Question 1

Because they are online,OLAP reports are ________ reports.

Accepted Answer

A) extensible 
B) push 
C) pull 
D) dynamic 
A) extensible 
B) push 
C) pull 
D) dynamic D

Question 2

Reporting tools produce information from data using five basic operations: sorting,grouping,calculating,filtering,and formatting.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

With supervised data mining,the parameters of the model are known prior to the analysis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

OLAP provides the ability to sum,count,average,and perform other simple arithmetic operations on groups of data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

An ________ and an OLAP report are the same thing.

Accepted Answer

A) OLAP measure 
B) OLAP cube 
C) OLAP dimension 
D) OLAP array 
A) OLAP measure 
B) OLAP cube 
C) OLAP dimension 
D) OLAP array

Question 6

Which of the following is a description of a business intelligence (BI)application?

Accepted Answer

A) It implements the logic of a particular procedure or process. 
B) It is the use of a tool on a particular type of data for a particular purpose. 
C) It is an information system having all five components that delivers the results to users who need those results. 
D) It stores employee knowledge and makes it available to employees,customers,and others who need it. 
A) It implements the logic of a particular procedure or process. 
B) It is the use of a tool on a particular type of data for a particular purpose. 
C) It is an information system having all five components that delivers the results to users who need those results. 
D) It stores employee knowledge and makes it available to employees,customers,and others who need it.

Question 7

A value of 999-999-9999 for a U.S.phone number is an example of dirty data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Alerts are messages transmitted via email or phone that notify a user that a particular condition has occurred.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following is used to show the products that customers tend to buy together?

Accepted Answer

A) regression analysis 
B) market-basket analysis 
C) neural networks 
D) portfolio model 
A) regression analysis 
B) market-basket analysis 
C) neural networks 
D) portfolio model

Question 10

With ________,statistical techniques identify groups of entities that have similar characteristics.

Accepted Answer

A) expert systems 
B) regression analysis 
C) neural networks 
D) cluster analysis 
A) expert systems 
B) regression analysis 
C) neural networks 
D) cluster analysis

Question 11

Tools used to mine business data in order to find meaningful patterns are called business insight (BI)tools.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

A business intelligence (BI)application is a computer program that implements the logic of a particular procedure or process.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

RFM analysis considers how recently (R)a customer ordered,how frequently (F)they ordered,and how much margin (M)the company made on the orders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Users of data marts need not have the data management expertise that data warehouse employees have.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

A market-basket analysis is a data-mining technique used for determining sales patterns.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following is a hierarchical arrangement of criteria that predict a classification or a value?

Accepted Answer

A) a value chain 
B) cluster analysis 
C) a decision tree 
D) a neural network 
A) a value chain 
B) cluster analysis 
C) a decision tree 
D) a neural network

Question 17

RFM analysis ranks customers by considering the recency,frequency,and ________ of their orders.

Accepted Answer

A) dollar amount 
B) character 
C) capacity 
D) timeliness 
A) dollar amount 
B) character 
C) capacity 
D) timeliness

Question 18

What is the objective of performing a market-basket analysis?

Accepted Answer

A market-basket analysis is a data-minin

Question 19

Because of problems with operational data,many organizations choose to extract operational data into a(n)________.

Accepted Answer

A) OLAP server 
B) database server 
C) data warehouse 
D) EDI application 
A) OLAP server 
B) database server 
C) data warehouse 
D) EDI application

Question 20

Problematic data are termed ________.

Accepted Answer

A) bad data 
B) rough data 
C) dirty data 
D) granular data 
A) bad data 
B) rough data 
C) dirty data 
D) granular data

Because they are online,OLAP reports are ________ reports.

Reporting tools produce information from data using five basic operations: sorting,grouping,calculating,filtering,and formatting.

With supervised data mining,the parameters of the model are known prior to the analysis.

OLAP provides the ability to sum,count,average,and perform other simple arithmetic operations on groups of data.

An ________ and an OLAP report are the same thing.

Which of the following is a description of a business intelligence (BI)application?

A value of 999-999-9999 for a U.S.phone number is an example of dirty data.

Alerts are messages transmitted via email or phone that notify a user that a particular condition has occurred.

Which of the following is used to show the products that customers tend to buy together?

With ________,statistical techniques identify groups of entities that have similar characteristics.

Tools used to mine business data in order to find meaningful patterns are called business insight (BI)tools.

A business intelligence (BI)application is a computer program that implements the logic of a particular procedure or process.

RFM analysis considers how recently (R)a customer ordered,how frequently (F)they ordered,and how much margin (M)the company made on the orders.

Users of data marts need not have the data management expertise that data warehouse employees have.

A market-basket analysis is a data-mining technique used for determining sales patterns.

Which of the following is a hierarchical arrangement of criteria that predict a classification or a value?

RFM analysis ranks customers by considering the recency,frequency,and ________ of their orders.

What is the objective of performing a market-basket analysis?

Because of problems with operational data,many organizations choose to extract operational data into a(n)________.

Problematic data are termed ________.

The Importance of Mis

Collaboration Information Systems

Information Systems for Competitive Advantage

Hardware and Software

Database Processing

Data Communications

How the Internet Works

Business Process Management

E-Commerce and Web 2.0

Managing Development

Information Systems Management

Information Security Management

International Dimension 1 - the Global Economy

International Dimension 2 - Global Communication

International Dimension 3 - Global Is and the Value Chain

International Dimension 4 - International It Management and Development

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Exam 10: Business Intelligence Systems

Because they are online,OLAP reports are ________ reports.

Reporting tools produce information from data using five basic operations: sorting,grouping,calculating,filtering,and formatting.

With supervised data mining,the parameters of the model are known prior to the analysis.

OLAP provides the ability to sum,count,average,and perform other simple arithmetic operations on groups of data.

An ________ and an OLAP report are the same thing.

Which of the following is a description of a business intelligence (BI)application?

A value of 999-999-9999 for a U.S.phone number is an example of dirty data.

Alerts are messages transmitted via email or phone that notify a user that a particular condition has occurred.

Which of the following is used to show the products that customers tend to buy together?

With ________,statistical techniques identify groups of entities that have similar characteristics.

Tools used to mine business data in order to find meaningful patterns are called business insight (BI)tools.

A business intelligence (BI)application is a computer program that implements the logic of a particular procedure or process.

RFM analysis considers how recently (R)a customer ordered,how frequently (F)they ordered,and how much margin (M)the company made on the orders.

Users of data marts need not have the data management expertise that data warehouse employees have.

A market-basket analysis is a data-mining technique used for determining sales patterns.

Which of the following is a hierarchical arrangement of criteria that predict a classification or a value?

RFM analysis ranks customers by considering the recency,frequency,and ________ of their orders.

What is the objective of performing a market-basket analysis?

Because of problems with operational data,many organizations choose to extract operational data into a(n)________.

Problematic data are termed ________.

The Importance of Mis

Collaboration Information Systems

Information Systems for Competitive Advantage

Hardware and Software

Database Processing

Data Communications

How the Internet Works

Business Process Management

E-Commerce and Web 2.0

Managing Development

Information Systems Management

Information Security Management

International Dimension 1 - the Global Economy

International Dimension 2 - Global Communication

International Dimension 3 - Global Is and the Value Chain

International Dimension 4 - International It Management and Development

Filters