Exam 8: Big Data Data Warehouses and Business Intelligence Systems

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Problematic data include so-called "dirty data."

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What is a data warehouse?

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A data warehouse is a non-operational database intended for use by Business Intelligence applications.A data warehouse is a database system that has data,programs and personnel who specialize in the preparation of data for Business intelligence processing.Databases in data warehouses are frequently denormalized to speed up BI processes.The components of a data warehouse include programs for data extraction/cleaning/preparation,data warehouse DBMSs,data warehouse metadata and data warehouse data.The data warehouse metadata database records the date warehouse data's source,format assumptions,constraints and other relevant facts.

Business Intelligence (BI)reporting systems are used to filter data,sort data,group data and make simple calculations based on the data.

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Business Intelligence (BI)systems are information systems that help users analyze and use data.

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Data warehouse data is often stored in a(n)________.

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Data warehouses are populated with data prepared by ________ programs.

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Distributed databases can be distributed by partitioning and ________.

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A dimensional database uses a(n)________.

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Apache Cassandra is an example of a(n)________ non-relational DBMS.

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Excel 2013 allows us to connect directly to an Access 2013 database when building a PivotTable.

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NoSQL really stands for "Not only SQL."

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What is a Microsoft Excel PivotTable?

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To control the placement of columns and rows in an Excel 2013 PivotTable,we use the ________.

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To deal with historical data values,dimensional databases use a(n)________.

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Apache Cassandra is an example of a(n)________ non-relational DBMS.

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Hadoop is a(n)________.

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We have obtained access to the company's operational data.In one record,we find that a customer's age has been recorded as "337." This is an example of:

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When creating an OLAP report based on Access 2013 data,it is often a good idea to create a view equivalent query to organize the data needed for the OLAP report.

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What is a conformed dimension?

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To deal with data values that change over time,dimensional databases use a(n)________.

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