Question 1

Everyday at 4:30 pm. Julie has a report delivered to her email about the sales for the day. This type of report is a ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  subscription 
B)  pull report 
C)  sales report 
D)  application report 
A)  subscription 
B)  pull report 
C)  sales report 
D)  application report

Question 2

________ techniques emerged from the combined discipline of statistics, mathematics, artificial intelligence, and machine-learning.

Accepted Answer

A)  Push publishing 
B)  Pull publishing 
C)  Data mining 
D)  Exception reporting 
A)  Push publishing 
B)  Pull publishing 
C)  Data mining 
D)  Exception reporting

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Business intelligence systems are primarily used for developing software systems and data mining applications. 
B)  The four standard components of business intelligence systems are software, procedures, applications, and programs. 
C)  The software component of a business intelligence system is called an intelligence database. 
D)  Business intelligence systems analyze an organization's past performance to make predictions. 
A)  Business intelligence systems are primarily used for developing software systems and data mining applications. 
B)  The four standard components of business intelligence systems are software, procedures, applications, and programs. 
C)  The software component of a business intelligence system is called an intelligence database. 
D)  Business intelligence systems analyze an organization's past performance to make predictions.

Question 5

________ are user requests for particular business intelligence results on a particular schedule or in response to particular events.

Accepted Answer

A)  Subscriptions 
B)  Third-party cookies 
C)  Static reports 
D)  Dynamic reports 
A)  Subscriptions 
B)  Third-party cookies 
C)  Static reports 
D)  Dynamic reports

Question 6

How is a data warehouse different from a data mart?

Accepted Answer

A data warehouse can be compared to a di

Question 7

Which BI activity would a company be participating in if they used data mining to determine when to place rain boots on the shelves?

Accepted Answer

A)  performing analysis 
B)  publishing reports 
C)  acquiring data 
D)  automating reports 
A)  performing analysis 
B)  publishing reports 
C)  acquiring data 
D)  automating reports

Question 8

________ refers to the level of detail represented by data.

Accepted Answer

A)  Abstraction 
B)  Granularity 
C)  Dimensionality 
D)  Aggregation 
A)  Abstraction 
B)  Granularity 
C)  Dimensionality 
D)  Aggregation

Question 9

The results generated in the map phase are combined in the ________ phase.

Accepted Answer

A)  pig 
B)  control 
C)  reduce 
D)  construct 
A)  pig 
B)  control 
C)  reduce 
D)  construct

Question 10

________ are reports produced when something out of predefined bounds occurs.

Accepted Answer

A)  Exception reports 
B)  Static reports 
C)  Dynamic reports 
D)  Subscription reports 
A)  Exception reports 
B)  Static reports 
C)  Dynamic reports 
D)  Subscription reports

Question 11

The skills required to create a publishing application for dynamic content are low.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

________ are business intelligence documents that are fixed at the time of creation and do not change.

Accepted Answer

A)  Critical reports 
B)  Dynamic reports 
C)  Static reports 
D)  Exception reports 
A)  Critical reports 
B)  Dynamic reports 
C)  Static reports 
D)  Exception reports

Question 13

Which of the following statements is TRUE of Hadoop?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hadoop is written in C++ and runs on Linux. 
B)  Hadoop includes a query language called Big. 
C)  Hadoop is an open source program that implements MapReduce. 
D)  Technical skills are not required to run and use Hadoop. 
A)  Hadoop is written in C++ and runs on Linux. 
B)  Hadoop includes a query language called Big. 
C)  Hadoop is an open source program that implements MapReduce. 
D)  Technical skills are not required to run and use Hadoop.

Question 14

The curse of dimensionality states that the more attributes there are, the more difficult it is to build a model that fits the sample data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Push publishing requires a user to request BI results.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The granularity in clickstream data is too coarse.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following statements is TRUE of unsupervised data mining?

Accepted Answer

A)  Analysts apply unsupervised data mining techniques to estimate the parameters of a developed model. 
B)  Analysts create hypotheses only after performing an analysis. 
C)  Regression analysis is the most commonly used unsupervised data mining technique. 
D)  Data miners develop models prior to performing an analysis. 
A)  Analysts apply unsupervised data mining techniques to estimate the parameters of a developed model. 
B)  Analysts create hypotheses only after performing an analysis. 
C)  Regression analysis is the most commonly used unsupervised data mining technique. 
D)  Data miners develop models prior to performing an analysis.

Question 18

Problematic data are termed ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  random data 
B)  macro data 
C)  vague data 
D)  dirty data 
A)  random data 
B)  macro data 
C)  vague data 
D)  dirty data

Question 19

Regression analysis is used to identify groups of entities that have similar characteristics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Explain the curse of dimensionality.

Accepted Answer

The curse of dimensionality is associate

Exam 9: Business Intelligence Systems

Everyday at 4:30 pm. Julie has a report delivered to her email about the sales for the day. This type of report is a ________.

________ techniques emerged from the combined discipline of statistics, mathematics, artificial intelligence, and machine-learning.

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

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

________ are user requests for particular business intelligence results on a particular schedule or in response to particular events.

How is a data warehouse different from a data mart?

Which BI activity would a company be participating in if they used data mining to determine when to place rain boots on the shelves?

________ refers to the level of detail represented by data.

The results generated in the map phase are combined in the ________ phase.

________ are reports produced when something out of predefined bounds occurs.

The skills required to create a publishing application for dynamic content are low.

________ are business intelligence documents that are fixed at the time of creation and do not change.

Which of the following statements is TRUE of Hadoop?

The curse of dimensionality states that the more attributes there are, the more difficult it is to build a model that fits the sample data.

Push publishing requires a user to request BI results.

The granularity in clickstream data is too coarse.

Which of the following statements is TRUE of unsupervised data mining?

Problematic data are termed ________.

Regression analysis is used to identify groups of entities that have similar characteristics.

Explain the curse of dimensionality.

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