Question 1

_________ provides access to both organizational and external information through visual screens that combine text, data, and images.

Accepted Answer

A)  VIAA 
B)  Knowledge management 
C)  EIS 
D)  None of the above. 
A)  VIAA 
B)  Knowledge management 
C)  EIS 
D)  None of the above. A

Question 2

What is a High Performance Storage System?

Accepted Answer

A high-performance storage system is software that provides hierarchical storage management and services for extremely large storage environments. It is particularly important when scalability is required or when there are very large rule sets to be managed. A central technical goal of HPSS is to move large files between storage devices and parallel or clustered computers at speeds many times faster than today's commercial storage system capabilities.

Question 3

Which of the following is not an issue that is crucial to the future of expert systems?

Accepted Answer

A)  Knowledge management 
B)  Network simulation 
C)  AI requirements for intelligent databases 
D)  None of the above. 
A)  Knowledge management 
B)  Network simulation 
C)  AI requirements for intelligent databases 
D)  None of the above. B

Question 4

Which of the following enables individuals to immerse themselves into a simulated environment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Environmental analysis 
B)  Virtual analysis 
C)  Virtual reality 
D)  None of the above. 
A)  Environmental analysis 
B)  Virtual analysis 
C)  Virtual reality 
D)  None of the above.

Question 5

Which of the following utilizes a database of user preferences in order to predict user outcomes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Personalization agents 
B)  Collaborative filtering 
C)  Active filtering 
D)  None of the above. 
A)  Personalization agents 
B)  Collaborative filtering 
C)  Active filtering 
D)  None of the above.

Question 6

A major problem in the development of DSSs is a lack of GUIs to help integrate disparate architectures or platforms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Virtual reality can potentially alter the manner in which users are trained to use information systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

One area of future DSS growth is advanced data management capabilities, including support for hypertext and multimedia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following is a method to determine the degree of humanlike intelligence displayed by a computer?

Accepted Answer

A)  Deming test 
B)  Gates test 
C)  Juran test 
D)  None of the above. 
A)  Deming test 
B)  Gates test 
C)  Juran test 
D)  None of the above.

Question 10

Decision support systems continue to increase in importance as a result of rapid increases in the amount of data to be filtered and analyzed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

_____________ is the term that describes the phenomena of data doubling every year, while at the same time a typical knowledge analyst can only absorb 5% of the data.

Accepted Answer

A)  Online analytical processing 
B)  Information overload 
C)  Virtual information analysis 
D)  None of the above. 
A)  Online analytical processing 
B)  Information overload 
C)  Virtual information analysis 
D)  None of the above.

Question 12

Two major issues that will impact the future of expert systems are knowledge management and virtual databases.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Virtual information access and analysis provides a comprehensive access to multimedia, graphical and text data but is limited to internal data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following is true of a high-performance storage system (HPSS)?

Accepted Answer

A)  An HPSS is software that provides hierarchical storage management. 
B)  An HPSS supports scalability. 
C)  A goal of an HPSS is to move files at speeds significantly faster than today's current storage technology. 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  An HPSS is software that provides hierarchical storage management. 
B)  An HPSS supports scalability. 
C)  A goal of an HPSS is to move files at speeds significantly faster than today's current storage technology. 
D)  All of the above.

Question 15

The ultimate design goal for expert system knowledge acquisition is to enable the user to encode their own knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following is not an issue affecting intelligent software agents?

Accepted Answer

A)  Vigilance 
B)  Privacy 
C)  Legal issues 
D)  All of the above are issues affecting ISAs. 
A)  Vigilance 
B)  Privacy 
C)  Legal issues 
D)  All of the above are issues affecting ISAs.

Question 17

Collaborative filtering applies human thought, in the form of a database of user preferences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

DSSs have impacted which of the following areas?

Accepted Answer

A)  Medicine 
B)  Manufacturing 
C)  Forestry 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  Medicine 
B)  Manufacturing 
C)  Forestry 
D)  All of the above.

Question 19

Briefly describe how a DSS can be used to support manufacturing.

Accepted Answer

A DSS can be used to decide levels of in

Question 20

One of the significant advantages of DSSs is that they are completely secure and can therefore be accessed across any network.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

_________ provides access to both organizational and external information through visual screens that combine text, data, and images.

What is a High Performance Storage System?

Which of the following is not an issue that is crucial to the future of expert systems?

Which of the following enables individuals to immerse themselves into a simulated environment?

Which of the following utilizes a database of user preferences in order to predict user outcomes?

A major problem in the development of DSSs is a lack of GUIs to help integrate disparate architectures or platforms.

Virtual reality can potentially alter the manner in which users are trained to use information systems.

One area of future DSS growth is advanced data management capabilities, including support for hypertext and multimedia.

Which of the following is a method to determine the degree of humanlike intelligence displayed by a computer?

Decision support systems continue to increase in importance as a result of rapid increases in the amount of data to be filtered and analyzed.

_____________ is the term that describes the phenomena of data doubling every year, while at the same time a typical knowledge analyst can only absorb 5% of the data.

Two major issues that will impact the future of expert systems are knowledge management and virtual databases.

Virtual information access and analysis provides a comprehensive access to multimedia, graphical and text data but is limited to internal data.

Which of the following is true of a high-performance storage system (HPSS)?

The ultimate design goal for expert system knowledge acquisition is to enable the user to encode their own knowledge.

Which of the following is not an issue affecting intelligent software agents?

Collaborative filtering applies human thought, in the form of a database of user preferences.

DSSs have impacted which of the following areas?

Briefly describe how a DSS can be used to support manufacturing.

One of the significant advantages of DSSs is that they are completely secure and can therefore be accessed across any network.

Introduction to Decision Support Systems

Decisions and Decision Makers

Decisions in the Organization

Modeling Decision Processes

Group Decision Support and Groupware Technologies

Executive Information Systems

Expert Systems and Artificial Intelligence

Knowledge Engineering and Acquisition

Machines That Can Learn

The Data Warehouse

Data Mining and Data Visualization

Designing and Building the Data Warehouse

Decisions in the Organization

Designing and Building Decision Support Systems

Implementing and Integrating Decision Support Systems

Creative Decision Making and Problem Solving

Intelligent Software Agents, Bots, Delegation, and Agency

Filters

Exam 18: Decision Support in the Twenty-First Century

_________ provides access to both organizational and external information through visual screens that combine text, data, and images.

What is a High Performance Storage System?

Which of the following is not an issue that is crucial to the future of expert systems?

Which of the following enables individuals to immerse themselves into a simulated environment?

Which of the following utilizes a database of user preferences in order to predict user outcomes?

A major problem in the development of DSSs is a lack of GUIs to help integrate disparate architectures or platforms.

Virtual reality can potentially alter the manner in which users are trained to use information systems.

One area of future DSS growth is advanced data management capabilities, including support for hypertext and multimedia.

Which of the following is a method to determine the degree of humanlike intelligence displayed by a computer?

Decision support systems continue to increase in importance as a result of rapid increases in the amount of data to be filtered and analyzed.

_____________ is the term that describes the phenomena of data doubling every year, while at the same time a typical knowledge analyst can only absorb 5% of the data.

Two major issues that will impact the future of expert systems are knowledge management and virtual databases.

Virtual information access and analysis provides a comprehensive access to multimedia, graphical and text data but is limited to internal data.

Which of the following is true of a high-performance storage system (HPSS)?

The ultimate design goal for expert system knowledge acquisition is to enable the user to encode their own knowledge.

Which of the following is not an issue affecting intelligent software agents?

Collaborative filtering applies human thought, in the form of a database of user preferences.

DSSs have impacted which of the following areas?

Briefly describe how a DSS can be used to support manufacturing.

One of the significant advantages of DSSs is that they are completely secure and can therefore be accessed across any network.

Introduction to Decision Support Systems

Decisions and Decision Makers

Decisions in the Organization

Modeling Decision Processes

Group Decision Support and Groupware Technologies

Executive Information Systems

Expert Systems and Artificial Intelligence

Knowledge Engineering and Acquisition

Machines That Can Learn

The Data Warehouse

Data Mining and Data Visualization

Designing and Building the Data Warehouse

Decisions in the Organization

Designing and Building Decision Support Systems

Implementing and Integrating Decision Support Systems

Creative Decision Making and Problem Solving

Intelligent Software Agents, Bots, Delegation, and Agency

Filters