Question 1

Managers suffer more from an overabundance of irrelevant data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Clickstream data is very fine data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following is an assumption about information systems that Ackoff disputed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Managers are aware of the data they need. 
B)  There is too much information. 
C)  There is too much uncertainty in making any decisions. 
D)  Computer speed doubles every 18 months. 
E)  Managers suffer from a lack of training. 
A)  Managers are aware of the data they need. 
B)  There is too much information. 
C)  There is too much uncertainty in making any decisions. 
D)  Computer speed doubles every 18 months. 
E)  Managers suffer from a lack of training.

Question 4

________ is a statistical technique that can identify groups of entities that have similar characteristics.

Accepted Answer

A)  Regression analysis 
B)  Data mining 
C)  Cluster analysis 
D)  Character analysis 
E)  Supervised data mining 
A)  Regression analysis 
B)  Data mining 
C)  Cluster analysis 
D)  Character analysis 
E)  Supervised data mining

Question 5

Describe the data resource challenge.

Accepted Answer

While data may be collected in

Question 6

With supervised data mining,analysts create a model or hypothesis before running the analysis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

A person's clicking behavior on the web is termed as their

Accepted Answer

A)  mouse trails. 
B)  webstream. 
C)  clickstream. 
D)  web tracks. 
E)  link journey. 
A)  mouse trails. 
B)  webstream. 
C)  clickstream. 
D)  web tracks. 
E)  link journey.

Question 8

What are the three assumptions that Ackoff disagreed with?

Accepted Answer

One of the erroneous assumptions was tha

Question 9

An RFM analysis is a

Accepted Answer

A)  data-mining system. 
B)  way of recording an individual customer's spending habits. 
C)  way of analyzing and ranking customers according to their purchasing patterns. 
D)  way of recording a customer's most recent purchases. 
E)  way of analyzing a customer's most recent purchases. 
A)  data-mining system. 
B)  way of recording an individual customer's spending habits. 
C)  way of analyzing and ranking customers according to their purchasing patterns. 
D)  way of recording a customer's most recent purchases. 
E)  way of analyzing a customer's most recent purchases.

Question 10

________ encapsulate the knowledge of human experts in the form of if-then rules.

Accepted Answer

A)  Data mining systems 
B)  Expert Systems 
C)  Business intelligence applications 
D)  Reporting systems 
E)  CRM systems 
A)  Data mining systems 
B)  Expert Systems 
C)  Business intelligence applications 
D)  Reporting systems 
E)  CRM systems

Question 11

A phone number of 123-456-7890 and an age of 999 are examples of ___________ in a database.

Accepted Answer

A)  granularity 
B)  OLTP 
C)  incorrect data labels 
D)  dirty data 
E)  too many attributes 
A)  granularity 
B)  OLTP 
C)  incorrect data labels 
D)  dirty data 
E)  too many attributes

Question 12

What is online transaction processing?

Accepted Answer

If you are collecting data ele

Question 13

Sometimes,large organizations break out ________ from their data warehouses so they can be used for a specific functional area of the organization like marketing or finance.

Accepted Answer

A)  special groupings 
B)  Web services 
C)  database servers 
D)  OLAP applications 
E)  data marts 
A)  special groupings 
B)  Web services 
C)  database servers 
D)  OLAP applications 
E)  data marts

Question 14

The purpose of a business intelligence system is to provide information that

Accepted Answer

A)  improves decision making. 
B)  can be summarized. 
C)  is less granular. 
D)  follows privacy legislation. 
E)  has only one level of complexity. 
A)  improves decision making. 
B)  can be summarized. 
C)  is less granular. 
D)  follows privacy legislation. 
E)  has only one level of complexity.

Question 15

The data processing strategy that waits for many transactions to pile up before they are processed is called

Accepted Answer

A)  LDAP. 
B)  delayed processing. 
C)  batch processing. 
D)  OLTP. 
E)  OLAP. 
A)  LDAP. 
B)  delayed processing. 
C)  batch processing. 
D)  OLTP. 
E)  OLAP.

Question 16

Is it better to have data that is too fine or too coarse? Explain.

Accepted Answer

Generally,it is better to have too fine

Question 17

Which of the following is a synonym for data-mining?

Accepted Answer

A)  Data discovery 
B)  Cluster analysis 
C)  Data mart 
D)  Data parsing 
E)  Knowledge discovery in databases 
A)  Data discovery 
B)  Cluster analysis 
C)  Data mart 
D)  Data parsing 
E)  Knowledge discovery in databases

Question 18

If you need to identify groups of entities that have similar characteristics,you need to perform (a)

Accepted Answer

A)  cluster analysis. 
B)  regression analysis. 
C)  neural network analysis. 
D)  online analytical processing. 
E)  grouping analysis. 
A)  cluster analysis. 
B)  regression analysis. 
C)  neural network analysis. 
D)  online analytical processing. 
E)  grouping analysis.

Question 19

Systems that focus on making data collected in OLTP to support decision making are often referred to as knowledge management systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Coarse data are highly summarized.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Managers suffer more from an overabundance of irrelevant data.

Clickstream data is very fine data.

Which of the following is an assumption about information systems that Ackoff disputed?

________ is a statistical technique that can identify groups of entities that have similar characteristics.

Describe the data resource challenge.

With supervised data mining,analysts create a model or hypothesis before running the analysis.

A person's clicking behavior on the web is termed as their

What are the three assumptions that Ackoff disagreed with?

An RFM analysis is a

________ encapsulate the knowledge of human experts in the form of if-then rules.

A phone number of 123-456-7890 and an age of 999 are examples of ___________ in a database.

What is online transaction processing?

Sometimes,large organizations break out ________ from their data warehouses so they can be used for a specific functional area of the organization like marketing or finance.

The purpose of a business intelligence system is to provide information that

The data processing strategy that waits for many transactions to pile up before they are processed is called

Is it better to have data that is too fine or too coarse? Explain.

Which of the following is a synonym for data-mining?

If you need to identify groups of entities that have similar characteristics,you need to perform (a)

Systems that focus on making data collected in OLTP to support decision making are often referred to as knowledge management systems.

Coarse data are highly summarized.

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Managers suffer more from an overabundance of irrelevant data.

Clickstream data is very fine data.

Which of the following is an assumption about information systems that Ackoff disputed?

________ is a statistical technique that can identify groups of entities that have similar characteristics.

Describe the data resource challenge.

With supervised data mining,analysts create a model or hypothesis before running the analysis.

A person's clicking behavior on the web is termed as their

What are the three assumptions that Ackoff disagreed with?

An RFM analysis is a

________ encapsulate the knowledge of human experts in the form of if-then rules.

A phone number of 123-456-7890 and an age of 999 are examples of ___________ in a database.

What is online transaction processing?

Sometimes,large organizations break out ________ from their data warehouses so they can be used for a specific functional area of the organization like marketing or finance.

The purpose of a business intelligence system is to provide information that

The data processing strategy that waits for many transactions to pile up before they are processed is called

Is it better to have data that is too fine or too coarse? Explain.

Which of the following is a synonym for data-mining?

If you need to identify groups of entities that have similar characteristics,you need to perform (a)

Systems that focus on making data collected in OLTP to support decision making are often referred to as knowledge management systems.

Coarse data are highly summarized.

Information Systems and You

Business Process Management and Decision Making

Productivity, innovation and Strategy

Hardware and Software

Database and Content Management

Networks and Collaboration

Competitive Advantage and Business Proces

E-Commerce, social Networking and Web 2.0

Acquiring Information Systems Through Projects

Structure, governance and Ethics

Managing Information Security and Privacy

Business Process Modeling: Techniques, Rules, and Applications

Excel Basics: Understanding Spreadsheets, Cells, and Formulas

Database Design and Entity Relationships

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