Question 1

Sales transactions data is coarse data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

With ___________ ,analysts do not create a model or hypothesis before running the analysis.

Accepted Answer

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Question 3

An RFM analysis is a

Accepted Answer

A) way of analyzing and ranking customers according to their purchasing patterns. 
B) way of analyzing a customers most recent purchases. 
C) way of recording a customers most recent purchases. 
D) way of recording an individual customers spending habits. 
E) data -mining system. 
A) way of analyzing and ranking customers according to their purchasing patterns. 
B) way of analyzing a customers most recent purchases. 
C) way of recording a customers most recent purchases. 
D) way of recording an individual customers spending habits. 
E) data -mining system.

Question 4

Systems that focus on making data collected in OLTP useful for decision making are often referred to as decision support systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Knowledge discovery in databases is the purpose of data mining.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The purpose of a business intelligence system is to provide the right information to the right people at the right

Accepted Answer

A) level of complexity. 
B) price. 
C) situation. 
D) place. 
E) time. 
A) level of complexity. 
B) price. 
C) situation. 
D) place. 
E) time.

Question 7

What is the purpose of business intelligence? What kind of BI tools are there?

Accepted Answer

Business intelligence (BI)is a category

Question 8

The total amount of data generated by 2010 is estimated to be

Accepted Answer

A) 0)33 yottabytes. 
B) 3)3 zettabytes. 
C) 3)3 exabytes. 
D) 33 petabytes. 
E) 330 petabytes. 
A) 0)33 yottabytes. 
B) 3)3 zettabytes. 
C) 3)3 exabytes. 
D) 33 petabytes. 
E) 330 petabytes.

Question 9

A data -mining system uses statistical analysis to enable banking personnel to assess new loan applications.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The abundance of information is sometimes called

Accepted Answer

A) the Ackoff principle. 
B) dirty data. 
C) Moore's Law. 
D) data abundance. 
E) information overload. 
A) the Ackoff principle. 
B) dirty data. 
C) Moore's Law. 
D) data abundance. 
E) information overload.

Question 11

Problematic data are termed

Accepted Answer

A) incorrect data. 
B) untrustworthy data. 
C) irrelevant data. 
D) problem data. 
E) dirty data. 
A) incorrect data. 
B) untrustworthy data. 
C) irrelevant data. 
D) problem data. 
E) dirty data.

Question 12

In an OLAP system a measure is (are)

Accepted Answer

A) a data item of interest. 
B) a report. 
C) a characteristic of a dimension. 
D) data items that are summed. 
E) processed data. 
A) a data item of interest. 
B) a report. 
C) a characteristic of a dimension. 
D) data items that are summed. 
E) processed data.

Question 13

ATMs are an example of online transaction processing (OLTP)systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following is a synonym for data -mining?

Accepted Answer

A) Cluster analysis 
B) Data parsing 
C) Data discovery 
D) Knowledge discovery in databases 
E) Data mart 
A) Cluster analysis 
B) Data parsing 
C) Data discovery 
D) Knowledge discovery in databases 
E) Data mart

Question 15

_________integrate data from multiple sources,and process those data by sorting,grouping, summing,averaging,and comparing.

Accepted Answer

A) Supplier Relationship Management 
B) Expert Systems 
C) Reporting systems 
D) Customer Relationship Management 
E) Business intelligence 
A) Supplier Relationship Management 
B) Expert Systems 
C) Reporting systems 
D) Customer Relationship Management 
E) Business intelligence

Question 16

Data -mining techniques include

Accepted Answer

A) supplier relationship management. 
B) customer relationship management. 
C) market basket analysis. 
D) data marting. 
E) data warehousing. 
A) supplier relationship management. 
B) customer relationship management. 
C) market basket analysis. 
D) data marting. 
E) data warehousing.

Question 17

The purpose of (a)__________is to extract and clean data from operational systems and other sources.

Accepted Answer

A) cluster analysis 
B) data mart 
C) data mining 
D) data warehouse 
E) regression analysis 
A) cluster analysis 
B) data mart 
C) data mining 
D) data warehouse 
E) regression analysis

Question 18

An OLAP report has

Accepted Answer

A) measures. 
B) measures and averages. 
C) dimensions. 
D) measures and dimensions. 
E) averages. 
A) measures. 
B) measures and averages. 
C) dimensions. 
D) measures and dimensions. 
E) averages.

Question 19

Which of the following is an assumption about information systems that Ackoff talked about?

Accepted Answer

A) Computer speed doubles every 18 months. 
B) There is too much information. 
C) There is too much uncertainty in making any decision. 
D) Mangers suffer from an under abundance of relevant information. 
E) Decisions are poor because managers lack relevant information. 
A) Computer speed doubles every 18 months. 
B) There is too much information. 
C) There is too much uncertainty in making any decision. 
D) Mangers suffer from an under abundance of relevant information. 
E) Decisions are poor because managers lack relevant information.

Question 20

The "curse of dimensionality" means the more attributes there are in the data warehouse the __________   it is to build a model that fits them.

Accepted Answer

A) less effective 
B) costlier 
C) harder 
D) easier 
E) more important 
A) less effective 
B) costlier 
C) harder 
D) easier 
E) more important

Sales transactions data is coarse data.

With ___________ ,analysts do not create a model or hypothesis before running the analysis.

An RFM analysis is a

Systems that focus on making data collected in OLTP useful for decision making are often referred to as decision support systems.

Knowledge discovery in databases is the purpose of data mining.

The purpose of a business intelligence system is to provide the right information to the right people at the right

What is the purpose of business intelligence? What kind of BI tools are there?

The total amount of data generated by 2010 is estimated to be

A data -mining system uses statistical analysis to enable banking personnel to assess new loan applications.

The abundance of information is sometimes called

Problematic data are termed

In an OLAP system a measure is (are)

ATMs are an example of online transaction processing (OLTP)systems.

Which of the following is a synonym for data -mining?

_________integrate data from multiple sources,and process those data by sorting,grouping, summing,averaging,and comparing.

Data -mining techniques include

The purpose of (a)__________is to extract and clean data from operational systems and other sources.

An OLAP report has

Which of the following is an assumption about information systems that Ackoff talked about?

The "curse of dimensionality" means the more attributes there are in the data warehouse the __________ it is to build a model that fits them.

Is in the Life of Business Professionals

Business Processes, Information, and Information Systems

Extensions S: Using Collaboration Information Systems

Organizational Strategy, Information Systems, and Competitive Advantage

Hardware and Software

Database Processing

Extensions A: Introduction to Microsoft Excel

Extensions B: Introduction to Microsoft Excel

Data Communications

Business Process Management

Business Intelligence and Information Systems for Decision Making

Information Systems Development

Extensions A: How the Internet Works

Information Systems Management

Information Security Management

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Exam 8: E-Commerce and Web 2.0

Sales transactions data is coarse data.

With ___________ ,analysts do not create a model or hypothesis before running the analysis.

An RFM analysis is a

Systems that focus on making data collected in OLTP useful for decision making are often referred to as decision support systems.

Knowledge discovery in databases is the purpose of data mining.

The purpose of a business intelligence system is to provide the right information to the right people at the right

What is the purpose of business intelligence? What kind of BI tools are there?

The total amount of data generated by 2010 is estimated to be

A data -mining system uses statistical analysis to enable banking personnel to assess new loan applications.

The abundance of information is sometimes called

Problematic data are termed

In an OLAP system a measure is (are)

ATMs are an example of online transaction processing (OLTP)systems.

Which of the following is a synonym for data -mining?

_________integrate data from multiple sources,and process those data by sorting,grouping, summing,averaging,and comparing.

Data -mining techniques include

The purpose of (a)__________is to extract and clean data from operational systems and other sources.

An OLAP report has

Which of the following is an assumption about information systems that Ackoff talked about?

The "curse of dimensionality" means the more attributes there are in the data warehouse the __________ it is to build a model that fits them.

Is in the Life of Business Professionals

Business Processes, Information, and Information Systems

Extensions S: Using Collaboration Information Systems

Organizational Strategy, Information Systems, and Competitive Advantage

Hardware and Software

Database Processing

Extensions A: Introduction to Microsoft Excel

Extensions B: Introduction to Microsoft Excel

Data Communications

Business Process Management

Business Intelligence and Information Systems for Decision Making

Information Systems Development

Extensions A: How the Internet Works

Information Systems Management

Information Security Management

Filters