Question 1

Data mining is sometimes referred to as data discovery

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Data mining is the process of analyzing data from different perspectives and summarizing that into ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Miscellaneous data 
B)  Useless information 
C)  Useful information 
D)  Information for the media

Question 3

Entity extractions have been used to identify a person's addresses, vehicles and ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Political preferences 
B)  Sexual orientation 
C)  Credit cards owned 
D)  Personal characteristics

Question 4

The difference between machine learning and data mining is that machine learning focuses on ______________, based on known properties learned from the training data.

Accepted Answer

A)  Simple crimes 
B)  Identity theft 
C)  Future knowledge 
D)  Prediction

Question 5

Statistical Analysis System (SAS) is a software suite that can mine, alter, manage and retrieve data from a variety of sources and perform ______________ on them.

Accepted Answer

A)  Simple tests 
B)  Statistical analysis 
C)  Fancy calculations 
D)  Word searches

Question 6

The artificial neural network (ANN) system for Classification of Offenders in Murder and Rape Cases project developed two software prototypes that demonstrate developed algorithms for ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Helping the police track individual criminals 
B)  Analyzing and comparing large databases of crime data 
C)  Comparing business models 
D)  Analyzing neighborhood crimes

Question 7

The goal of data mining and association rules in crime data analysis is to identify and visualize associations among criminal networks

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

By using data mining software, investigators can initiate database searches and link analyses that extract information describing ______________ between persons, events and other aspects of criminal activities.

Accepted Answer

A)  The DNA 
B)  Criminal intents 
C)  Relationships 
D)  Forensics

Question 9

In knowledge discovery and data mining (KDD), the key task is the discovery of previously ______________ knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A)  Known 
B)  Unknown 
C)  Unknowable 
D)  Discovered

Question 10

Data mining is sometimes also called data discovery or ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Knowledge discovery 
B)  Encyclopedia knowledge 
C)  Book learning 
D)  Sequence building

Question 11

Data mining tells us about very small and simple data sets.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

A transaction processing system (TPS) supports the processing of a company's or organization's business transactions

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Both machine learning and data mining is similar in that both systems _______ through data to look for patterns.

Accepted Answer

A)  Search 
B)  Scroll 
C)  Slowly pick through 
D)  Look carefully

Question 14

Association analysis can be used to address several problems, including predicting who is likely to commit certain crimes and ______________ .

Accepted Answer

A)  When they have hidden past crimes 
B)  When these crimes might take place 
C)  Where they will live in the future 
D)  How they will cover their tracks

Question 15

A transaction processing system (TPS) supports the processing of a company's or organization's ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Stock tips 
B)  Email messages 
C)  Donations 
D)  Business transactions

Question 16

The Computer-Aided Tracking Characterization of Homicides, called CATCH, and CATCHRAPE are software applications that analyze homicide data and sexual assault data

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Data mining systematically searches information to identify relationships and patterns

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Both CATCH and CATCHRAPE use advanced _______ to facilitate the comparison of crime data to find crimes that have similar patterns.

Accepted Answer

A)  Algorithms 
B)  Math concepts 
C)  Artificial Intelligence 
D)  Physics

Question 19

A cluster is a subset of objects that are similar and Clustering is the process of grouping data into a set of ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Irrelevant data 
B)  Meaningless categories 
C)  Statistical predictions 
D)  Meaningful subclasses called clusters

Question 20

Entity extraction identifies particular ______________ from data, such as text, images, or audio materials.

Accepted Answer

A)  Clues 
B)  Patterns 
C)  Algorithms 
D)  Criminal types

Exam 9: Data Mining and Analyzing Intelligence

Data mining is sometimes referred to as data discovery

Data mining is the process of analyzing data from different perspectives and summarizing that into ______________.

Entity extractions have been used to identify a person's addresses, vehicles and ______________.

The difference between machine learning and data mining is that machine learning focuses on ______________, based on known properties learned from the training data.

Statistical Analysis System (SAS) is a software suite that can mine, alter, manage and retrieve data from a variety of sources and perform ______________ on them.

The artificial neural network (ANN) system for Classification of Offenders in Murder and Rape Cases project developed two software prototypes that demonstrate developed algorithms for ______________.

The goal of data mining and association rules in crime data analysis is to identify and visualize associations among criminal networks

By using data mining software, investigators can initiate database searches and link analyses that extract information describing ______________ between persons, events and other aspects of criminal activities.

In knowledge discovery and data mining (KDD) , the key task is the discovery of previously ______________ knowledge.

Data mining is sometimes also called data discovery or ______________.

Data mining tells us about very small and simple data sets.

A transaction processing system (TPS) supports the processing of a company's or organization's business transactions

Both machine learning and data mining is similar in that both systems _______ through data to look for patterns.

Association analysis can be used to address several problems, including predicting who is likely to commit certain crimes and ______________ .

A transaction processing system (TPS) supports the processing of a company's or organization's ______________.

The Computer-Aided Tracking Characterization of Homicides, called CATCH, and CATCHRAPE are software applications that analyze homicide data and sexual assault data

Data mining systematically searches information to identify relationships and patterns

Both CATCH and CATCHRAPE use advanced _______ to facilitate the comparison of crime data to find crimes that have similar patterns.

A cluster is a subset of objects that are similar and Clustering is the process of grouping data into a set of ______________.

Entity extraction identifies particular ______________ from data, such as text, images, or audio materials.