Question

data below would be best displayed using a
application\ttotal\t# of vulnerabilities by severity\tscore
\t\thigh\tmedium\tlow

1. apple safari\t81\t2\t71\t8\t493
2. mozilla firefox\t44\t3\t30\t11\t228
3. google chrome\t81\t1\t38\t30\t305
4. microsoft internet explorer\t34\t1\t30\t3\t179
5. adobe flash player\t34\t0\t34\t0\t170
6. adobe reader\t34\t0\t34\t0\t170
7. java runtime environment\t28\t5\t5\t18\t158
8. adobe acrobat\t32\t0\t32\t0\t160
9. adobe air\t28\t0\t28\t0\t140
10. mozilla seamonkey\t28\t1\t20\t5\t130
11. microsoft office\t22\t0\t22\t0\t112
12. mozilla thunderbird\t10\t1\t14\t3\t98
13. adobe shockwave player\t10\t0\t10\t0\t50
14. oracle database server\t9\t3\t0\t6\t81
15. microsoft visio\t7\t3\t1\t3\t75

○ line graph
○ bar graph
○ pie graph

Explanation:

A bar graph is ideal for comparing discrete categories (different applications here) and their associated values (total, high - medium - low ratings and scores). A line graph is better for showing trends over time, and a pie graph is for showing proportions of a whole.

Answer:

bar graph