Vendor Evaluation Radar Chart

CAT 2019 Slot 1 · DILR · Easy · Data Interpretation

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Passage / data set

Five vendors are being considered for a service. The evaluation committee evaluated each vendor on six aspects – Cost, Customer Service, Features, Quality, Reach, and Reliability. Each of these evaluations are on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (perfect). The evaluation scores on these aspects are shown in the radar chart. For example, Vendor 1 obtains a score of 52 on Reliability, Vendor 2 obtains a score of 45 on Features and Vendor 3 obtains a score of 90 on Cost.

Question 1 of 4

On which aspect is the median score of the five vendors the least?

  1. A.

    Cost

  2. B.

    Quality

  3. C.

    Reliability

  4. D.

    Customer Service

Answer

D

Explanation

Reading scores for all vendors across the aspects from the radar chart: Customer Service scores are overall the lowest among all 5 vendors, making its median score the least among the given choices.

Question 2 of 4

A vendor's final score is the average of their scores on all six aspects. Which vendor has the highest final score?

  1. A.

    Vendor 1

  2. B.

    Vendor 3

  3. C.

    Vendor 4

  4. D.

    Vendor 2

Answer

B

Explanation

Calculating or estimating the sum of scores for each vendor across all six aspects shows that Vendor 3 has the maximum total score, hence the highest average score.

Question 3 of 4

List of all the vendors who are among the top two scorers on the maximum number of aspects is:

  1. A.

    Vendor 1 and Vendor 2

  2. B.

    Vendor 2, Vendor 3 and Vendor 4

  3. C.

    Vendor 2 and Vendor 5

  4. D.

    Vendor 1 and Vendor 5

Answer

D

Explanation

Vendor 1 and Vendor 5 are among the top two scorers in the highest number of aspects compared to other vendors.

Question 4 of 4

List of all the vendors who are among the top three vendors on all six aspects is:

  1. A.

    None of the Vendors

  2. B.

    Vendor 1

  3. C.

    Vendor 1 and Vendor 3

  4. D.

    Vendor 3

Answer

D

Explanation

Checking rank per aspect for each vendor shows that only Vendor 3 consistently ranks in the top 3 across all 6 aspects.

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