Bookings and Orders
CAT 2021 Slot 2 · DILR · Medium · Data Interpretation
Passage / data set
The chart shows information about different orders in various categories (Art, Binders, Paper, Phones, Appliances, Bookcases, Fasteners, Furnishings, Labels, Tables, Chairs, Accessories, Envelopes, Storage) that were booked in the first two weeks of September of a store for one client. The colour and pattern of a bar denotes the ship mode (First Class / Second Class / Standard Class). The left end point of a bar indicates the booking day of the order, while the right end point indicates the dispatch day of the order. The difference between the dispatch day and the booking day (measured in terms of the number of days) is called the processing time of the order. For the same category, an order is considered for booking only after the previous order of the same category is dispatched. No two consecutive orders of the same category had identical ship mode during this period.
For example, there were only two orders in the furnishing category during this period. The first one was shipped in the Second Class. It was booked on Sep 1 and dispatched on Sep 5. The second order was shipped in the Standard class. It was booked on Sep 5 and dispatched on Sep 12. So the processing times were 4 and 7 days respectively for these orders.
Question 1 of 4
How many days between Sep 1 and Sep 14 (both inclusive) had no booking from this client considering all the above categories?
6
Explanation
By observing all 14 categories across Sep 1 to Sep 14, there were 6 days where no new order was booked.
Question 2 of 4
What was the average processing time of all orders in the categories which had only one type of ship mode?
11
Explanation
The categories with only one ship mode are identified, their processing times summed and divided by the total number of orders in those categories, yielding an average of 11 days.
Question 3 of 4
The sequence of categories -- Art, Binders, Paper and Phones -- in decreasing order of average processing time of their orders in this period is:
- A.
Art, Binders, Paper, Phones
- B.
Paper, Binders, Art, Phones
- C.
Phones, Binders, Art, Paper
- D.
Phones, Art, Binders, Paper
D
Explanation
Calculating average processing time for each: Phones > Art > Binders > Paper.
Question 4 of 4
Approximately what percentage of orders had a processing time of one day during the period Sep 1 to Sep 22 (both dates inclusive)?
- A.
16%
- B.
20%
- C.
25%
- D.
22%
B
Explanation
Counting the total number of orders with 1 day processing time out of all orders yields approximately 20%.
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