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Many organizations find themselves in the position of being data rich and information poor. Even in today's electronic world, managers struggle with the challenge of turning their business data into business intelligence.

A) True
B) False

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A central location in which data is stored and managed is called a data mart.

A) True
B) False

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A comparative analysis can compare two or more data sets to identify patterns and trends.

A) True
B) False

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Competitive monitoring can compare two or more data sets to identify patterns and trends.

A) True
B) False

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What is it called when each transaction, entity, and event is represented only once in the information?


A) Uniqueness
B) Accuracy
C) Consistency
D) Timeliness

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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Advanced analytics focuses on forecasting future trends and producing insights using sophisticated quantitative methods, including statistics, descriptive and predictive data mining, simulation, and optimization.

A) True
B) False

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Data aggregation is the collection of data from various sources for the purpose of data processing.

A) True
B) False

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What is dynamic information?


A) The person responsible for creating the original website content.
B) The person responsible for updating and maintaining website content.
C) Includes fixed data incapable of change in the event of a user action.
D) Includes data that change based on user action.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

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What is information that people use to support their decision-making efforts?


A) Information cleansing and scrubbing
B) Data-mining tools
C) Data mining
D) Business intelligence

E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following is a problem associated with dirty data?


A) Duplicate data
B) Incorrect data
C) Violates business rules
D) All of the above

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Web mining analysis describes technologies that allow users to "see" or visualize data to transform information into a business perspective.

A) True
B) False

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What processes and manages algorithms across many machines in a computing environment?


A) Big data
B) Distributed computing
C) Advanced analytics
D) Data scientist

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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Text analytics analyzes unstructured data to find trends and patterns in words and sentences. Text mining a firm's customer support email might identify which customer service representative is best able to handle the question, allowing the system to forward it to the right person.

A) True
B) False

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What type of integrity constraint does not allow someone to create an order for a nonexistent customer?


A) Relational integrity constraint
B) Business-critical integrity constraint
C) Information-critical integrity constraint
D) Mission-critical integrity constraint

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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Which of the following are examples of external databases in the data warehouse model?


A) Marketing, sales, inventory, and billing
B) Data mart 1, data mart 2, and data mart 3
C) Competitor and industry information, mailing lists, and stock market analysis
D) Marketing information, sales information, and stock market analysis

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Companies can choose information cleansing software from several vendors. Which of the following is not a vendor mentioned in your text?


A) Oracle.
B) SAS.
C) Ascential Software.
D) McAffee.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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A data miner contains a subset of data warehouse information.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following are examples of an external databases in the data warehouse model?


A) Marketing information
B) Sales information
C) Competitor information
D) All of the above

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Which of the following is incorrect in terms of data warehousing and business intelligence?


A) Does not include information from other operational applications
B) Operational systems are integrated
C) Operational information is mainly current
D) Operational information frequently has quality issues

E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

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A business catalog defines how a company performs certain aspects of its business and typically results in either a yes/no or true/false answer.

A) True
B) False

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