Question 1

What moves beyond Excel graphs and charts into sophisticated analysis techniques such as pie charts, controls, instruments, maps, time-series graphs, and more?

Accepted Answer

A) Informing 
B) Infographics 
C) Data visualization tools 
D) Business intelligence dashboards 
A) Informing 
B) Infographics 
C) Data visualization tools 
D) Business intelligence dashboards

Question 2

What is the term for the practice of gathering data and ensuring that it is uniform, accurate, consistent, and complete, including such entities as customers, suppliers, products, sales, employees, and other critical entities that are commonly integrated across organizational systems.

Accepted Answer

A) Data governance. 
B) Master data management. 
C) Data validation. 
D) Data gap analysis. 
A) Data governance. 
B) Master data management. 
C) Data validation. 
D) Data gap analysis.

Question 3

What is text analytics?

Accepted Answer

A) Analyzes text flowing across the Internet, including unstructured text from blogs and messages. 
B) The process of analyzing recorded calls to gather information; brings structure to customer interactions and exposes information buried in customer contact center interactions with an enterprise. 
C) Analyzes unstructured data to find trends and patterns in words and sentences. 
D) Analyzes unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation. 
A) Analyzes text flowing across the Internet, including unstructured text from blogs and messages. 
B) The process of analyzing recorded calls to gather information; brings structure to customer interactions and exposes information buried in customer contact center interactions with an enterprise. 
C) Analyzes unstructured data to find trends and patterns in words and sentences. 
D) Analyzes unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation.

Question 4

What is a statistical process for estimating the relationships among variables?

Accepted Answer

A) Prediction 
B) Optimization 
C) Forecasting 
D) Regression 
A) Prediction 
B) Optimization 
C) Forecasting 
D) Regression

Question 5

BI can help managers with ________, where a company keeps tabs of its competitor's activities on the web using software that automatically tracks all competitor website activities such as discounts and new products.

Accepted Answer

A) Comparative analysis. 
B) Competitive monitoring. 
C) Data-driven decision management. 
D) Source data. 
A) Comparative analysis. 
B) Competitive monitoring. 
C) Data-driven decision management. 
D) Source data.

Question 6

What is a technique for establishing a match, or balance, between the source data and the target data warehouse?

Accepted Answer

A) Data set. 
B) Dirty data. 
C) Data map. 
D) Data point. 
A) Data set. 
B) Dirty data. 
C) Data map. 
D) Data point.

Question 7

A data steward is responsible for ensuring the policies and procedures are implemented across the organization and acts as a liaison between the MIS department and the business.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Static information includes data that changes based on user actions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Time-series information is time-stamped information collected at a particular frequency.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Web analytics analyzes unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The four common characteristics of big data include variety, veracity, volume, velocity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Unique information asks if each transaction and event represented only once in the information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Business analysis is difficult from operational databases. Which of the following is not a reason why?

Accepted Answer

A) Every department has its own method for recording data. 
B) When sharing data, it matches and users get the data they need. 
C) The data is of poor quality. 
D) The data collected is not always useful for intended purposes. 
A) Every department has its own method for recording data. 
B) When sharing data, it matches and users get the data they need. 
C) The data is of poor quality. 
D) The data collected is not always useful for intended purposes.

Question 14

One of the advantages found in a relational database is increased information redundancy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What determines the accuracy and completeness of organizational data?

Accepted Answer

A) Data quantity audit 
B) Data quality audit 
C) Data intelligence audit 
D) Data accuracy audit 
A) Data quantity audit 
B) Data quality audit 
C) Data intelligence audit 
D) Data accuracy audit

Question 16

The example the book gave of www.EllisIsland.org, which generates more than 2.5 billion hits, is a site that offers a database that can easily adjust to handle massive volumes of information. What is this an example of?

Accepted Answer

A) Increased scalability and performance 
B) Increased information security 
C) Reduced information redundancy 
D) Increased flexibility 
A) Increased scalability and performance 
B) Increased information security 
C) Reduced information redundancy 
D) Increased flexibility

Question 17

What analyzes unstructured data to find trends and patterns in words and sentences?

Accepted Answer

A) Social media analytics 
B) Speech analytics 
C) Text analytics 
D) Web analytics 
A) Social media analytics 
B) Speech analytics 
C) Text analytics 
D) Web analytics

Question 18

What is speech analytics?

Accepted Answer

A) Analyzes text flowing across the Internet, including unstructured text from blogs and messages. 
B) The process of analyzing recorded calls to gather information; brings structure to customer interactions and exposes information buried in customer contact center interactions with an enterprise. 
C) Analyzes unstructured data to find trends and patterns in words and sentences. 
D) Analyzes unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation. 
A) Analyzes text flowing across the Internet, including unstructured text from blogs and messages. 
B) The process of analyzing recorded calls to gather information; brings structure to customer interactions and exposes information buried in customer contact center interactions with an enterprise. 
C) Analyzes unstructured data to find trends and patterns in words and sentences. 
D) Analyzes unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation.

Question 19

What is information inconsistency?

Accepted Answer

A) Occurs when the same data element has different values. 
B) Occurs when a system produces incorrect, inconsistent, or duplicate data. 
C) Refers to the overall management of the availability, usability, integrity, and security of company data. 
D) The practice of gathering data and ensuring that it is uniform, accurate, consistent, and complete, including such entities as customers, suppliers, products, sales, employees, and other critical entities that are commonly integrated across organizational systems. 
A) Occurs when the same data element has different values. 
B) Occurs when a system produces incorrect, inconsistent, or duplicate data. 
C) Refers to the overall management of the availability, usability, integrity, and security of company data. 
D) The practice of gathering data and ensuring that it is uniform, accurate, consistent, and complete, including such entities as customers, suppliers, products, sales, employees, and other critical entities that are commonly integrated across organizational systems.

Question 20

Which of the following is a valid type of integrity constraint?

Accepted Answer

A) Relational-critical integrity constraint 
B) Business integrity constraint 
C) Relational integrity constraint 
D) Business-critical integrity constraint 
A) Relational-critical integrity constraint 
B) Business integrity constraint 
C) Relational integrity constraint 
D) Business-critical integrity constraint

What moves beyond Excel graphs and charts into sophisticated analysis techniques such as pie charts, controls, instruments, maps, time-series graphs, and more?

What is the term for the practice of gathering data and ensuring that it is uniform, accurate, consistent, and complete, including such entities as customers, suppliers, products, sales, employees, and other critical entities that are commonly integrated across organizational systems.

What is text analytics?

What is a statistical process for estimating the relationships among variables?

BI can help managers with ________, where a company keeps tabs of its competitor's activities on the web using software that automatically tracks all competitor website activities such as discounts and new products.

What is a technique for establishing a match, or balance, between the source data and the target data warehouse?

A data steward is responsible for ensuring the policies and procedures are implemented across the organization and acts as a liaison between the MIS department and the business.

Static information includes data that changes based on user actions.

Time-series information is time-stamped information collected at a particular frequency.

Web analytics analyzes unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation.

The four common characteristics of big data include variety, veracity, volume, velocity.

Unique information asks if each transaction and event represented only once in the information.

Business analysis is difficult from operational databases. Which of the following is not a reason why?

One of the advantages found in a relational database is increased information redundancy.

What determines the accuracy and completeness of organizational data?

The example the book gave of www.EllisIsland.org, which generates more than 2.5 billion hits, is a site that offers a database that can easily adjust to handle massive volumes of information. What is this an example of?

What analyzes unstructured data to find trends and patterns in words and sentences?

What is speech analytics?

What is information inconsistency?

Which of the following is a valid type of integrity constraint?

Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Decisions and Processes: Value Driven Business

Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value

Ethics and Information Security: MIS Business Concerns

Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

Networks: Mobile Business

Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility

Hardware and Software Basics

Networks and Telecommunications

Designing Databases

Emerging Trends and Technologies

Filters

Exam 6: Data: Business Intelligence

What moves beyond Excel graphs and charts into sophisticated analysis techniques such as pie charts, controls, instruments, maps, time-series graphs, and more?

What is the term for the practice of gathering data and ensuring that it is uniform, accurate, consistent, and complete, including such entities as customers, suppliers, products, sales, employees, and other critical entities that are commonly integrated across organizational systems.

What is text analytics?

What is a statistical process for estimating the relationships among variables?

BI can help managers with ________, where a company keeps tabs of its competitor's activities on the web using software that automatically tracks all competitor website activities such as discounts and new products.

What is a technique for establishing a match, or balance, between the source data and the target data warehouse?

A data steward is responsible for ensuring the policies and procedures are implemented across the organization and acts as a liaison between the MIS department and the business.

Static information includes data that changes based on user actions.

Time-series information is time-stamped information collected at a particular frequency.

Web analytics analyzes unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation.

The four common characteristics of big data include variety, veracity, volume, velocity.

Unique information asks if each transaction and event represented only once in the information.

Business analysis is difficult from operational databases. Which of the following is not a reason why?

One of the advantages found in a relational database is increased information redundancy.

What determines the accuracy and completeness of organizational data?

The example the book gave of www.EllisIsland.org, which generates more than 2.5 billion hits, is a site that offers a database that can easily adjust to handle massive volumes of information. What is this an example of?

What analyzes unstructured data to find trends and patterns in words and sentences?

What is speech analytics?

What is information inconsistency?

Which of the following is a valid type of integrity constraint?

Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Decisions and Processes: Value Driven Business

Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value

Ethics and Information Security: MIS Business Concerns

Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

Networks: Mobile Business

Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility

Hardware and Software Basics

Networks and Telecommunications

Designing Databases

Emerging Trends and Technologies

Filters