Question 1

A ________ is designed to extract data from operational systems and other sources, clean the data, and store and catalog that data for processing by business intelligence tools.

Accepted Answer

A)   data mart
B)   data center
C)   data room
D)   data warehouseE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 2

MapReduce is a technique for harnessing the power of thousands of computers working in parallel.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Data inconsistencies can occur from the nature of a business activity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

________ is the application of statistical techniques to find patterns and relationships among data for classification and prediction.

Accepted Answer

A)   Data encryption
B)   Data warehousing
C)   Data mining
D)   Data decryptionE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 5

The source, format, assumptions and constraints, and other facts concerning certain data are called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   metadata
B)   data structures
C)   microdata
D)   network packetsE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Data marts are data collections that address the needs of a particular department or functional area of a business.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The goal of ________, a type of business intelligence analysis, is to create information about past performance.

Accepted Answer

A)   push publishing
B)   data mining
C)   reporting analyses
D)   BigDataE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 8

Amazon uses business intelligence to decide product video.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

________ is an unsupervised data mining technique in which statistical techniques identify groups of entities that have similar characteristics.

Accepted Answer

A)   Cluster analysis
B)   Content indexing
C)   Regression analysis
D)   Cloud computingE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 10

Explain supervised data mining.

Accepted Answer

With supervised data mining, data miners...

Question 11

Which of the following statements is TRUE of BigData?

Accepted Answer

A)   BigData contains only structured data.
B)   BigData has low velocity and is generated slowly.
C)   BigData cannot store graphics, audio, and video files.
D)   BigData refers to data sets that are at least a petabyte in size.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

A ________ is a facility for managing an organization's business intelligence data.

Accepted Answer

A)   datasheet
B)   dataspace
C)   data warehouse
D)   data tableE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 13

Cluster analysis measures the impact of a set of variables on another variable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Data granularity refers to the amount of data represented by data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

As information systems, BI systems have three standard components.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In the case of ________, data miners develop models prior to conducting analyses and then apply statistical techniques to data to estimate parameters of the models.

Accepted Answer

A)   pull publishing techniques
B)   supervised data mining
C)   push publishing techniques
D)   unsupervised data miningE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 17

The use of an organization's operational data as the source data for a business intelligence system is not usually recommended because it ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   is not possible to create reports based on operational data
B)   is not possible to perform business intelligence analyses on operational data
C)   requires considerable processing and can drastically reduce system performance
D)   considers only the external data and not the internal data regarding the organization's functionsE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

What is the query language used in Hadoop?

Accepted Answer

A)   Pig
B)   Cow
C)   SQL
D)   NoSQLE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 19

Which of the following statements is TRUE of business intelligence (BI)  publishing alternatives?

Accepted Answer

A)   The skills required to publish static content are extremely high.
B)   It is more difficult to publish dynamic BI than to publish static content.
C)   The skills required to create a publishing application for static content is high.
D)   Push options for Web servers are manual.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 20

The use of business intelligence (BI) for identifying changes in the purchasing patterns of customers is a labor-intensive process.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 9: Business Intelligence Systems

A ________ is a facility for managing an organization's business intelligence data.

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Data inconsistencies can occur from the nature of a business activity.

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What is the query language used in Hadoop?

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The source, format, assumptions and constraints, and other facts concerning certain data are called ________.

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MapReduce is a technique for harnessing the power of thousands of computers working in parallel.

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________ is the application of statistical techniques to find patterns and relationships among data for classification and prediction.

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The use of an organization's operational data as the source data for a business intelligence system is not usually recommended because it ________.

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Amazon uses business intelligence to decide product video.

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The use of business intelligence (BI) for identifying changes in the purchasing patterns of customers is a labor-intensive process.

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Which of the following statements is TRUE of business intelligence (BI) publishing alternatives?

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________ is an unsupervised data mining technique in which statistical techniques identify groups of entities that have similar characteristics.

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Which of the following statements is TRUE of BigData?

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A ________ is designed to extract data from operational systems and other sources, clean the data, and store and catalog that data for processing by business intelligence tools.

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The goal of ________, a type of business intelligence analysis, is to create information about past performance.

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Explain supervised data mining.

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Data granularity refers to the amount of data represented by data.

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Data marts are data collections that address the needs of a particular department or functional area of a business.

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In the case of ________, data miners develop models prior to conducting analyses and then apply statistical techniques to data to estimate parameters of the models.

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As information systems, BI systems have three standard components.

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Cluster analysis measures the impact of a set of variables on another variable.

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