Question

Which choice completes the sentence with accurate data based on the graph? [11]

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. Warning, however, that job growth in urban and regional planning will slow to 14 percent by 2020
• C. Predicting that employment of urban and regional planners will increase 16 percent between 2010 ad 2020
• D. Indicating that 14 to 18 percent of urban and regional planning positions will remain unfilled

Answer 1

The correct option is C Predicting that employment of urban and regional planners will increase 16 percent between 2010 ad 2020

Option C is the correct answer because it completes the sentence with an accurate interpretation of data in the graph. The graph displays projections of how much growth in employment there is expected to be between 2010 and 2020 for “social scientists and related workers,” for “urban and regional planners,” and in “all occupations” in the U.S. economy. According to the graph, the employment of urban and regional planners is expected to increase 16 percent between 2010 and 2020.

Option A, "no change" is incorrect because the data in the graph do not support the claim that 16 percent of new jobs in all occupations will be related to urban and regional planning.

Options B and D are incorrect because these statements are not supported by the graph.