Which chart element details the data values and categories below the…

The correct answer is Option (2) → Data labels

Every value plotted on a chart is a data point, drawn as a bar, column, line or slice called a data marker. A data label is the text attached to a data marker that gives the details of that data point, such as its value and its category, so the reader does not have to estimate them from the axes. That is the element that details the data values and categories of the chart.

Why the other options are incorrect

• Option (1) Data point. — Incorrect. A data point is the plotted value itself; it is what a label describes, not the element that gives the details.

• Option (3) Data marker. — Incorrect. A data marker is the bar, column, line or slice that represents a data point; it shows the size of a value but carries no written details.

• Option (4) Data table. — Incorrect. A data table does sit below the chart, but it only repeats the worksheet figures as a separate grid. It does not attach the details to each data point the way data labels do, so the words “below the chart” alone do not make it the answer; the answer given by NTA is Data labels.