Question 1

Which of the following is incorrect in reference to a database?

Accepted Answer

A) A database can be relational or network. 
B) Database information is accessed by logical structure. 
C) Database information is accessed by physical structure. 
D) Database users can have different views of information. 
A) A database can be relational or network. 
B) Database information is accessed by logical structure. 
C) Database information is accessed by physical structure. 
D) Database users can have different views of information.

Question 2

Which of the following is true in regard to the elimination of redundant information?

Accepted Answer

A) uses additional hard disk space 
B) makes performing information updates harder 
C) improves information quality 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) uses additional hard disk space 
B) makes performing information updates harder 
C) improves information quality 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 3

What is machine-generated data?

Accepted Answer

A) has a defined length, type, and format and includes numbers, dates, or strings such as Customer Address 
B) created by a machine without human intervention 
C) data that humans, in interaction with computers, generate 
D) not defined, does not follow a specified format, and is typically freeform text such as emails, Twitter tweets, and text messages 
A) has a defined length, type, and format and includes numbers, dates, or strings such as Customer Address 
B) created by a machine without human intervention 
C) data that humans, in interaction with computers, generate 
D) not defined, does not follow a specified format, and is typically freeform text such as emails, Twitter tweets, and text messages

Question 4

Which of the following encompasses all of the information contained within a single business process or unit of work, and its primary purpose is to support daily operational tasks?

Accepted Answer

A) targeted information 
B) analytical information 
C) productive information 
D) transactional information 
A) targeted information 
B) analytical information 
C) productive information 
D) transactional information

Question 5

What is a statement about what will happen or might happen in the future; for example, predicting future sales or employee turnover?

Accepted Answer

A) prediction 
B) optimization 
C) forecasting 
D) regression 
A) prediction 
B) optimization 
C) forecasting 
D) regression

Question 6

Real-time information refers to the extent of detail within the information (fine and detailed or coarse and abstract).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The primary purpose of a data warehouse is to perform transactional processes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Accurate information asks if the aggregate or summary information is in agreement with detailed information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What is a dynamic website?

Accepted Answer

A) the person responsible for creating the original website content 
B) includes data that change based on user action 
C) information stored in a dynamic catalog, or an area of a website that stores information about products in a database 
D) an interactive website kept constantly updated and relevant to the needs of its customers using a database 
A) the person responsible for creating the original website content 
B) includes data that change based on user action 
C) information stored in a dynamic catalog, or an area of a website that stores information about products in a database 
D) an interactive website kept constantly updated and relevant to the needs of its customers using a database

Question 10

A data-driven website can help limit the amount of information displayed to customers based on unique search requirements.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What determines which things go together?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

What are rules that help ensure the quality of information?

Accepted Answer

A) information integrity 
B) integrity constraints 
C) information quality 
D) information ethics 
A) information integrity 
B) integrity constraints 
C) information quality 
D) information ethics

Question 13

Regression is a statistical process for estimating the relationships among variables.It includes many techniques for modeling and analyzing several variables when the focus is on the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Clustering assigns records to one of a predefined set of classes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Veracity includes the uncertainty of data, including biases, noise, and abnormalities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Information quality refers to the extent of detail within the information (fine and detailed or coarse and abstract).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following describes ETL?

Accepted Answer

A) a process that extracts information from internal and external databases 
B) a process that transforms information using a common set of enterprise definitions 
C) a process that loads information into a data warehouse 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) a process that extracts information from internal and external databases 
B) a process that transforms information using a common set of enterprise definitions 
C) a process that loads information into a data warehouse 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 18

What is created by a machine without human intervention?

Accepted Answer

A) structured data 
B) machine-generated data 
C) human-generated data 
D) unstructured data 
A) structured data 
B) machine-generated data 
C) human-generated data 
D) unstructured data

Question 19

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 20

Some of the serious business consequences that occur due to using low-quality information to make decisions are all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) inability to accurately track customers. 
B) inability to identify selling opportunities. 
C) the success of the organization depends on appreciating and leveraging the low-quality information. 
D) lost revenue opportunities from marketing to nonexistent customers. 
A) inability to accurately track customers. 
B) inability to identify selling opportunities. 
C) the success of the organization depends on appreciating and leveraging the low-quality information. 
D) lost revenue opportunities from marketing to nonexistent customers.

Which of the following is incorrect in reference to a database?

Which of the following is true in regard to the elimination of redundant information?

What is machine-generated data?

Which of the following encompasses all of the information contained within a single business process or unit of work, and its primary purpose is to support daily operational tasks?

What is a statement about what will happen or might happen in the future; for example, predicting future sales or employee turnover?

Real-time information refers to the extent of detail within the information (fine and detailed or coarse and abstract).

The primary purpose of a data warehouse is to perform transactional processes.

Accurate information asks if the aggregate or summary information is in agreement with detailed information.

What is a dynamic website?

A data-driven website can help limit the amount of information displayed to customers based on unique search requirements.

What determines which things go together?

What are rules that help ensure the quality of information?

Regression is a statistical process for estimating the relationships among variables.It includes many techniques for modeling and analyzing several variables when the focus is on the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

Clustering assigns records to one of a predefined set of classes.

Veracity includes the uncertainty of data, including biases, noise, and abnormalities.

Information quality refers to the extent of detail within the information (fine and detailed or coarse and abstract).

Which of the following describes ETL?

What is created by a machine without human intervention?

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?

Some of the serious business consequences that occur due to using low-quality information to make decisions are all of the following except

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

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Exam 6: Data: Business Intelligence

Which of the following is incorrect in reference to a database?

Which of the following is true in regard to the elimination of redundant information?

What is machine-generated data?

Which of the following encompasses all of the information contained within a single business process or unit of work, and its primary purpose is to support daily operational tasks?

What is a statement about what will happen or might happen in the future; for example, predicting future sales or employee turnover?

Real-time information refers to the extent of detail within the information (fine and detailed or coarse and abstract).

The primary purpose of a data warehouse is to perform transactional processes.

Accurate information asks if the aggregate or summary information is in agreement with detailed information.

What is a dynamic website?

A data-driven website can help limit the amount of information displayed to customers based on unique search requirements.

What determines which things go together?

What are rules that help ensure the quality of information?

Regression is a statistical process for estimating the relationships among variables.It includes many techniques for modeling and analyzing several variables when the focus is on the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

Clustering assigns records to one of a predefined set of classes.

Veracity includes the uncertainty of data, including biases, noise, and abnormalities.

Information quality refers to the extent of detail within the information (fine and detailed or coarse and abstract).

Which of the following describes ETL?

What is created by a machine without human intervention?

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?

Some of the serious business consequences that occur due to using low-quality information to make decisions are all of the following except

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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