Deck 8: Future Trends,privacy and Managerial Considerations in Analytics

Question 1

While cloud services are useful for small and midsize analytic applications,they are still limited in their ability to handle Big Data applications.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

In the classification of location-based analytic applications,examining geographic site locations falls in the consumer-oriented category.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

RFID can be used in supply chains to manage product quality.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

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

Question 5

From massive amounts of high-dimensional location data,algorithms that reduce the dimensionality of the data can be used to uncover trends,meaning,and relationships to eventually produce human-understandable representations.

Question 6

Connectivity is not a part of the IoT infrastructure.

Question 7

Service-oriented DSS solutions generally offer individual or bundled services to the user as a service.

Question 8

IaaS helps provide faster information,but provides information only to managers in an organization.

Question 9

Siemens utilizes data sensors to track failure rates in household appliances.

Question 10

In the Quiznos case,the company employed location-based behavioral targeting to narrow the characteristics of users who were most likely to eat at a quick-service restaurant.

Question 11

Server virtualization is the pooling of physical storage from multiple network storage devices into a single storage device.

Question 12

Users definitely own their biometric data.

Question 13

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.

Question 14

The term cloud computing originates from a reference to the Internet as a "cloud" and represents an evolution of all of the previously shared/centralized computing trends.

Question 15

One reason the IoT is growing exponentially is because hardware is smaller and more affordable.

Question 16

Data as a service began with the notion that data quality could happen in a centralized place,cleansing and enriching data and offering it to different systems,applications,or users,irrespective of where they were in the organization,computers,or on the network.

Question 17

Internet of Things (IoT)is the phenomenon of connecting the physical world to the Internet.

Question 18

For cloud computing to be successful,users must have knowledge and experience in the control of the technology infrastructures.

Question 19

Social networking Web sites like Facebook,Twitter,and LinkedIn,are also examples of cloud computing.

Question 20

SaaS combines aspects of cloud computing with Big Data analytics and empowers data scientists and analysts by allowing them to access centrally managed information data sets.

Question 21

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

Question 22

Why is separating the impact of analytics from that of other computerized systems a difficult task?

A)Businesses do not typically track the sources of successful projects.
B)The trend is toward integrating systems.
C)Software tools are not sophisticated enough.
D)It is not an organizational priority.

Question 23

Services that let consumers permanently enter a profile of information along with a password and use this information repeatedly to access services at multiple sites are called

A)consumer access applications.
B)information collection portals.
C)single-sign-on facilities.
D)consumer information sign on facilities.

Question 24

Using this model,companies can deploy their software and applications in the cloud so that their customers can use them.

A)SaaS
B)PaaS
C)IaaS
D)DaaS

Question 25

The portion of the IoT technology infrastructure that focuses on how to transmit data is

A)hardware.
B)connectivity.
C)software backend.
D)applications.

Question 26

Smartbin has developed trash containers that include sensors to detect

A)fill levels.
B)types of trash.
C)tip-over.
D)weather.

Question 27

Which of the following is true about the furtherance of homeland 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 28

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

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 29

The portion of the IoT technology infrastructure that focuses on how to manage incoming data and analyze it is

A)hardware.
B)connectivity.
C)software backend.
D)applications.

Question 30

Which of these is NOT a part of the IoT technology infrastructure?

A)hardware
B)connectivity
C)electrical access
D)software

Question 31

The portion of the IoT technology infrastructure that focuses on controlling what and how information is captured is

A)hardware.
B)connectivity.
C)software backend.
D)applications.

Question 32

In this model,infrastructure resources like networks,storage,servers,and other computing resources are provided to client companies.

A)SaaS
B)PaaS
C)IaaS
D)DaaS

Question 33

This model allows consumers to use applications and software that run on distant computers in the cloud infrastructure.

A)SaaS
B)PaaS
C)IaaS
D)DaaS

Question 34

GPS Navigation is an example of which kind of location-based analytics?

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 35

Why are companies like IBM shifting to provide more services and consulting?

A)Customers see that significant value can be created with the application of analytics,and need help completing these tasks.
B)They can no longer compete in the software market.
C)New regulations forced them into this market.
D)None of these.

Question 36

Which of the following allows companies to deploy their software and applications in the cloud so that their customers can use them?

A)SaaS
B)IaaS
C)PaaS
D)AaaS

Question 37

What new geometric data type in Teradata's data warehouse captures geospatial features?

A)NAVTEQ
B)ST_GEOMETRY
C)GIS
D)SQL/MM

Question 38

The portion of the IoT technology infrastructure that focuses on the sensors themselves is

A)hardware.
B)connectivity.
C)software backend.
D)applications.

Question 39

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

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 40

This model began with the notion that data quality could happen in a centralized place,cleansing and enriching data and offering it to different systems,applications,or users,irrespective of where they were in the organization,computers,or on the network.

A)SaaS
B)PaaS
C)IaaS
D)DaaS

Question 41

________ is the splitting of available bandwidth into channels.

Question 42

In a(n)________ the subscriber uses the resources offered by service providers over the Internet.

Question 43

Pokémon GO is an example of a location-sensing ________ reality-based game.

Question 44

AaaS in the cloud has economies of scale and scope by providing many ________ analytical applications with better scalability and higher cost savings.

Question 45

By using ________,businesses can collect and analyze data to discern large-scale patterns of movement and identify distinct classes of behaviors in specific contexts.

Question 46

With RFID tags,a(n)________ tag receives energy from the electromagnetic field created by the interrogator.

Question 47

With RFID tags,a(n)________ tag has a battery on board to energize it.

Question 48

________ is the masking of physical servers from server users.

Question 49

IaaS,AaaS and other ________-based offerings allow the rapid diffusion of advanced analysis tools among users,without significant investment in technology acquisition.

Question 50

________ is a generic technology that refers to the use of radio-frequency waves to identify objects.

Question 51

In general,________ is the right to be left alone and the right to be free from unreasonable personal intrusion.

Question 52

A critical emerging trend in analytics is the incorporation of location data.________ data is the static location data used by these location-based analytic applications.

Question 53

For individual decision makers,________ values constitute a major factor in the issue of ethical decision making.

Question 54

A(n)________ is operated solely for a single organization having a mission critical workload and security concerns.

Question 55

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 ________.

Question 56

Analytics can change the way in which many ________ are made by managers and can consequently change their jobs.

Question 57

A major structural change that can occur when analytics are introduced into an organization is the creation of new organizational ________.

Question 58

Location information from ________ phones can be used to create profiles of user behavior and movement.

Question 59

________ is/are used to capture,store,analyze,and manage data linked to a location using integrated sensor technologies,global positioning systems installed in smartphones,or through RFID deployments in the retail and healthcare industries.

Question 60

________ provides resources like networks,storage,servers,and other computing resources to client companies.

Question 61

How do the traditional location-based analytic techniques using geocoding of organizational locations and consumers hamper the organizations in understanding "true location-based" impacts?

Question 62

Data and text mining is a promising application of AaaS.What additional capabilities can AaaS bring to the analytic world?

Question 63

Describe your understanding of the emerging term people analytics.Are there any privacy issues associated with the application?

Question 64

What is a data scientist and what does the job involve?

Question 65

In what ways can communications companies use geospatial analysis to harness their data effectively?

Question 66

How does Siemens use sensor data to help monitor equipment on trains?

Question 67

What is cloud computing? What is Amazon's general approach to the cloud computing services it provides?

Question 68

What is Internet of Things (IoT)and how is it used?