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Appendix A - Answers
- Communication
- Application of number

Appendix B
- The Symtel Files

Appendix C
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Skill areas comms

Appendix D
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Skill areas aon

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Interpreting information - Obtain information

Check your skills - set A
Question 1:
A company would like feedback from customers on the quality of its services. How could you obtain this information?Click on the box next to the answer you think is correct.
Content:
Graphic: Photo of someone on a mobile phone
Answer:
D. All of the above
 
Question 2:
A company's target is for all telephone calls to be answered within 5 rings. Which of these charts will be most helpful to ensure there are enough employees on duty to meet the target?Click on the box next to the answer you think is correct.
Content:
Graphic: 3 graphs
Answer:
B. Chart 2
 
Question 3:
How would you find out which product is the most popular to make sure that there is enough to meet Christmas demand. Click on the box next to the answer you think is correct.
Content:
Graphic: Advertising leaflet for electrical goods. Show photos and prices. Across the leaflet write:Hurry! Buy now while stocks last.
Answer:
C. Look at the sales records for the past 5 years and note trends in sales.
 
Question 4:
A company wants to know how well it did from 1999 to 2003 compared with its competitors. Does this chart give you enough information to do this?Click on the answer you think is correct.
Content: Graphic: Chart
Answer:
No
   
Check your skills - set B
Question 1:

A company would like feedback from employees on the quality of its work facilities. How could you obtain this information?

Click on the box next to the answer you think is correct.

Content:
Graphic: Photo montage of work facilities - eg pay phone, drinks machine, gym etc.
Answer:
D. All of the above.
 
Question 2:

A company's target is for all mail-order goods to be sent out within 2 days of receipt of the order. Which of these charts would be helpful to ensure there are enough employees working in the mail-order department to meet this target?

Click on the box next to the answer you think is correct.

Content:
Graphic: 3 graphs
Answer:
B. Chart 2.
 
Question 3:

A company needs to find out if its mail-order customers are satisfied with the service that the company provides. They decide the best way to do this is to send a postal questionnaire. Who should they send it to?

Click on the box next to the answer you think is correct.

Content:
Graphic: Photo of someone looking at mail.
Answer:
D. Every mail-order customer.
 
Question 4:
A company wants to compare the sales figures for their branches at Ashton and Burnley for 2003. Does this chart give enough information?Click on the answer you think is correct.
Content: Graphic: Chart
Answer:
Yes
   
Learn
Screen 2 :

Can you tell which of these options are primary information and which are secondary information?

Click on the downward arrow and make your selection.

Content:

A bar graph that you've made that shows how frequently members of a keep-fit club use the gym facilities.

A table on the back of an energy drink that shows the amount of supplement you need to take for different length training sessions.

A pie chart in a health and fitness magazine showing the age groups of people who completed the London Marathon.

Questionnaires completed by members of your running team giving you their views on different brands of running shoes.

Answer:

Primary information
A bar graph that you've made that shows how frequently members of a keep-fit club use the gym facilities.

Questionnaires completed by members of your running team giving you their views on different brands of running shoes

Secondary information
A table on the back of an energy drink that shows the amount of supplement you need to take for different length training sessions.

A pie chart in a health and fitness magazine showing the age groups of people who completed the London Marathon.

 
Screen 4 :

Which of these pieces of information will best support the purpose of each survey?

Drag and drop one option into each box.

Content:
Graphic: 4 headings with drop zones beneath
Answer:

Survey purpose: To persuade the council that more space is needed in the car park.
Supporting information: A tally showing the number of cars that were unable to park each hour because the car park was too full.

Survey purpose: To predict what may happen if car park charges were increased.
Supporting information: A questionnaire showing how much people would be willing to pay for car parking

Survey purpose: To find out whether car parks are busier on mid-week market days or on Saturdays. Supporting information: A frequency table showing how many cars parked on a particular car park on each day of the week.

Survey purpose: To compare car park charges in different towns.
Supporting information: A chart showing how much different councils charge for car parks.

 
Screen 7 :

Which of these questionnaires would give you the best results for your survey on the use of the canteen?

Click on the box next to the answer you think is correct.

Content:
Graphic - three questionnaires
Answer:
C. Questionnaire 3 because it will give results that are accurate and easy to interpret.
 
Screen 9:

You're helping to plan a talk to warn teenagers about the misuse of drugs leading to crime. Your primary information shows that there is a problem in your local community with drug related thefts. Which statistics will you use from this newspaper report to add weight to your talk?

Click on the boxes next to the facts that you would use.

Content: Graphic: Drugs shock
Answer:

· 50% of the under 18s said they had stolen in order to feed their drug habit.

· 36% of the under 18s said they had been in trouble with the police as a result of their crimes.