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The document outlines the course structure for a Master of Computer Applications program, specifically focusing on Data Visualization. It includes multiple choice questions, short answer prompts, and long answer questions that cover various aspects of data visualization techniques, tools, and their applications. The content emphasizes the importance of data visualization in business intelligence, the use of different chart types in Excel, and the process of creating visualizations using Python libraries.

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The document outlines the course structure for a Master of Computer Applications program, specifically focusing on Data Visualization. It includes multiple choice questions, short answer prompts, and long answer questions that cover various aspects of data visualization techniques, tools, and their applications. The content emphasizes the importance of data visualization in business intelligence, the use of different chart types in Excel, and the process of creating visualizations using Python libraries.

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Centre for Distance & Online Education

PROGRAMME MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (BCA)

SEMESTER I

COURSE CODE & NAME DCA6112 DATA VISUALIZATION

Section A
Multiple Choice Questions (2 Marks each)
[Please answer all the questions]

1. What is the primary purpose of data visualization?


a) To display data in tabular form
b) To make data easy to interpret
c) To store data
d) To analyse data

2. Which Excel chart type is best suited for showing parts of a whole?
a) Bar Chart
b) Pie Chart
c) Scatter Plot
d) Line Chart

3. What does the plt.plot() function in Matplotlib do?


a) Creates a 3D plot
b) Creates a line plot
c) Creates a scatter plot
d) Creates a histogram

4. Which of the following is not a statistical chart type in Excel?


a) Box and Whisker Plot
b) Waterfall Chart
c) Area Chart
d) Radar Chart

5. In Python, which library is used to create Word Clouds for text data visualization?
a) Seaborn
b) Matplotlib
c) WordCloud
d) Plotly
6. Which function in Dash is used to create an interactive dropdown menu?
a) dcc.Slider()
b) dcc.Graph()
c) dcc.Dropdown()
d) dash.Input()

7. What is the main purpose of data cleaning in Python?


a) To remove duplicates
b) To add new columns
c) To update visualizations
d) To generate reports

8. What is the main characteristic of a 3D scatter plot in data visualization?


a) Displays data on two axes
b) Allows representation of three numerical variables
c) Displays geographical data
d) Represents time-series data

9. In a Gantt chart, what does the horizontal axis typically represent?


a) Categories
b) Date/time
c) Frequency
d) Values

10. Which of the following is an essential feature of an interactive dashboard?


a) Static data visualization
b) User interactivity with the data
c) Limited visual elements
d) Displaying raw data without analysis

Section-B
SHORT ANSWERS (5 Marks each)
Approximately (200-250) words

[Please answer Any Four questions]

1. Explain how data visualization impacts the field of Business Intelligence.


2. Describe the types of data that can be visualized in Excel and their associated chart types.
3. Compare and contrast the basic chart types in Excel, such as Pie Chart and Bar Chart. Discuss
when to use each.
4. Discuss the purpose and features of a Box and Whisker plot. Provide an example of its
application.
5. What are some key considerations when preparing data for visualization in Python? How do you
deal with missing data?
6. Explain the concept of trend analysis in Python and its relevance in time series data
visualization.
Section C
LONG ANSWERS (10 Marks each)
Approximately (400-500) words
[Please answer Any Three questions]
1. Describe how you can create and design a dashboard using Dash or Plotly in Python. Explain the
dashboard development process, including layout design and interactivity.
2. Explain the different chart types available in Excel for advanced data visualization, including
Histogram, Gantt Chart, and Heat Map. How can each chart type be useful for visual analysis?
3. Discuss the process of visualizing text data in Python. Explain how to create a Word Cloud and
analyze frequency distributions of words in a dataset.
4. Explain the steps involved in creating 3D visualizations using Python. Discuss the creation of 3D
scatter plots and 3D mesh plots, and when each is appropriate to use.

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