Presenting Business Information & Location is one of 8 topics in the Grade 12 Business Studies CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. Which graph type is best suited to showing a trend or change over a continuous period of time, such as monthly revenue over a year?
A line graph
A pie chart
A table
None; trends cannot be shown visually
Answer: A line graph — A line graph, with its connected points, makes the direction and rate of change over time easy to see at a glance, which is why it is best suited to time-based trends.
Easy
2. Which visual format is most effective for showing how a whole (e.g. total expenses) is divided into proportional parts, when there are only a few categories?
A pie chart
A line graph
A table only
A bar graph is never suitable for this
Answer: A pie chart — Pie charts are best for showing proportional parts of a whole (such as a market-share or expense breakdown), especially with only a few categories.
Medium
3. Which graph type is most effective for comparing discrete categories against each other, such as sales figures for different products in the same period?
Answer: Bar graph — Bar graphs (or column graphs) make it easy to compare distinct categories side by side, such as sales figures across different products or regions.
