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Question 1

Seeking out new challenges and experiences in order to learn is an example of which analytical skill?

• Having a technical mindset

• Understanding context

• Curiosity

• Data strategy

Correct. Curious people seek out new challenges, which leads to knowledge.

Question 2

Understanding context is an analytical skill best described by which of the following? Select all that apply.

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• Gathering additional information about data to understand the broader picture

Correct. Context is the condition in which something exists, such as a structure. Identifying the motivation behind the collection of a dataset helps clarify the context.

• Adding descriptive headers to columns of data in a spreadsheet
• Working with facts in an orderly manner
• Identifying the motivation behind the collection of a dataset

Correct. Context is the condition in which something exists, such as a structure. Identifying the motivation behind the collection of a dataset helps clarify the context.

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Question 3

Having a technical mindset is an analytical skill involving what?

• Breaking things down into smaller steps or pieces

• Balancing roles and responsibilities

• Understanding the condition in which something exists or happens

• Managing people, processes, and tools

Correct. Having a technical mindset involves the ability to break things down into smaller steps or pieces and work with them in an orderly and logical way.

Question 4

Data design is how you organize information; data strategy is the management of the people, processes, and tools used in data analysis.

• True

• False

Correct. Data design is how you organize information; data strategy is the management of the people, processes, and tools used in data analysis.

Question 5

The manager at a music shop notices that more trombones are repaired on the days when Alex and Jasmine work the same shift. After some investigation, the manager discovers that Alex is excellent at fixing slides, and Jasmine is great at shaping mouthpieces. Working together, Alex and Jasmine repair trombones faster. The manager is happy to have discovered this relationship and decides to always schedule Alex and Jasmine for the same shifts. In this scenario, the manager used which quality of analytical thinking?

• Correlation

• Visualization

• Problem-orientation

• Big-picture thinking

Correct. The manager used correlation, which involves being able to identify a relationship between two or more pieces of data.

Question 6

The five whys is a technique that involves asking, “Why?” five times in order to achieve what goal?

• Use facts to guide business strategy

• Identify the root cause of a problem

• Visualize how a process should look in the future

• Put a plan into action

Correct. In the five whys, you ask, “Why?” five times to reveal the root cause of a problem.

Question 7

Gap analysis is a method for examining and evaluating how a process works currently in order to get where you want to be in the future.

• True

• False

Correct. Gap analysis is a method for examining and evaluating how a process works currently in order to get where you want to be in the future.

Question 8

Fill in the blank: Data analysts use the five analytical skills of curiosity, understanding context, having a technical mindset, data design, and data strategy to make _____ decisions.

• intuitive

• more efficient

• forward-looking

• data-driven

Correct. Data-driven decision-making involves curiosity, understanding context, having a technical mindset, data design, and data strategy.

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Question 1

A junior data analyst is seeking out new experiences in order to gain knowledge. They watch videos and read articles about data analytics. They ask experts questions. Which analytical skill are they using?

• Understanding context

• Curiosity

• Data strategy

• Having a technical mindset

Correct. Curious people seek out new experiences, which leads to knowledge.

Question 2

Identifying the motivation behind data collection and gathering additional information are examples of which analytical skill?

• A technical mindset

• Understanding context

• Data strategy

• Data design

Correct. Identifying the motivation behind data collection and gathering additional information are examples of understanding context. Context is the condition in which something exists.

Question 3

Fill in the blank: _____ involves the ability to break things down into smaller steps or pieces and work with them in an orderly and logical way.

• Curiosity

• A technical mindset

• Context

• Data strategy

Correct. Having a technical mindset involves the ability to break things down into smaller steps or pieces and work with them in an orderly and logical way.

Question 4

Which analytical skill involves managing the people, processes, and tools used in data analysis?

• Understanding context

• Data strategy

• Curiosity

• Data design

Correct. Data strategy involves managing the people, processes, and tools used in data analysis.

Question 5

Fill in the blank: Being able to identify a relationship between two or more pieces of data describes _____.

• detail-oriented thinking

• problem-orientation

• correlation

• visualization

Correct. Being able to identify a relationship between two or more pieces of data describes correlation.

Question 6

The five whys is a technique that involves asking, “Why?” five times in order to achieve what goal?

• Identify the root cause of a problem

• Use facts to guide business strategy

• Put a plan into action

• Visualize how a process should look in the future

Correct. In the five whys, you ask, “Why?” five times to reveal the root cause of a problem.

Question 7

An airport wants to make its luggage-handling process faster and simpler for travelers. A data analyst examines and evaluates how the process works currently in order to achieve the goal of a more efficient process. What methodology do they use?

• Data visualization

• The five whys

• Gap analysis

• Strategy

Correct. Gap analysis is a method for examining and evaluating how a process works currently in order to get where you want to be in the future.

Question 8

Fill in the blank: Data analysts use the five analytical skills of curiosity, understanding context, having a technical mindset, data design, and data strategy to make _____ decisions.

• data-driven

• forward-looking

• more efficient

• intuitive

Correct. Data-driven decision-making involves curiosity, understanding context, having a technical mindset, data design, and data strategy.