Week 3 – Data-informed decision-making – Shuffle Q/A 1

15. What is an observable change that helps determine health of a project and identify if something isn’t quite right?

  • milestone
  • signal
  • Burnout chart
  • tasks

16. Fill in the blank: _____ data are statistical and numerical facts about a project.

  • Qualitative
  • Subjective
  • Mathematical
  • Quantitative

17. Which of the following include visual representations of data? Select all that apply.

  • Charts
  • Infographics
  • Dashboards
  • Statistics

18. You review your presentation slides and remove any content that dilutes your message. What presentation goal are you trying to achieve?

  • Being precise
  • Being effective
  • Being flexible
  • Being memorable

19. What type of data represents information that could be used to directly identify, contact, or locate an individual?

  • Anonymous data
  • Opinions
  • Personally identifiable information
  • Measurements

20. After your final presentation to the stakeholders, they decide to take the insights and put it into action. What data analysis does this represent?

  • Prepare
  • Act
  • Ask
  • Analyze

21. As a project manager creating a story, you ask yourself questions like: “Does this presentation make sense?”, “Is the presentation interesting?”, and “Which areas of the story are unclear or unmemorable?”. In what storytelling step should you ask these questions?

  • Filter and analyze the data
  • Gather the feedback
  • Define the audience
  • Find the data

22. You are preparing a data presentation. To explain your data, you want to demonstrate a relationship between data sets by representing the values of two variables with individual data points (dots). Which data visualization tool should you use?

  • Bar graph
  • Scatter plot
  • Line graph
  • Pie chart

23. Fill in the blank: Through _____, you will learn how to use data to draw conclusions and make predictions and improve performance.

  • data values
  • data analysis
  • data charts
  • data departments

24. What tactics can project managers use to prioritize data? Select all that apply.

  • Align metrics to stakeholder priorities
  • Align metrics to stakeholder priorities
  • Identify and respond to signals
  • Prioritize tasks that contribute most to the project goal

25. As a project manager, you are tasked with increasing the number of users for your phone application. The first step you take is to review the number of monthly users from last year. What type of data do you review in this step?

  • Qualitative
  • Quantitative
  • Subjective
  • Mathematical

26. What is the third step in storytelling that vets the data for credibility and filters the information?

  • Collect the data
  • Define the audience
  • Analyze the data
  • Shape the story

Shuffle Q/A 2

27. As a project manager analyzing data, you create user surveys for your company to get more feedback on processes. Which data analysis best practice does this represent?

  • Analyze
  • Process
  • Ask
  • Prepare

28. As a project manager, you create dashboards and consider new infographics for the project. What storytelling step are you in?

  • Define the audience
  • Choose a visual representation
  • Find the data
  • Filter and analyze the data

Devendra Kumar

Project Management Apprentice at Google

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