Question 1

A heat map uses _____________ to indicate trends or patterns in data.

Accepted Answer

A) Temperature 
B) Trend lines 
C) Color 
D) Dials or gauges

Question 2

Which of the following statements is false?

Accepted Answer

A) Data visualization is replacing the need for humans to interpret data. 
B) Learning is the basis for continuous improvement. 
C) Data discovery is discovering hidden relationships. 
D) Enterprise visualization apps for Androids,iPads,and Playbooks are replacing static business reports.

Question 3

________ are a style of reporting that depicts KPIs,operational or strategic information with intuitive and interactive displays.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ________ are a style of reporting that...

Question 4

An example of a metric that might be displayed on a Revenue dashboard would be:

Accepted Answer

A) Sales per day per channel 
B) Trend of mobile vs.tablet traffic 
C) Cash balance,actual vs.expected 
D) On-time completion percent

Question 5

Data from operational data stores,business systems,external data (economic data,suppliers;information,competitors' activities),and real-time news feeds are integrated to generate an enterprise mashup.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Enterprise mashup technology provides a mechanism to easily customize and share knowledge throughout the company.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Data mashups and GIS are _________ tools and technologies.

Accepted Answer

A) Data analytics 
B) Data integration 
C) Geospatial 
D) Information delivery

Question 8

Dashboards are a style of reporting that depicts KPIs,operational or strategic information with intuitive and interactive displays.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Dashboard design is a critical factor because business users need to be able to understand the significance of the dashboard information at a glance and have the capability to drill down to one or more levels of detail.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following statements about data analytics and visualization is false?

Accepted Answer

A) The ultimate goal of data analytics is to drive profits,and often that depends on learning how to manage assets. 
B) It is easier to make sense of data than it is to collect the data. 
C) Companies and/or entire industries are using data visualization and interactivity to improve decision speed and performance often with mobile displays. 
D) Because of the demanding pace of their decisions,capital markets professionals use visualization for risk analysis,compliance monitoring,and fraud detection.

Question 11

In general,________ tools show what has already happened in a business and ________tools show what might or could happen in the future.

Accepted Answer

A) Data;statistical 
B) Data discovery 
C) Reporting;analytical 
D) Sensitivity;modeling

Question 12

SAS made one of the boldest moves of any BI vendor by replacing its current enterprise BI platform with Visual Analytics,a new _____________ environment.

Accepted Answer

A) data discovery 
B) heat mapping 
C) forecasting 
D) data descriptive

Question 13

In an effort to improve ________,the grocery chain Safeway implemented data-sharing programs with PepsiCo and other key vendors.

Accepted Answer

A) Data analysis 
B) Product quality 
C) Supply chain visibility 
D) Manufacturing visualization

Question 14

Enterprise mashups combine business data and applications from multiple sources-such as internal data and applications with externally sourced data,SaaS and Web content-to create an integrated experience.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Enterprise ________ combine business data and applications from multiple sources to create an integrated experience.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Enterprise ________ combine business data and applications...

Question 16

Key components of dashboards are design,API,access,and ______________.

Accepted Answer

A) Functionality 
B) Mobility 
C) Performance metrics 
D) Accessibility

Question 17

Tag clouds give users a quick way to analyze data and make tactical decisions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

________ harness the power of analytics and adds a visual display to capitalize on how our brains work.

Accepted Answer

A) Configurations 
B) Data visualizations 
C) Drill downs 
D) Geospatial analysis

Question 19

The ability of GIS to track products along the supply chain offers opportunities in logistics and order fulfillment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

.Unlike a flat map,a ________ map has many layers of information for many ways of thinking about a geographic space.

Accepted Answer

The answer of .Unlike a flat map,a ________ map has...

Exam 11: Data Visualization and Geographic Information Systems

A heat map uses _____________ to indicate trends or patterns in data.

Which of the following statements is false?

________ are a style of reporting that depicts KPIs,operational or strategic information with intuitive and interactive displays.

An example of a metric that might be displayed on a Revenue dashboard would be:

Data from operational data stores,business systems,external data (economic data,suppliers;information,competitors' activities),and real-time news feeds are integrated to generate an enterprise mashup.

Enterprise mashup technology provides a mechanism to easily customize and share knowledge throughout the company.

Data mashups and GIS are _________ tools and technologies.

Dashboards are a style of reporting that depicts KPIs,operational or strategic information with intuitive and interactive displays.

Dashboard design is a critical factor because business users need to be able to understand the significance of the dashboard information at a glance and have the capability to drill down to one or more levels of detail.

Which of the following statements about data analytics and visualization is false?

In general, tools show what has already happened in a business and tools show what might or could happen in the future.

SAS made one of the boldest moves of any BI vendor by replacing its current enterprise BI platform with Visual Analytics,a new _____________ environment.

In an effort to improve ________,the grocery chain Safeway implemented data-sharing programs with PepsiCo and other key vendors.

Enterprise mashups combine business data and applications from multiple sources-such as internal data and applications with externally sourced data,SaaS and Web content-to create an integrated experience.

Enterprise ________ combine business data and applications from multiple sources to create an integrated experience.

Key components of dashboards are design,API,access,and ______________.

Tag clouds give users a quick way to analyze data and make tactical decisions.

________ harness the power of analytics and adds a visual display to capitalize on how our brains work.

The ability of GIS to track products along the supply chain offers opportunities in logistics and order fulfillment.

.Unlike a flat map,a ________ map has many layers of information for many ways of thinking about a geographic space.