Question 1

Describe the CabSense application used by the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission.

Accepted Answer

Sense Networks has built a mobile application called CabSense that analyzes large amounts of data from the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission. CabSense helps New Yorkers and visitors in finding the best corners for hailing a taxi based on the person's location, day of the week, and time. CabSense rates the street corners on a 5-point scale by making use of machine-learning algorithms applied to the vast amounts of historical location points obtained from the pickups and drop-offs of all New York City cabs. Although the app does not give the exact location of cabs in real time, its data-crunching predictions enable people to get to a street corner that has the highest probability of finding a cab.

Question 2

The surge in location-enabled services has resulted in ________ mining, the analytics of massive databases of historical and real-time streaming location information.

Accepted Answer

reality

Question 3

The industry impact of an automated decision system's use is limited to the company's supply chain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

In service-oriented DSS, an application programming interface (API) serves to populate source systems with raw data and to pull operational reports.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Web-based e-mail such as Google's Gmail are not examples of cloud computing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which component of service-oriented DSS includes such examples as optimization, data mining, text mining, simulation, automated decision systems?

Accepted Answer

A)  application programming interface 
B)  analytics 
C)  operations and administration 
D)  metadata management 
A)  application programming interface 
B)  analytics 
C)  operations and administration 
D)  metadata management

Question 7

In the Great Clips case study, the company uses geospatial data to analyze, among other things, the types of haircuts most popular in different geographic locations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following is true of data-as-a-Service (DaaS) platforms?

Accepted Answer

A)  Knowing where the data resides is critical to the functioning of the platform. 
B)  There are standardized processes for accessing data wherever it is located. 
C)  Business processes can access local data only. 
D)  Data quality happens on each individual platform. 
A)  Knowing where the data resides is critical to the functioning of the platform. 
B)  There are standardized processes for accessing data wherever it is located. 
C)  Business processes can access local data only. 
D)  Data quality happens on each individual platform.

Question 9

Web 2.0 is the popular term for describing advanced Web technologies and applications. Describe four main representative characteristics of the Web 2.0 environment.

Accepted Answer

•Web 2.0 has the ability to tap into the

Question 10

Research into managerial use of DSS and expert systems found all the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  managers spent more of their time planning. 
B)  managers saw their decision making quality enhanced. 
C)  managers spent more time in the office and less in the field. 
D)  managers were able to devote less of their time fighting fires. 
A)  managers spent more of their time planning. 
B)  managers saw their decision making quality enhanced. 
C)  managers spent more time in the office and less in the field. 
D)  managers were able to devote less of their time fighting fires.

Question 11

Content-based filtering obtains detailed information about item characteristics and restricts this process to a single user using information tags or

Accepted Answer

A)  keywords. 
B)  passphrases. 
C)  key-pairs. 
D)  reality mining. 
A)  keywords. 
B)  passphrases. 
C)  key-pairs. 
D)  reality mining.

Question 12

Oklahoma Gas & Electric employs a two-layer information architecture involving data warehouse and improved and expanded integration.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What kind of location based analytics is real-time marketing promotion?

Accepted Answer

A)  organization-oriented geospatial static approach 
B)  organization-oriented location-based dynamic approach 
C)  consumer-oriented geospatial static approach 
D)  consumer-oriented location-based dynamic approach 
A)  organization-oriented geospatial static approach 
B)  organization-oriented location-based dynamic approach 
C)  consumer-oriented geospatial static approach 
D)  consumer-oriented location-based dynamic approach

Question 14

Why do analytics applications have the effect of redistributing power among managers?

Accepted Answer

A)  The more information and analysis managers have, the more power they possess. 
B)  Sponsoring an analytics system automatically confers power to a manager. 
C)  New analytics applications change managers' job expectations. 
D)  New analytics systems lead to new budget allocations, resulting in increased power. 
A)  The more information and analysis managers have, the more power they possess. 
B)  Sponsoring an analytics system automatically confers power to a manager. 
C)  New analytics applications change managers' job expectations. 
D)  New analytics systems lead to new budget allocations, resulting in increased power.

Question 15

How does Oklahoma Gas and Electric use the Teradata platform to manage the electric grid?

Accepted Answer

Oklahoma Gas and Electric uses the Terad

Question 16

Which of the following is true about the furtherance of homeland security?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is a lessening of privacy issues. 
B)  There is a greater need for oversight. 
C)  The impetus was the need to harvest information related to financial fraud after 2001. 
D)  Most people regard analytic tools as mostly ineffective in increasing security. 
A)  There is a lessening of privacy issues. 
B)  There is a greater need for oversight. 
C)  The impetus was the need to harvest information related to financial fraud after 2001. 
D)  Most people regard analytic tools as mostly ineffective in increasing security.

Question 17

Today, most smartphones are equipped with various instruments to measure jerk, orientation, and sense motion. One of these instruments is an accelerometer, and the other is a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  potentiometer. 
B)  gyroscope. 
C)  microscope. 
D)  oscilloscope. 
A)  potentiometer. 
B)  gyroscope. 
C)  microscope. 
D)  oscilloscope.

Question 18

A British company called Path Intelligence has developed a system that ascertains how people move within a city or even within a store. What is this system called?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pathfinder 
B)  PathMiner 
C)  Footpath 
D)  Pathdata 
A)  Pathfinder 
B)  PathMiner 
C)  Footpath 
D)  Pathdata

Question 19

Possibly the biggest recent growth in analytics has been in ________ analytics, as many statistical software companies such as SAS and SPSS embraced it early on.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Possibly the biggest recent growth in analytics...

Question 20

Predictive analytics is beginning to enable development of software that is directly used by a consumer. One key concern in employing these technologies is the loss of ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Predictive analytics is beginning to enable development...

Describe the CabSense application used by the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission.

The surge in location-enabled services has resulted in ________ mining, the analytics of massive databases of historical and real-time streaming location information.

The industry impact of an automated decision system's use is limited to the company's supply chain.

In service-oriented DSS, an application programming interface (API) serves to populate source systems with raw data and to pull operational reports.

Web-based e-mail such as Google's Gmail are not examples of cloud computing.

Which component of service-oriented DSS includes such examples as optimization, data mining, text mining, simulation, automated decision systems?

In the Great Clips case study, the company uses geospatial data to analyze, among other things, the types of haircuts most popular in different geographic locations.

Which of the following is true of data-as-a-Service (DaaS) platforms?

Web 2.0 is the popular term for describing advanced Web technologies and applications. Describe four main representative characteristics of the Web 2.0 environment.

Research into managerial use of DSS and expert systems found all the following EXCEPT

Content-based filtering obtains detailed information about item characteristics and restricts this process to a single user using information tags or

Oklahoma Gas & Electric employs a two-layer information architecture involving data warehouse and improved and expanded integration.

What kind of location based analytics is real-time marketing promotion?

Why do analytics applications have the effect of redistributing power among managers?

How does Oklahoma Gas and Electric use the Teradata platform to manage the electric grid?

Which of the following is true about the furtherance of homeland security?

Today, most smartphones are equipped with various instruments to measure jerk, orientation, and sense motion. One of these instruments is an accelerometer, and the other is a(n)

A British company called Path Intelligence has developed a system that ascertains how people move within a city or even within a store. What is this system called?

Possibly the biggest recent growth in analytics has been in ________ analytics, as many statistical software companies such as SAS and SPSS embraced it early on.

Predictive analytics is beginning to enable development of software that is directly used by a consumer. One key concern in employing these technologies is the loss of ________.

An Overview of Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Decision Support

Foundations and Technologies for Decision Making

Data Warehousing

Business Reporting, Visual Analytics, and Business Performance Management

Data Mining

Techniques for Predictive Modeling

Text Analytics, Text Mining, and Sentiment Analysis

Web Analytics, Web Mining, and Social Analytics

Model-Based Decision Making: Optimization and Multi-Criteria Systems

Modeling and Analysis: Heuristic Search Methods and Simulation

Automated Decision Systems and Expert Systems

Knowledge Management and Collaborative Systems

Big Data and Analytics

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Exam 14: Business Analytics: Emerging Trends and Future Impacts

Describe the CabSense application used by the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission.

The surge in location-enabled services has resulted in ________ mining, the analytics of massive databases of historical and real-time streaming location information.

The industry impact of an automated decision system's use is limited to the company's supply chain.

In service-oriented DSS, an application programming interface (API) serves to populate source systems with raw data and to pull operational reports.

Web-based e-mail such as Google's Gmail are not examples of cloud computing.

Which component of service-oriented DSS includes such examples as optimization, data mining, text mining, simulation, automated decision systems?

In the Great Clips case study, the company uses geospatial data to analyze, among other things, the types of haircuts most popular in different geographic locations.

Which of the following is true of data-as-a-Service (DaaS) platforms?

Web 2.0 is the popular term for describing advanced Web technologies and applications. Describe four main representative characteristics of the Web 2.0 environment.

Research into managerial use of DSS and expert systems found all the following EXCEPT

Content-based filtering obtains detailed information about item characteristics and restricts this process to a single user using information tags or

Oklahoma Gas & Electric employs a two-layer information architecture involving data warehouse and improved and expanded integration.

What kind of location based analytics is real-time marketing promotion?

Why do analytics applications have the effect of redistributing power among managers?

How does Oklahoma Gas and Electric use the Teradata platform to manage the electric grid?

Which of the following is true about the furtherance of homeland security?

Today, most smartphones are equipped with various instruments to measure jerk, orientation, and sense motion. One of these instruments is an accelerometer, and the other is a(n)

A British company called Path Intelligence has developed a system that ascertains how people move within a city or even within a store. What is this system called?

Possibly the biggest recent growth in analytics has been in ________ analytics, as many statistical software companies such as SAS and SPSS embraced it early on.

Predictive analytics is beginning to enable development of software that is directly used by a consumer. One key concern in employing these technologies is the loss of ________.

An Overview of Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Decision Support

Foundations and Technologies for Decision Making

Data Warehousing

Business Reporting, Visual Analytics, and Business Performance Management

Data Mining

Techniques for Predictive Modeling

Text Analytics, Text Mining, and Sentiment Analysis

Web Analytics, Web Mining, and Social Analytics

Model-Based Decision Making: Optimization and Multi-Criteria Systems

Modeling and Analysis: Heuristic Search Methods and Simulation

Automated Decision Systems and Expert Systems

Knowledge Management and Collaborative Systems

Big Data and Analytics

Filters