Question 1

What is another term for information cleansing?

Accepted Answer

A) Information mining 
B) Information scrubbing 
C) Information scrapping 
D) Information marts 
A) Information mining 
B) Information scrubbing 
C) Information scrapping 
D) Information marts

Question 2

Which of the following would not be considered part of the timely characteristic of high-quality information?

Accepted Answer

A) Is the Zip code missing in the address? 
B) Is the information current with respect to business needs? 
C) Is the customer address current? 
D) Is the information updated weekly or hourly? 
A) Is the Zip code missing in the address? 
B) Is the information current with respect to business needs? 
C) Is the customer address current? 
D) Is the information updated weekly or hourly?

Question 3

Explain the four primary traits that determine the value of information.

Accepted Answer

Information is data converted into a mea

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of Time-series information is time-stamped information collected at...

Question 5

The primary purpose of a data warehouse is to _____________.

Accepted Answer

A) Combine strategic information 
B) Organize departments 
C) Interface between the computer and employees 
D) All of these 
A) Combine strategic information 
B) Organize departments 
C) Interface between the computer and employees 
D) All of these

Question 6

Within the data warehouse model, the internal databases could include marketing, sales, inventory, and billing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Text mining analyzes structured data to find trends and patterns in words and sentences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following is not a common form of data mining?

Accepted Answer

A) Division organization 
B) Classification 
C) Estimation 
D) Clustering 
A) Division organization 
B) Classification 
C) Estimation 
D) Clustering

Question 9

Extraction, transformation, and loading is a process that extracts information from internal databases, transforms the information using a common set of enterprise definitions, and loads the information into an external database.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What encompasses all organizational information where its primary purpose is to support the performing of managerial analysis tasks?

Accepted Answer

A) Transactional information 
B) Analytical information 
C) Timeliness 
D) Quality 
A) Transactional information 
B) Analytical information 
C) Timeliness 
D) Quality

Question 11

Which of the following companies used analytical analysis to identify a correlation between storms and the increased sale of Pop-Tarts?

Accepted Answer

A) 7-Eleven 
B) Burger King 
C) McDonald's 
D) Walmart 
A) 7-Eleven 
B) Burger King 
C) McDonald's 
D) Walmart

Question 12

Which of the following is true with regard to the elimination of redundant data?

Accepted Answer

A) Uses additional hard disk space 
B) Makes performing information updates harder 
C) Improves information quality 
D) All of these 
A) Uses additional hard disk space 
B) Makes performing information updates harder 
C) Improves information quality 
D) All of these

Question 13

Identify the advantages of using business intelligence to support managerial decision making.

Accepted Answer

Many organizations today find it next to

Question 14

Unstructured __________ do not exist in a fixed location and can include text documents, PDFs, voice messages, emails, and so on.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Unstructured __________ do not exist in a...

Question 15

ETL, within a data warehouse model, stands for exit, track, and load.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

If a manager identifies numerous data integrity issues, she or he should consider the reports generated from that data as invalid and not use them when making decisions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following is not an example of an advantage to using the web to access organizational databases?

Accepted Answer

A) Web browsers are much easier to use than a computer-based database. 
B) The web interface requires few or no changes to the database model. 
C) It is cleaner and virus-free. 
D) It costs less. 
A) Web browsers are much easier to use than a computer-based database. 
B) The web interface requires few or no changes to the database model. 
C) It is cleaner and virus-free. 
D) It costs less.

Question 18

What is web mining?

Accepted Answer

A) Unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation 
B) Analysis of structured data associated with a website 
C) Filtering of information, both structured and unstructured, to help identify strong web customers 
D) None of these 
A) Unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation 
B) Analysis of structured data associated with a website 
C) Filtering of information, both structured and unstructured, to help identify strong web customers 
D) None of these

Question 19

What are the two main objectives associated with data mining?

Accepted Answer

A) Uncovering tactics and plans 
B) Uncovering trends and patterns 
C) Uncovering intelligence and unstructured data issues 
D) Uncovering competitors and market advantages 
A) Uncovering tactics and plans 
B) Uncovering trends and patterns 
C) Uncovering intelligence and unstructured data issues 
D) Uncovering competitors and market advantages

Question 20

What are the rules that enforce basic and fundamental information-based constraints?

Accepted Answer

A) Responsibly integrity constraints 
B) Quality constraints 
C) Web integrity constraints 
D) Relational integrity constraints 
A) Responsibly integrity constraints 
B) Quality constraints 
C) Web integrity constraints 
D) Relational integrity constraints

What is another term for information cleansing?

Which of the following would not be considered part of the timely characteristic of high-quality information?

Explain the four primary traits that determine the value of information.

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

The primary purpose of a data warehouse is to _____________.

Within the data warehouse model, the internal databases could include marketing, sales, inventory, and billing.

Text mining analyzes structured data to find trends and patterns in words and sentences.

Which of the following is not a common form of data mining?

Extraction, transformation, and loading is a process that extracts information from internal databases, transforms the information using a common set of enterprise definitions, and loads the information into an external database.

What encompasses all organizational information where its primary purpose is to support the performing of managerial analysis tasks?

Which of the following companies used analytical analysis to identify a correlation between storms and the increased sale of Pop-Tarts?

Which of the following is true with regard to the elimination of redundant data?

Identify the advantages of using business intelligence to support managerial decision making.

Unstructured __________ do not exist in a fixed location and can include text documents, PDFs, voice messages, emails, and so on.

ETL, within a data warehouse model, stands for exit, track, and load.

If a manager identifies numerous data integrity issues, she or he should consider the reports generated from that data as invalid and not use them when making decisions.

Which of the following is not an example of an advantage to using the web to access organizational databases?

What is web mining?

What are the two main objectives associated with data mining?

What are the rules that enforce basic and fundamental information-based constraints?

Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Decision and Processes: Value Driven Business

Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value

Ethics and Information Security: MIS Business Concerns

Infrastructure: Sustainable Technologies

Networks: Mobile Business

Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility

Hardware and Software

Networks and Telecommunications

Designing Databases

Filters

Exam 6: Data: Business Intelligence

What is another term for information cleansing?

Which of the following would not be considered part of the timely characteristic of high-quality information?

Explain the four primary traits that determine the value of information.

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

The primary purpose of a data warehouse is to _____________.

Within the data warehouse model, the internal databases could include marketing, sales, inventory, and billing.

Text mining analyzes structured data to find trends and patterns in words and sentences.

Which of the following is not a common form of data mining?

Extraction, transformation, and loading is a process that extracts information from internal databases, transforms the information using a common set of enterprise definitions, and loads the information into an external database.

What encompasses all organizational information where its primary purpose is to support the performing of managerial analysis tasks?

Which of the following companies used analytical analysis to identify a correlation between storms and the increased sale of Pop-Tarts?

Which of the following is true with regard to the elimination of redundant data?

Identify the advantages of using business intelligence to support managerial decision making.

Unstructured __________ do not exist in a fixed location and can include text documents, PDFs, voice messages, emails, and so on.

ETL, within a data warehouse model, stands for exit, track, and load.

If a manager identifies numerous data integrity issues, she or he should consider the reports generated from that data as invalid and not use them when making decisions.

Which of the following is not an example of an advantage to using the web to access organizational databases?

What is web mining?

What are the two main objectives associated with data mining?

What are the rules that enforce basic and fundamental information-based constraints?

Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Decision and Processes: Value Driven Business

Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value

Ethics and Information Security: MIS Business Concerns

Infrastructure: Sustainable Technologies

Networks: Mobile Business

Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility

Hardware and Software

Networks and Telecommunications

Designing Databases

Filters