aesthetics
Answer: -Highlighting and focus first, drill down and hyperlinks, then temporal fusion
Question# 13 Which of the following analysis is done when you have two dependent variables?
1) Bivariate analysis
2) Univariate analysis
3) Multivariate analysis
Answer: -Bivariate analysis
Question# 14 Which is a common way to present univariate data?
1) Tree diagram form
2) Star map form
3) Tabulated form
Answer: -Tabulated form
Question# 15 Which property is the hardest to use successfully in information visualization?
1) Area
2) Position
3) Color
Answer: -Color
Question# 16 How many dimensions would you map a trivariate data set in?
1) Two
2) Three
3) One
Answer: -Three
Question# 17 Which of the following relationships would be suggested by the change in volume of a liquid over a day?
1) Temporal relationship
2) Spatial relationship
3) Linear relationship
Answer: -Spatial relationship
Question# 18 Which of the following is a technique for reducing complexity in graphs?
1) Maximum Spanning Trees (MST)
2) Minimum Spanning Trees (MST)
3) Moderate Spanning Trees (MST)
Answer: -Minimum Spanning Trees (MST)
Question# 19 Which analysis tool was invented by Xerox PARC?
1) Attribute exploration
2) Magic Lens
3) Dynamic Querying
Answer: -Magic Lens
Question# 20 An edge is commonly represented on a network diagram using a _.
1) Line
2) Circle
3) Square
Answer: -Line
Question# 21 The following are techniques for reducing complexity in graphs, except __.
1) Polar disparity curves
2) Spring embedder
3) Force-directed
Answer: -Polar disparity curves
Question# 22 Which of the following data sets would typically require multivariate analysis?
1) The differences in hair color in a population
2) The properties of different smartphones
3) The associates’ ages in a company
Answer: -The properties of different smartphones
Question# 23 The horizontal axis Cam Tree was developed from the vertical axis Cone Tree primarily because __.
1) It allows longer labels
2) It is more natural to view hierarchies from left to right
3) It has better shadows
Answer: -It allows longer labels
Question# 24 Which of the following techniques is/are employed to render multivariate analysis through information visualization?
1) Icon Representations and Pixel-Oriented Representations
2) Geometric Representations and Icon Representations
3) Pixel-Oriented Representations
4) All the options
Answer: -All the options
Question# 25 Which of the following techniques uses a bifocal display and third dimension to provide context?
1) Perspective Walls
2) Hyperbolic Browser
3) SpaceTree
Answer: -Perspective Walls
Question# 26 Which of the following multivariate analysis tools has a series of axes emanating from a single central point?
1) Chernoff
2) Table Lens
3) Star Plot
Answer: -Star Plot
Question# 27 Who made the term information overload famous.
1) Bill Gates
2) Alvin Toffler
3) Bertrand Gross
Answer: -Bertrand Gross
Question# 28 Which is NOT a form of analysis commonly carried out with information visualization?
1) Explorative analysis
2) Confirmation analysis
3) Theoretical analysis
Answer: -Theoretical analysis
Question# 29 Who created the world’s first statistical diagram?
1) Florence Nightingale
2) Francis Galton
3) Michael Florent van Langren
Answer: -Michael Florent van Langren
Question# 30 The following are techniques for reducing complexity in graphs, except __.
1) Spring embedder
2) Force-directed
3) Polar disparity curves
Answer: -Polar disparity curves
Question# 31 The dancing histogram works because it __.
1) Relaxes the constraint of which data series is at the base of the columns
2) Relaxes the constraint of the choice of what data to present
3) Allows more flexible color choice
Answer: -Allows more flexible color choice
Question# 32 Which discipline was information visualization once considered to be a subset of?
1) Human-Computer Interaction
2) Usability
3) User Experience Design
Answer: -Human-Computer Interaction
Question# 33 Which of the following multivariate analysis tools has a series of axes emanating from a single central point?
1) Star Plot
2) Chernoff
3) Table Lens
Answer: -Star Plot
Question# 34 Which analysis tool often uses clickable calendars, radio buttons, sliders, and so on?
1) Magic Lens
2) Dynamic Querying
3) Attribute exploration
Answer: -Dynamic Querying
Question# 35 Which of the following is an example of hierarchical information visualization?
1) A bar chart
2) A pie chart
3) A tree map
Answer: -A tree map
Question# 36 Who proposed the bifocal display?
1) Richard Williams
2) Robert Spence
3) Riccardo Mazza
Answer: -Robert Spence
Question# 37 Which of the following is typically a less critical purpose of visualization for the data consumer compared with the analyst?
1) Rhetoric
2) Exploration
3) Understanding
Answer: -Exploration
Question# 38 For a data analyst, exploratory visualization is particularly difficult because _.
1) They do not know what they are looking for
2) There is a lot of data
3) It involves novel visualizations
Answer: -There is a lot of data
Question# 39 When visualizing complex information, should one always try to show as much data as possible?
1) Yes
2) No
Answer: -Yes
Question# 40 What is the desired endpoint on the continuum of understanding?
1) Information
2) Wisdom
3) Knowledge
Answer: -Wisdom
Question# 41 The following are types of data, except __.
1) Numerate
2) Quantitative
3) Ordinal
Answer: -Quantitative
Question# 42 Mind maps differ from concept maps such that they always work around a __ central concept.
1) Single
2) Double
3) Triple
Answer: -Single
Question# 43 _ is considered to be the leading expert on information visualization.
1) William Smith
2) Edward Tufte
3) Charles Joseph Minard
Answer: -Edward Tufte
Question# 44 Information Scent helps you know about __.
1) The future – the likelihood of finding the data you want as you perform new interactions
2) The past – the history of data you have seen and the interactions you have performed
3) The present – the data being currently visualized
Answer: -The future – the likelihood of finding the data you want as you perform new interactions
Question# 45 Which of the following relationships would be suggested by the change in volume of a liquid over a day?
1) Temporal relationship
2) Spatial relationship
3) Linear relationship
Answer: -Linear relationship
Question# 46 Visual analytics is primarily about interactive visualization and __.
1) Algorithmic processing
2) Real-world data
3) Other people
Answer: -Algorithmic processing
Question# 47 Which of the following data sets would typically require multivariate analysis?
1) The associates’ ages in a company
2) The properties of different smartphones
3) The differences in hair color in a population
Answer: -The properties of different smartphones
Question# 48 Which of the following is an example of hierarchical data that is encountered regularly in real life in an interactive visualization format?
1) Telephone list
2) Word documents
3) File directory
Answer: -File directory
Question# 49 What is true of a node on a network diagram?
1) It may be either a physical entity or an abstract entity
2) It must be an abstract entity
3) It must be a physical entity
Answer: -It may be either a physical entity or an abstract entity
