Question 1

Classification analysis assigns information or data into one of a predefined set of classes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Data visualization tools can help uncover correlations and trends in data that would otherwise go unrecognized.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

What is advanced analytics?

Accepted Answer

A)  A collection of large, complex data sets, including structured and unstructured data, that cannot be analyzed using traditional database methods and tools 
B)  Processes and manages algorithms across many machines in a computing environment 
C)  Uses data patterns to make forward-looking predictions to explain to the organization where it is headed 
D)  Extracts knowledge from data by performing statistical analysis, data mining, and advanced analytics on big data to identify trends, market changes, and other relevant information 
A)  A collection of large, complex data sets, including structured and unstructured data, that cannot be analyzed using traditional database methods and tools 
B)  Processes and manages algorithms across many machines in a computing environment 
C)  Uses data patterns to make forward-looking predictions to explain to the organization where it is headed 
D)  Extracts knowledge from data by performing statistical analysis, data mining, and advanced analytics on big data to identify trends, market changes, and other relevant information C

Question 4

What is clustering?

Accepted Answer

A)  Determines values for an unknown continuous variable behavior or estimated future value. 
B)  Determine which things go together. 
C)  Segments a heterogeneous population of more homogeneous subgroups. 
D)  Assigns records to one of a predefined set of classes. 
A)  Determines values for an unknown continuous variable behavior or estimated future value. 
B)  Determine which things go together. 
C)  Segments a heterogeneous population of more homogeneous subgroups. 
D)  Assigns records to one of a predefined set of classes.

Question 5

In terms of big data, what is velocity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Different forms of structured and unstructured data 
B)  Uncertainty of data, including biases, noise, and abnormalities 
C)  Scale of data 
D)  Analysis of streaming data as it travels around the Internet 
A)  Different forms of structured and unstructured data 
B)  Uncertainty of data, including biases, noise, and abnormalities 
C)  Scale of data 
D)  Analysis of streaming data as it travels around the Internet

Question 6

What is affinity grouping analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Determination of values for an unknown continuous variable behavior or estimated future value 
B)  Reveals the relationship between variables along with the nature and frequency of the relationships 
C)  Segmentation of a heterogeneous population of more homogeneous subgroups 
D)  Assignment of records to one of a predefined set of classes 
A)  Determination of values for an unknown continuous variable behavior or estimated future value 
B)  Reveals the relationship between variables along with the nature and frequency of the relationships 
C)  Segmentation of a heterogeneous population of more homogeneous subgroups 
D)  Assignment of records to one of a predefined set of classes

Question 7

What is distributed computing?

Accepted Answer

A)  A collection of large, complex data sets, including structured and unstructured data, that cannot be analyzed using traditional database methods and tools 
B)  Processes and manages algorithms across many machines in a computing environment 
C)  Focuses on forecasting future trends and producing insights using sophisticated quantitative methods, including statistics, descriptive and predictive data mining, simulation, and optimization 
D)  Extracts knowledge from data by performing statistical analysis, data mining, and advanced analytics on big data to identify trends, market changes, and other relevant information 
A)  A collection of large, complex data sets, including structured and unstructured data, that cannot be analyzed using traditional database methods and tools 
B)  Processes and manages algorithms across many machines in a computing environment 
C)  Focuses on forecasting future trends and producing insights using sophisticated quantitative methods, including statistics, descriptive and predictive data mining, simulation, and optimization 
D)  Extracts knowledge from data by performing statistical analysis, data mining, and advanced analytics on big data to identify trends, market changes, and other relevant information

Question 8

Web mining analysis describes technologies that allow users to see, or visualize, data to transform information into a business perspective.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What focuses on using data patterns to make forward-looking predictions to explain to the organization where it is headed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Distributed computing 
B)  Advanced analytics 
C)  Analysis paralysis 
D)  Data artist 
A)  Distributed computing 
B)  Advanced analytics 
C)  Analysis paralysis 
D)  Data artist

Question 10

What is the function of web analytics?

Accepted Answer

A)  Analyze unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation 
B)  Analyze structured data associated with a website 
C)  Filter information, both structured and unstructured, to help identify strong web customers 
D)  None of the choices are correct. 
A)  Analyze unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation 
B)  Analyze structured data associated with a website 
C)  Filter information, both structured and unstructured, to help identify strong web customers 
D)  None of the choices are correct.

Question 11

What tracks corporate metrics such as critical success factors and key performance indicators and includes advanced capabilities such as interactive controls allowing users to manipulate data for analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Informing 
B)  Infographics 
C)  Data visualization tools 
D)  Business intelligence dashboards 
A)  Informing 
B)  Infographics 
C)  Data visualization tools 
D)  Business intelligence dashboards

Question 12

What is a statement about what will happen or might happen in the future such as future sales or employee turnover?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prediction 
B)  Optimization 
C)  Forecasting 
D)  Regression 
A)  Prediction 
B)  Optimization 
C)  Forecasting 
D)  Regression

Question 13

Cluster analysis is a technique used to divide an information set into mutually exclusive groups.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Web analytics analyzes unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What is a statistical process that finds the way to make a design, system, or decision as effective as possible, for example, finding the values of controllable variables that determine maximal productivity or minimal waste?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prediction 
B)  Optimization 
C)  Forecasting 
D)  Regression 
A)  Prediction 
B)  Optimization 
C)  Forecasting 
D)  Regression

Question 16

Prediction is a statistical process that finds the way to make a design, system, or decision as effective as possible, for example, finding the values of controllable variables that determine maximal productivity or minimal waste.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What analyzes text flowing across the Internet, including unstructured text from blogs and messages?

Accepted Answer

A)  Social media analytics 
B)  Speech analytics 
C)  Text analytics 
D)  Web analytics 
A)  Social media analytics 
B)  Speech analytics 
C)  Text analytics 
D)  Web analytics

Question 18

Veracity includes the uncertainty of data, including biases, noise, and abnormalities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Optimization is a statistical process that finds the way to make a design, system, or decision as effective as possible, for example, finding the values of controllable variables that determine maximal productivity or minimal waste.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What assigns records to one of a predefined set of classes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Classification 
B)  Estimation 
C)  Affinity grouping 
D)  Clustering 
A)  Classification 
B)  Estimation 
C)  Affinity grouping 
D)  Clustering

Exam 8: Understanding Big Data and Its Impact on Business

Classification analysis assigns information or data into one of a predefined set of classes.

Data visualization tools can help uncover correlations and trends in data that would otherwise go unrecognized.

What is advanced analytics?

What is clustering?

In terms of big data, what is velocity?

What is affinity grouping analysis?

What is distributed computing?

Web mining analysis describes technologies that allow users to see, or visualize, data to transform information into a business perspective.

What focuses on using data patterns to make forward-looking predictions to explain to the organization where it is headed?

What is the function of web analytics?

What tracks corporate metrics such as critical success factors and key performance indicators and includes advanced capabilities such as interactive controls allowing users to manipulate data for analysis?

What is a statement about what will happen or might happen in the future such as future sales or employee turnover?

Cluster analysis is a technique used to divide an information set into mutually exclusive groups.

Web analytics analyzes unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation.

What is a statistical process that finds the way to make a design, system, or decision as effective as possible, for example, finding the values of controllable variables that determine maximal productivity or minimal waste?

Prediction is a statistical process that finds the way to make a design, system, or decision as effective as possible, for example, finding the values of controllable variables that determine maximal productivity or minimal waste.

What analyzes text flowing across the Internet, including unstructured text from blogs and messages?

Veracity includes the uncertainty of data, including biases, noise, and abnormalities.

Optimization is a statistical process that finds the way to make a design, system, or decision as effective as possible, for example, finding the values of controllable variables that determine maximal productivity or minimal waste.

What assigns records to one of a predefined set of classes?

Business Driven Technology

Identifying Competitive Advantages

Strategic Initiatives for Implementing Competitive Advantages

Measuring the Success of Strategic Initiatives

Organizational Structures That Support Strategic Initiatives

Valuing and Storing Organizational Informationdatabases

Accessing Organizational Informationdata Warehouses

Enabling the Organizationdecision Making

Extending the Organizationsupply Chain Management

Building a Customer-Centric Organizationcustomer Relationship Management

Integrating the Organization From End to Endenterprise Resource Planning

Creating Innovative Organizations

Ebusiness

Creating Collaborative Partnerships

Integrating Wireless Technology in Business

Developing Software to Streamline Operations

Methodologies for Supporting Agile Organizations

Managing Organizational Projects

Business Driven Technology

Identifying Competitive Advantages

Strategic Initiatives for Implementing Competitive Advantages

Measuring the Success of Strategic Initiatives

Organizational Structures That Support Strategic Initiatives

Valuing and Storing Organizational Informationdatabases

Accessing Organizational Informationdata Warehouses

Understanding Big Data and Its Impact on Business

Enabling the Organizationdecision Making

Extending the Organizationsupply Chain Management

Building a Customer-Centric Organizationcustomer Relationship Management

Integrating the Organization From End to Endenterprise Resource Planning

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