Business Communication: Building Critical Skills

Kitty O. Locker, Ohio State University
Steven Kyo Kaczmarek, Columbus State Community College
Kathryn Braun, Sheridan College

Using Visuals

Self Quiz


1	Every visual should tell a
		A)	Tale.
		B)	History.
		C)	Adventure.
		D)	Story.


2	Which of the following is a way to find stories?
		A)	Focus on a topic.
		B)	Skew the data.
		C)	Make the data more complex.
		D)	Understand other stories.


3	Which of the following bar charts uses images to create the bars?
		A)	Segmented.
		B)	Grouped.
		C)	Histograms.
		D)	Deviation.


4	Start a pie chart at
		A)	Twelve o'clock.
		B)	Three o'clock
		C)	Six o'clock.
		D)	Nine o'clock.


5	For presentations,
		A)	Simplify data.
		B)	Keep data as is.
		C)	Make data more complex.
		D)	None of the above.


6	Visuals for presentations should have titles and figure numbers.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	Order bars in a bar chart in logical or chronological order.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	Line graphs are usually difficult to interpret.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	While blue suggests masculinity in North America, it suggests criminality in France and villainy in Japan.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	An attractive visual can successfully hide false or misleading data.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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