Get a read on your analytical skills

1. This practice quiz will help you get a read on the analytical skills you already have.

After you respond to each question, be sure to check the feedback you receive. This will help you check your own thinking against the expected thinking for these questions. The analytical skills assessed in this quiz will come in handy and be further developed as you progress in the program.

Identify the pattern from left to right in the set of blocks below and try to predict which block should replace the block with the question mark.

2. Here’s a more complex pattern. Identify the pattern from left to right in the images below and try to predict which image should come next.

Based on the images above, which option comes next in the pattern?

3. Now, find a pattern in a different format. Select the next number in the sequence:

Fill in the blank: 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, _____

4. The following numbers are in a sequence from left to right. Determine the pattern and decide which number should come next:

Fill in the blank: 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, _____

5. The following question is about recognizing and matching patterns in shapes that are the same, but viewed from different angles.

Two shapes are similar when one can become the other after a rotation clockwise ⟳ or counterclockwise ↺, or a reflection horizontally ↔ and/or vertically ↕.

You are task is to choose the figure that completes the statement. Pay attention to the pattern by which the first and second shapes are related, and then figure out which choice matches shape 3. Fill in the blank:

Select the image below that completes the statement.

6. The following question is about recognizing and matching patterns in shapes that are the same, but viewed from different angles. Two shapes are similar when one can become the other after a rotation clockwise ⟳ or counterclockwise ↺, or a reflection horizontally ↔ and/or vertically ↕.

Which image completes it?

7. The following series of codes are in a sequence from left to right. There is a repeating pattern that you will notice. Determine the pattern and decide which code should come next.

Fill in the blank: A1, B3, C5, D7, E9, F11, G13, _____

8. The following series of codes are in a sequence from left to right. There is a repeating pattern that you will notice. Determine the pattern and decide which sequence of letters should come next.

Fill in the blank: A, AA, AAA, B, BA, BAA, BAAA, BB, BBA, BBAA, BBAAA, BBB, _____

9. Now, identify patterns in a word problem using a data visualization. There are 12 chocolates in a box: eight have caramel filling, six have coconut filling, and two have both caramel and coconut filling. Choose the best image that describes this box of chocolates.

10. There are 10 children in a class and they have all brought sandwiches for lunch: five children have sandwiches with peanut butter, six children have sandwiches with jelly, and three children have sandwiches with both peanut butter and jelly.

Find out how many children have sandwiches with neither peanut butter nor jelly and choose the image that describes the situation best.

PRACTICE QUIZ: Test your knowledge on Analytical Thinking

1. What practice involves identifying, defining, and solving a problem by using data in an organized, step-by-step manner?

2. Which of the following are examples of data visualizations? Select all that apply.

3. Gap analysis is used to examine and evaluate how a process currently works with the goal of getting to where you want to be in the future.

4. Which aspect of analytical thinking involves being able to identify a relationship between two or more pieces of data?

PRACTICE QUIZ: TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE ON OUTCOMES

1. Fill in the blank: Curiosity, understanding context, and having a technical mindset are all examples of _____ used in data-driven decision-making.

2. Surveying customers about their preferences and using that information to inform business strategy is an example of data-driven decision-making.

3. In data analysis, which analytical skill involves the management of people, processes, and tools?

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QUIZ: WEEKLY CHALLENGE 2

1. Curiosity is an analytical skill that involves which of the following?

2. Adding descriptive headers to columns of data in a spreadsheet is an example of which analytical skill?

3. Having a technical mindset is an analytical skill involving what?

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

5. Correlation is the aspect of analytical thinking that involves figuring out the specifics that help you execute a plan.

6. What method involves asking numerous questions in order to get to the root cause of a problem?

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?

8. Data-driven decision-making involves the five analytical skills: curiosity, understanding context, having a technical mindset, data design, and data strategy. Each plays a role in data-driven decision-making.

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

10. Data analysts ask, “Why?” five times in order to get to the root cause of a problem.

11. A company is receiving negative comments on social media about their products. To solve this problem, a data analyst uses each of their five analytical skills: curiosity, understanding context, having a technical mindset, data design, and data strategy. This makes it possible for the analyst to use facts to guide business strategy and figure out how to improve customer satisfaction. What is this an example of?

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

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

14. 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.

15. Fill in the blank: Data strategy involves _____ the people, processes, and tools used in data analysis.

16. 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?

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

18. What method involves examining and evaluating how a process works currently in order to get it where you want it to be in the future?

19. A data analyst works for an appliance manufacturer. Last year, the company’s profits were down. Lower profits can be a result of fewer people buying appliances, higher costs to make appliances, or a combination of both. The analyst recognizes that those are big issues to solve, so they break down the problems into smaller pieces to analyze them in an orderly way. Which analytical skill are they using?

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

21. 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

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

23. Fill in the blank: Correlation is the observation that there is a _ between two or more pieces of data.

24. Fill in the blank: In order to get to the root cause of a problem, a data analyst should ask “Why?” ________ times.

25. 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?

26. The analytical skill of understanding context entails which of the following?

27. In data analysis, data strategy is the analytical skill that involves managing which of the following? Select all that apply.

28. A grocery store owner notices that they sell more orange juice during the winter season, when people are more likely to get sick. After observing this for a couple of years, they decide to stock more orange juice during the winter. The store owner is using which quality of analytical thinking?

29. What method involves asking multiple questions in order to get to the root cause of a problem?

30. Data analysts following data-driven decision-making use the analytical skills of curiosity, having a technical mindset, and data design. What other two analytical skills would they employ? Select all that apply

31. Fill in the blank: For a data analyst, curiosity is the analytical skill of seeking out new ______ and experiences in order to gain knowledge.

32. As a recently promoted data scientist one of your responsibilities is the implementation of data strategy. What would this responsibility include?

33. Identifying a relationship between two or more pieces of data is known as what?

34. In order to get at the root cause of a problem, a data analyst would ask ______ .

35. In data analysis, one often examines and evaluates how a process currently works in order to get it to where they want it to be in the future. This is known as what?

36. Fill in the blank: In data-driven decision making, data analysts use five analytical skills of curiosity, understanding context, having a technical mindset, data design, and _______ .

37. As a new data analyst, your boss asks you to perform a gap analysis on one of their current processes. What does this entail?

38. 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.

39. Fill in the blank: In data analysis, data strategy involves managing the people, processes, and _____ .

40. A company is seeing a decline in organizational efficiency. They decide to hire an outside organization to help increase overall performance. The data analyst, working for the newly contracted company, utilizes five analytical skills: curiosity, understanding context, having a technical mindset, data design, and data strategy to deliver the project goals. Once the project goals are met, the analyst informs the decision makers of their findings and the project is completed. What strategy did the data analyst use to complete this project?