Q.1
Primary data is:
  • Data collected by the investigator
  • Data collected from the internet
  • Data collected from an atlas
  • Data collected from a book
Q.2
A student carries out a survey of whether people want a bypass road building to take traffic away from the town centre. The results of their survey of 100 local people is analysed and produces a percentage of people for, against and not bothered. Which of the following would NOT be an appropriate way to present their findings?
  • A pie chart
  • A bar chart
  • A table
  • Scatter graph with a trend line
Q.3
Which of the following is NOT an example of a student collecting secondary data?
  • Visiting the local council offices to find population information from the past
  • Obtaining information about land use from old maps
  • Using library books to find the GDP of LEDCs in Africa
  • Observing and recording the numbers of people at different distances from a shopping centre
Q.4
Which of the following is not involved in handling data during your geography fieldwork?
  • Drawing maps
  • Drawing conlusions
  • Taking an exam
  • Carrying out interviews or surveys
Q.5
A student wants to collect primary data about a river in their locality. Which of the following would NOT supply primary data?
  • Old photographs of the river
  • Measuring the flow rate of the water
  • Sketching river features
  • Observing the wildlife on and near to the river
Q.6
Which of the following techniques could be used to collect population data?
  • GIS and photographs
  • Visiting a library and GIS
  • Maps and observation
  • Measuring and sketching
Q.7
Which of the following sources would you use to obtain data about changes to transport links of a small town?
  • Field sketching
  • A belt transect
  • Maps
  • Observation
Q.8
A student collects weather data for an environment. One of the data sets is the temperature taken over a period of time using a datalogger. Which of the following would be the most appropriate way of presenting this data?
  • Line graph
  • Pie chart
  • Map
  • Table
Q.9
Which of the following is NOT a data processing technique?
  • Recording answers to survey questions
  • Drawing a map to show the results of your data
  • Drawing a bar chart
  • Organising data into a table
Q.10
Which of the following would be an appropriate method of processing data to discover if there is a relationship between GNP and life expectancy?
  • Pie chart
  • Scatter graph
  • Histogram
  • Gantt chart
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