Question 1

Dynamic information includes data that change based on user actions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following systems allow users to create, read, update, and delete data in a relational database?

Accepted Answer

A) business intelligence system 
B) informational database system 
C) relational database management system 
D) data mining system 
A) business intelligence system 
B) informational database system 
C) relational database management system 
D) data mining system

Question 3

Machine-generated data is created by a machine without human intervention.Machine-generated structured data includes sensor data, point-of-sale data, and web log (blog) data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What is a content editor?

Accepted Answer

A) the person responsible for creating the original website content 
B) the person responsible for updating and maintaining website content 
C) includes fixed data incapable of change in the event of a user action 
D) includes data that change based on user action 
A) the person responsible for creating the original website content 
B) the person responsible for updating and maintaining website content 
C) includes fixed data incapable of change in the event of a user action 
D) includes data that change based on user action

Question 5

The physical view of information deals with the physical storage of information on a storage device.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

How would the technology industry use business intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A) track crime patterns, locations, and criminal behavior 
B) analyze customer demographics 
C) predict sales, inventory levels, and distribution 
D) predict hardware failures 
A) track crime patterns, locations, and criminal behavior 
B) analyze customer demographics 
C) predict sales, inventory levels, and distribution 
D) predict hardware failures

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of an external databases in the data warehouse model?

Accepted Answer

A) marketing information 
B) sales information 
C) competitor information 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) marketing information 
B) sales information 
C) competitor information 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 8

What is regression?

Accepted Answer

A) a statement about what will happen or might happen in the future; for example, predicting future sales or employee turnover 
B) a statistical process that finds the way to make a design, system, or decision as effective as possible; for example, finding the values of controllable variables that determine maximal productivity or minimal waste 
C) predictions based on time-series information 
D) a statistical process for estimating the relationships among variables 
A) a statement about what will happen or might happen in the future; for example, predicting future sales or employee turnover 
B) a statistical process that finds the way to make a design, system, or decision as effective as possible; for example, finding the values of controllable variables that determine maximal productivity or minimal waste 
C) predictions based on time-series information 
D) a statistical process for estimating the relationships among variables

Question 9

Metadata are logical data structures that detail the relationships among data elements by using graphics or pictures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

A business catalog defines how a company performs certain aspects of its business and typically results in either a yes/no or true/false answer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What is the ultimate outcome of a data warehouse?

Accepted Answer

A) data goals 
B) data relationships 
C) data marketing 
D) data marts 
A) data goals 
B) data relationships 
C) data marketing 
D) data marts

Question 12

What type of keys do you need to use to create a relational database model?

Accepted Answer

A) primary keys and secondary keys 
B) primary keys and foreign keys 
C) entity keys and attribute keys 
D) relational keys and DBMS keys 
A) primary keys and secondary keys 
B) primary keys and foreign keys 
C) entity keys and attribute keys 
D) relational keys and DBMS keys

Question 13

Which of the choices below does not represent an organization that requires up-to-the-second information?

Accepted Answer

A) 911 response center 
B) stock traders 
C) banks 
D) construction companies 
A) 911 response center 
B) stock traders 
C) banks 
D) construction companies

Question 14

Most people request real-time information without understanding that continual ________ is one of its biggest pitfalls.

Accepted Answer

A) improvements 
B) change 
C) clustering 
D) cleansing 
A) improvements 
B) change 
C) clustering 
D) cleansing

Question 15

Human-generated data is created by a machine without human intervention.Machine-generated structured data includes sensor data, point-of-sale data, and web log (blog) data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What segments a heterogeneous population of more homogeneous subgroups?

Accepted Answer

A) classification 
B) estimation 
C) affinity grouping 
D) clustering 
A) classification 
B) estimation 
C) affinity grouping 
D) clustering

Question 17

What is advanced analytics?

Accepted Answer

A) a collection of large, complex data sets, including structured and unstructured data, which cannot be analyzed using traditional database methods and tools 
B) processes and manages algorithms across many machines in a computing environment 
C) focuses on forecasting future trends and producing insights using sophisticated quantitative methods, including statistics, descriptive and predictive data mining, simulation, and optimization 
D) extracts knowledge from data by performing statistical analysis, data mining, and advanced analytics on big data to identify trends, market changes, and other relevant information 
A) a collection of large, complex data sets, including structured and unstructured data, which cannot be analyzed using traditional database methods and tools 
B) processes and manages algorithms across many machines in a computing environment 
C) focuses on forecasting future trends and producing insights using sophisticated quantitative methods, including statistics, descriptive and predictive data mining, simulation, and optimization 
D) extracts knowledge from data by performing statistical analysis, data mining, and advanced analytics on big data to identify trends, market changes, and other relevant information

Question 18

The banking industry uses business intelligence to understand customer credit card usage and nonpayment rates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What occurs when a system produces incorrect, inconsistent, or duplicate data?

Accepted Answer

A) information inconsistency 
B) information integrity issues 
C) data governance 
D) master data management 
A) information inconsistency 
B) information integrity issues 
C) data governance 
D) master data management

Question 20

Affinity determines values for an unknown continuous variable behavior or estimated future value.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Dynamic information includes data that change based on user actions.

Which of the following systems allow users to create, read, update, and delete data in a relational database?

Machine-generated data is created by a machine without human intervention.Machine-generated structured data includes sensor data, point-of-sale data, and web log (blog) data.

What is a content editor?

The physical view of information deals with the physical storage of information on a storage device.

How would the technology industry use business intelligence?

Which of the following is an example of an external databases in the data warehouse model?

What is regression?

Metadata are logical data structures that detail the relationships among data elements by using graphics or pictures.

A business catalog defines how a company performs certain aspects of its business and typically results in either a yes/no or true/false answer.

What is the ultimate outcome of a data warehouse?

What type of keys do you need to use to create a relational database model?

Which of the choices below does not represent an organization that requires up-to-the-second information?

Most people request real-time information without understanding that continual ________ is one of its biggest pitfalls.

Human-generated data is created by a machine without human intervention.Machine-generated structured data includes sensor data, point-of-sale data, and web log (blog) data.

What segments a heterogeneous population of more homogeneous subgroups?

What is advanced analytics?

The banking industry uses business intelligence to understand customer credit card usage and nonpayment rates.

What occurs when a system produces incorrect, inconsistent, or duplicate data?

Affinity determines values for an unknown continuous variable behavior or estimated future value.

Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Decisions and Processes: Value Driven Business

Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value

Ethics and Information Security: Mis Business Concerns: Module 2: Technical Foundations of MIS

Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

Networks: Mobile Business: Module 3: Enterprise MIS

Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Systems Development and Project Management: Corporateresponsibility

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Exam 6: Data: Business Intelligence

Dynamic information includes data that change based on user actions.

Which of the following systems allow users to create, read, update, and delete data in a relational database?

Machine-generated data is created by a machine without human intervention.Machine-generated structured data includes sensor data, point-of-sale data, and web log (blog) data.

What is a content editor?

The physical view of information deals with the physical storage of information on a storage device.

How would the technology industry use business intelligence?

Which of the following is an example of an external databases in the data warehouse model?

What is regression?

Metadata are logical data structures that detail the relationships among data elements by using graphics or pictures.

A business catalog defines how a company performs certain aspects of its business and typically results in either a yes/no or true/false answer.

What is the ultimate outcome of a data warehouse?

What type of keys do you need to use to create a relational database model?

Which of the choices below does not represent an organization that requires up-to-the-second information?

Most people request real-time information without understanding that continual ________ is one of its biggest pitfalls.

Human-generated data is created by a machine without human intervention.Machine-generated structured data includes sensor data, point-of-sale data, and web log (blog) data.

What segments a heterogeneous population of more homogeneous subgroups?

What is advanced analytics?

The banking industry uses business intelligence to understand customer credit card usage and nonpayment rates.

What occurs when a system produces incorrect, inconsistent, or duplicate data?

Affinity determines values for an unknown continuous variable behavior or estimated future value.

Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Decisions and Processes: Value Driven Business

Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value

Ethics and Information Security: Mis Business Concerns: Module 2: Technical Foundations of MIS

Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

Networks: Mobile Business: Module 3: Enterprise MIS

Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Systems Development and Project Management: Corporateresponsibility

Hardware and Software Basics

Networks and Telecommunications

Designing Data-Bases-Apply Your Knowledge-Glossary

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