Exam 5: Data and Knowledge Management

A ________ is a group of eight ________.

All the information about you in your university's database is a(n) ________.

Before Spanner, one of the major problems that Google encountered with respect to consistency among databases was that of keeping time without constant, intense communication.

A vertical line with a "chicken leg" to the entity represents the ________ cardinality symbol.

NewSQL is a class of modern relational database management system that attempts to provide the same scalable performance of ___ systems for ___.

Databases maximize _________; this means ________.

Knowledge is information in action.

Data marts and data warehouses are ________; this means they ________ be updated by users.

The ________ creates links between two tables.

Laurie heads up a team creating a new process for the shipping department of her company. She worked with external consultants and wrote a process diagram. After getting upper management's opinions the team posted the new diagram to a corporate portal site. They are now demonstrating the new process to all shipping department employees. Laurie's team is at the ________ knowledge stage of the KMS cycle.

A(n) ___ is a collection of logically related records.

Explicit knowledge deals with more objective, rational, and technical knowledge.

___ knowledge deals with more objective, rational, and technical knowledge.

________ deals with more objective, rational, and technical knowledge.

Microsoft ________ is a popular example of a relational database.

It is difficult for business analysts and data scientists who rely on EDWs to ask ad hoc questions of the data.

Which of the following is NOT a reason managing data is difficult?

A data ___ is a repository of historical data that are organized by subject to support decision makers in the organization.

Consider the data warehouse framework. Describe a source system and the main problem associated with these systems. What options do organizations have for storing data; which one is most effective? What is metadata? Why is data quality so important? What are the two categories of users?

Sarbanes-Oxley requires that private companies evaluate and disclose the effectiveness of their internal financial controls.