The different bars in the diagram above provide information about different orders invarious categories (Art, Binders, ….) that were booked in the first two weeks of Septemberof 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 ofthe order, while the right end point indicates the dispatch day of the order. The differencebetween 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 consideredfor booking only after the previous order of the same category is dispatched. No twoconsecutive 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 (although the order might have been placed before that) and dispatched on Sep 12. So the processing times were 4 and 7 days respectively for these orders
Q. 1 How many days between Sep 1 and Sep 14 (both inclusive) had no booking from this client considering all the above categories?
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6
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Q. 2 What was the average processing time of all orders in the categories which had only one type of ship mode?
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11
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Q. 3 The sequence of categories — Art, Binders, Paper and Phones — in decreasing order ofaverage processing time of their orders in this period is:
1) Phones, Binders, Art, Paper
2) Phones, Art, Binders, Paper
3) Art, Binders, Paper, Phones
4) Paper, Binders, Art, Phones
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2
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Q. 4 Approximately what percentage of orders had a processing time of one day during theperiod Sep 1 to Sep 22 (both dates inclusive)?
1) 20%
2) 22%
3) 16%
4) 25%
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1
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