Exam 11: Improving Decision Making and Managing Knowledge

In a parameterized report, users can:

Tools for the management, delivery, tracking, and assessment of various types of employee learning best describes:

Knowledge network systems seek to turn unstructured knowledge of some employees into explicit knowledge that can be stored or accessed by other individuals.

Expert systems:

GDSS are designed to display data in the form of digitized maps.

Backward sensitivity analysis software is used for:

Operational management typically makes which type of decisions?

Virtual reality applications for the Web use a standard called:

Which of the following types of business intelligence user is considered a power user?

What are the two major types of knowledge management systems?

You have been hired by a small architectural firm interested in implementing a knowledge management system. What features do you think would be of most benefit to them?

Business intelligence and analytics are products defined by software vendors.

Which types of decisions are more prevalent at lower organizational levels?

Which of the following BI functionalities would you use to assess how customers would respond to a price change in your product?

________ help users gain information from large amounts of geographically linked data.

All of the following are analytic functionalities that BI systems deliver except:

Unlike genetic algorithms, neural networks are not suited to finding patterns and relationships in massive amounts of data.

Which dimension of quality means that a decision should reflect a rational process?

The business value of a GDSS is improved decision making. How does a GDSS accomplish this?

What is the difference between a neural network, fuzzy logic, and genetic algorithms? Which would be of most use to an organization of astronomers analyzing gamma ray emissions reaching Earth?