Fill in the blank: In order to build trust, data professionals focus on the expectations of _____, who are the people investing time, interest, and resources into the project.

• subject-matter experts

• data analysts

• administrators

• stakeholders

What are some strategies to ensure you respect people’s time when leading a meeting? Select all that apply.

• Pay attention to what others are saying

• Arrive to the meeting on time

• Be prepared to talk about your work

• Discuss work that does not affect the attendees

A data team prepares to share insights with stakeholders. To ensure they communicate clearly, they follow best practices. Together, they consider four questions, including: Who is our audience? Identify the remaining three questions they should ask. Select all that apply.

• How can I communicate effectively to my audience?

• What does my audience need to know?

• What does my audience already know?

• Why are stakeholders important?

Recently, you have been feeling overworked. You often stay late to finish tasks and have started missing deadlines. Your supervisor gives you another project to complete, and this causes even more stress. How should you handle this situation?

• Respond letting the supervisor know their expectations are unreasonable.

• Wait a few minutes to think it over, then request a meeting to discuss the new project and your general workload.

• Accept the new project right away and work harder to hopefully not miss another deadline.

• Walk into the supervisor’s office and politely tell them to give the project to someone else.

What are some strategies to ensure an online meeting is effective? Select all that apply.

• Take the meeting from an area that is free of distractions

• Make sure technology is working properly

• Maintain control of the meeting by keeping everyone else on mute

• Distribute an agenda beforehand

A data analyst researches the buying behavior of people who shop at a company’s retail store. During the analysis, which team is most likely to offer helpful insight about what these shoppers like and do not like?

• Project management

• Executive

• Customer-facing

• Data science

Your manager assigns you a project task, and you don’t understand the point of the project. What questions can you ask them to determine the objective? Select all that apply.

• What is the story they want to tell?

• What do you have to do for this task?

• What is their end goal?

• What is the big picture?

A data analyst works on an analysis project that was requested by the marketing department. Who are most likely to be the secondary stakeholders? Select all that apply.

• Data analyst

• Project manager

• Vice president of marketing

• Vice president of finance