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Data Visualization Design · Quiz 1 · May 2026
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Question 2 MCQ · 6.0 marks
Part A: Very Short Answer Questions (6 marks)
1. (4 points) Recall that in the lecture videos, you were introduced to the classification of
visualisations on the basis of their form.
You are given a few plots below.
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months after
the winter
holidays
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GOA
GUJARAT
HARYANA
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JHARKHAND
KARNATAKA
KERALA
MADHYA PRADESH
MAHARASHTRA
MANIPUR
MEGHALAYA
MIZORAM
NAGALAND
ODISHA
PUNJAB
RAJASTHAN
SIKKIM.
TAMILNADS
TRIPURA
UTTAR PRADESH
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GAS CYLINDER/STOVE BURST
FRE-ARMS
SUDDEN DEATHS(HEART ATTACKS)
EPILEPTIC FITS/GIDDINESS
ABORTIONSCHILO BIRTH.
INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL
FOOD POISIONING/ACCIDENTAL INTAKE OF INSECTICIDES ETC,
SNAKCOITE/ANIMAL BITC
OTHER
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS
DROWNING
FALLS
ARE
‘SUDDEN DEATHS
POISONING
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Question 3 MCQ · 9.0 marks
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Using Scott Berinato’s typology, this visualisation is best classified as:
A. Visual discovery
B. Visual confirmation
C. Idea illustration
D. Idea generation
8. (1 points) Ekanshi, a project lead at the IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, has been
approached by the Government of Maharashtra to create a digital elevation model (DEM)
giving the terrain height at every location across the whole of Mumbai as a continuous
surface. This model is best represented as:
A. Vector contour lines, one per elevation interval
B. Vector points, one per building
C. Raster, where each cell stores an elevation value
D. Vector polygons, one per administrative ward
9. (1 points) Palki Sharma, from India Global Review — a digital-first global media platform —
wants a visualisation showcasing the global population. She finds that on an ordinary map,
large but sparsely-populated countries (Russia, Canada, Australia) visu-ally dominate, while
small but densely-populated countries (Bangladesh, Japan) almost disappear — misleading
readers about where people actually live. Which technique best corrects this by resizing the
territories themselves so that each country’s area reflects its population?
A. Cartogram
B. Choropleth map
C. Bubble map
D. Dot-density map
10. (1 points) The image below cross-tabulates two categorical variables — elderly status
(Elderly / Not Elderly) on the horizontal axis and treatment (Placebo / Study Drug) on the
vertical axis. Each column's width is proportional to the size of that group and each column
is split by height into the two treatments, so every rectangle’s area is proportional to the
number of subjects in that combination. This plot is an example of a _.
Treatment vs. Elderly (Over 65)
100%
Treatment
[Placebo
Bisugy dug
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Elderly Not Elderly
Eiderly (Over 65)
Tree diagram
Mosaic plot
Alluvial diagram
9: Oo > PF
Sunburst diagram
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Question 5 MCQ · 25.0 marks
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25 COUNTRIES ARE CURRENTLY EXPOSED TO EXTREMELY HIGH
WATER STRESS ANNUALLY
BASELINE WATER STRESS
Extremely high High Medium.
(>80%) (40-80%) (20-40%
ii. Chart 2 (global freshwater use over time): https://ourworldindata.org/water-use-stress
Global freshwater use over the long-run
Global freshwater withdrawals for agriculture, industry and domestic uses since 1900, measured in cubic metres
(m3) per year.
4 tion m
35 trillion m?
3 trilion m?
255teilion m?
2 teilon m
1.5 trilion m?
A trilion m?
500 billion m?
3
Om
1901 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 = 2014
Data source: Global International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGB) OurWorldinData.org/water-use-stress | CC BY
iii, Chart 3 (sector shares of withdrawal):
https://www.fao.org/aquastat/en/overview/methodology/water-use
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Global water withdrawal
km*/year
= Reservoirs *
= Municipalities
industries
w Agriculture
* Evaporation from
artificial lakes
500
0
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Year
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Sources:
Agriculture, Industries, Municipalities: FAO-AQUASTAT: 2010; |.A. Shiklomanov: 1900-2000
Evaporation from artificial lakes/reservoirs: © FAO-AQUASTAT
iv. Chart 4 (agricultural water withdrawals)
Agricultural water withdrawals, 2015 Eg
Total agricultural withdrawals, measured in m’ per year. Agricultural water is defined as the annual quantity of
self-supplied water withdrawn for irrigation, livestock and aquaculture purposes.
No data Om’ Smillionm’ 10 million m’ 100 million im’ 1billionm?’ billion’ 10 billion m’ 50 billion m’
Data source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - AQUASTAT OurWorldinData.org/water-use-stress | CC BY
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