Question 1

Which of the following is not one of the five characteristics common to high-quality information?

Accepted Answer

A)  Accuracy 
B)  Completeness 
C)  Quantity 
D)  Consistency 
A)  Accuracy 
B)  Completeness 
C)  Quantity 
D)  Consistency

Question 2

What occurs when the user goes into an emotional state of over-analysis (or over-thinking)a situation so that a decision or action is never taken,in effect paralyzing the outcome?

Accepted Answer

A)  Distributed computing 
B)  Advanced analytics 
C)  Analysis paralysis 
D)  Data artist 
A)  Distributed computing 
B)  Advanced analytics 
C)  Analysis paralysis 
D)  Data artist

Question 3

Which of the following asks users to write lines of code to answer questions against a database?

Accepted Answer

A)  Structured query language 
B)  Relational query language 
C)  Structured elements 
D)  Data mining tools 
A)  Structured query language 
B)  Relational query language 
C)  Structured elements 
D)  Data mining tools

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Marketing,sales,inventory,and billing 
B)  Data mart 1,data mart 2,and data mart 3 
C)  Competitor and industry information,mailing lists,and stock market analysis 
D)  Marketing information,sales information,and stock market analysis 
A)  Marketing,sales,inventory,and billing 
B)  Data mart 1,data mart 2,and data mart 3 
C)  Competitor and industry information,mailing lists,and stock market analysis 
D)  Marketing information,sales information,and stock market analysis

Question 5

Data-driven decision management is usually undertaken as a way to gain a competitive advantage.A study from the MIT Center for Digital Business found that organizations driven most by data-based decision making had _________ productivity rates and ____________ profits.

Accepted Answer

A)  4% lower,6% higher 
B)  4% higher,6% lower 
C)  4% higher,6% higher 
D)  4% lower,6% lower 
A)  4% lower,6% higher 
B)  4% higher,6% lower 
C)  4% higher,6% higher 
D)  4% lower,6% lower

Question 6

Web mining analysis describes technologies that allow users to "see" or visualize data to transform information into a business perspective.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Source data identifies the primary location where data is collected.It can include invoices,spreadsheets,time-sheets,transactions,and electronic sources such as other databases.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Entities are the data elements associated with an attribute.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following stores information about a person,place,thing,transaction,or event,and is usually referred to as a table?

Accepted Answer

A)  Entity 
B)  Extraction 
C)  Attribute 
D)  Foreign key 
A)  Entity 
B)  Extraction 
C)  Attribute 
D)  Foreign key

Question 10

Which of the below questions can be answered using business intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Where has the business been? 
B)  Where is the business now? 
C)  Where is the business going? 
D)  All of these choices 
A)  Where has the business been? 
B)  Where is the business now? 
C)  Where is the business going? 
D)  All of these choices

Question 11

The four primary traits of the value of information include type,timeliness,quality,and governance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following is true in regards 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 choices 
A)  Uses additional hard disk space 
B)  Makes performing information updates harder 
C)  Improves information quality 
D)  All of these choices

Question 13

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 14

A data warehouse is a _________ collection of information,gathered from many different ___________ databases,that supports business analysis activities and decision-making tasks.

Accepted Answer

A)  logical; operational 
B)  physical; operational 
C)  logical; transactional 
D)  physical; transactional 
A)  logical; operational 
B)  physical; operational 
C)  logical; transactional 
D)  physical; transactional

Question 15

Business intelligence is an approach to business governance that values decisions that can be backed up with verifiable data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Reports for each sales person,product,and part are examples of detail (or fine)information granularities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What analyzes unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation?

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

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Explain ETL and the role of a data mart in business.

Accepted Answer

Extraction,transformation,and loading (E

Question 20

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

Which of the following is not one of the five characteristics common to high-quality information?

What occurs when the user goes into an emotional state of over-analysis (or over-thinking)a situation so that a decision or action is never taken,in effect paralyzing the outcome?

Which of the following asks users to write lines of code to answer questions against a database?

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

Data-driven decision management is usually undertaken as a way to gain a competitive advantage.A study from the MIT Center for Digital Business found that organizations driven most by data-based decision making had _ productivity rates and ____ profits.

Web mining analysis describes technologies that allow users to "see" or visualize data to transform information into a business perspective.

Source data identifies the primary location where data is collected.It can include invoices,spreadsheets,time-sheets,transactions,and electronic sources such as other databases.

Entities are the data elements associated with an attribute.

Which of the following stores information about a person,place,thing,transaction,or event,and is usually referred to as a table?

Which of the below questions can be answered using business intelligence?

The four primary traits of the value of information include type,timeliness,quality,and governance.

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

What determines which things go together?

A data warehouse is a _ collection of information,gathered from many different ___ databases,that supports business analysis activities and decision-making tasks.

Business intelligence is an approach to business governance that values decisions that can be backed up with verifiable data.

Reports for each sales person,product,and part are examples of detail (or fine)information granularities.

What analyzes unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation?

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

Explain ETL and the role of a data mart in business.

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?

Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Decisions Processes: Value Driven Business

Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value

Ethics Information Security: MIS Business Concerns

Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

Networks: Mobile Business

Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility

Understanding Computer Hardware and Software: From CPUs to Operating Systems

Understanding Telecommunication Systems and Network Topologies

Database Design and Entity Relationships

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Exam 6: Data: Business Intelligence

Which of the following is not one of the five characteristics common to high-quality information?

What occurs when the user goes into an emotional state of over-analysis (or over-thinking)a situation so that a decision or action is never taken,in effect paralyzing the outcome?

Which of the following asks users to write lines of code to answer questions against a database?

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

Data-driven decision management is usually undertaken as a way to gain a competitive advantage.A study from the MIT Center for Digital Business found that organizations driven most by data-based decision making had _________ productivity rates and ____________ profits.

Web mining analysis describes technologies that allow users to "see" or visualize data to transform information into a business perspective.

Source data identifies the primary location where data is collected.It can include invoices,spreadsheets,time-sheets,transactions,and electronic sources such as other databases.

Entities are the data elements associated with an attribute.

Which of the following stores information about a person,place,thing,transaction,or event,and is usually referred to as a table?

Which of the below questions can be answered using business intelligence?

The four primary traits of the value of information include type,timeliness,quality,and governance.

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

What determines which things go together?

A data warehouse is a _________ collection of information,gathered from many different ___________ databases,that supports business analysis activities and decision-making tasks.

Business intelligence is an approach to business governance that values decisions that can be backed up with verifiable data.

Reports for each sales person,product,and part are examples of detail (or fine)information granularities.

What analyzes unstructured data associated with websites to identify consumer behavior and website navigation?

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

Explain ETL and the role of a data mart in business.

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?

Management Information Systems: Business Driven MIS

Decisions Processes: Value Driven Business

Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value

Ethics Information Security: MIS Business Concerns

Infrastructures: Sustainable Technologies

Networks: Mobile Business

Enterprise Applications: Business Communications

Systems Development and Project Management: Corporate Responsibility

Understanding Computer Hardware and Software: From CPUs to Operating Systems

Understanding Telecommunication Systems and Network Topologies

Database Design and Entity Relationships

Filters

Data-driven decision management is usually undertaken as a way to gain a competitive advantage.A study from the MIT Center for Digital Business found that organizations driven most by data-based decision making had _ productivity rates and ____ profits.

A data warehouse is a _ collection of information,gathered from many different ___ databases,that supports business analysis activities and decision-making tasks.