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The positions described in the bar chart are senior executives, executive, clerical staff and
support staff.
The position that has equal percentage of male and female is clerical staff.
5. Female:
a. Which position has the highest percentage?
6. Male:
a. Which position has the highest percentage?
Senior executives.
b. Which position has the lowest percentage?
Support staff.
7. What are the conclusions that you can make from the bar chart?
i.Most of male are in the highest position while the female are in lowest in position.
ii.Male are more suitable to take the highest position such as the senior executives and
executive than female.
8. In your opinion, why were the majority of females in the support staff position?
In my opinion, female worker need time to balance between family and job so the support
staff position is the most suitable for them. This position does not have so much commitment
and they don’t have to work overtime compared to the highest position like the senior
executives.
EXERCISE 2
The table below shows the number of accountants, architects and doctors by racial
composition between 1985 and 1995. Study the table below carefully. Then read the
following statements whether they are true or false. Indicate your answer by writing T for
true or F for false in the boxes provided.
PROFESSION YEAR MALAY CHINESE INDIAN OTHERS TOTAL
2. From 1985 to 1995, the number of architects for all the races showed a sharp increase.
…………………………………………………………………..…… [ F ]
3. In 1985, the number of Chinese doctors ranked first while the number of Malay doctors
ranked third. ……………………………………………………………[ F ]
4. The only professionals under the “Others” category who showed an increase from 1985 to
1995 were the doctors. ………………………………………… [ T ]
6. In 1990, the least popular profession among the Malays was accounting..[ F ]
7. In 1985, the number of Chinese architects was more than eight times that of Malay
architects. …………………………………………………………………[ F ]
10. In 1995, the number of Indian architects was smaller that the number of Malay architects
in 1985. ………………………………………………………..[ T ]