Chapter 9 Quiz

The three fundamental categories of BI analysis are​ ________. A. data​ acquisition, BI​ analysis, and publish results B. data​ acquisition, data​ mining, and BigData C. ​reporting, data​ analysis, and BigData D. ​reporting, data​ mining, and feedback E. ​reporting, data​ mining, and BigData

For BI​ analysis, data need to represent the proper​ ________, the proper level of detail. A. graininess B. opacity C. coarseness D. summarization E. granularity

Which of the following statements is NOT true about BI​ servers? A. BI servers store management data in metadata. B. BI servers track what results are available. C. BI servers adjust allocations as users come and go. D. BI servers provide six major functions. E. BI servers track the schedule upon which the results are provided.

Information systems that process operational and other data to analyze past performance and to make predictions are known as​ ________ systems. A. business intelligence B. data analytics C. artificially intelligent D. business analytics E. business discovery

Which of the following is NOT listed as a component of a generic BI system under BI data​ sources? A. Human interviews B. Data marts C. Incipient data D. Data warehouses E. Operational data

What are the three primary activities in the business intelligence​ process? A. Clean the​ data, analyze the​ data, and publish the data. B. Acquire the BI​ data, analyze the BI​ data, and push publish the results. C. Acquire the BI​ data, analyze the BI​ data, and publish the results. D. Acquire the​ data, push publish the​ data, and pull publish the data. E. Acquire the BI​ data, analyze the BI​ data, and pull publish the results.

A facility for managing an​ organization's business intelligence​ (BI) data is known as a​ ________. A. data store B. data market C. data repository D. database E. data warehouse

The delivery of business intelligence to knowledge workers without a request from them is known as​ ________ publishing. A. pull B. on demand C. intelligent and efficient D. ​just-in-time E. push

The application of statistical techniques to find patterns and relationships among data for the purposes of classification and prediction is known as​ ________. A. data processing B. data reporting C. data analytics D. data mining E. data analysis

The delivery of business intelligence to knowledge workers with a request from them is known as​ ________ publishing. A. pull B. ​just-in-time C. intelligent and efficient D. on demand E. push

From the​ authors' perspective, business intelligence is defined as​ ________. A. The​ patterns, relationships, and trends identified by business statisticians B. The intelligence about business that a person possesses C. The collective intelligence of the human capital in a business D. The​ patterns, relationships, and trends identified by business intelligence systems E. The collective intelligence of the human and digital capital in a business

Which of the following is NOT a part of a generic BI​ system? A. BI application results B. BI applications C. ERP systems D. Metadata E. BI data sources

The software component of a BI system is called​ a(n) ________. A. unsupervised data mining analyst B. BI application C. skilled reporting analyst D. professional skilled in supervised data mining techniques E. professional skilled in using MapReduce

There are four ways that BI reports might be published. Which of the following is NOT one of those​ ways? A. Automate the results via a Web service. B. Print and distribute the results via a collaboration tool. C. Print and distribute the results via fax. D. Publish on a BI server. E. Publish via a Web server or SharePoint.

What are two problems associated with having too much data in your​ analysis? A. The granularity becomes far too​ fine, and the attributes become too coarse B. Too many attributes and too many data points C. The high cost of storage devices to hold all of that data and the time it takes to process all of that data D. Too many attributes and not enough data points E. Not enough attributes and too many data points

Given that purchased data often contains missing data​ elements, why would organizations buy data at​ all? A. Because purchasing data is cheaper than collecting it themselves B. Because they​ couldn't collect data any better than the data warehouse can C. Because purchasing data is what the competition is doing and​ it's what they have to do to be competitive D. Because some data is better than no data at all E. Because it is the best way to check the accuracy of their own internally collected data and data analysis

Which of the following is NOT one of the functions of a data​ warehouse? A. Cataloging data. B. Obtain the data. C. Cleanse the data. D. Search the data. E. Organize and relate data.

The process of​ obtaining, cleaning,​ organizing, relating, and cataloging source data is in the​ ________ activity of the BI process. A. data collection B. data refinement C. data reduction D. data acquisition E. data cleaning

A collection of​ data, smaller than a data​ warehouse, which addresses the needs of a particular department or functional business area is called a​ ________. A. database B. data repository C. data store D. data server E. data mart

Which of the following is NOT one of the examples of problematic​ data? A. Dirtiness due to the nature of the business activity B. Data may have the wrong granularity C. Elastic data D. Inconsistent data E. Nonintegrated data

Which of the following statements is FALSE about BI​ servers? A. BI servers track what results are available. B. BI servers do not adjust allocations as users come and go. C. BI servers provide two major functions. D. BI servers store management data in metadata. E. BI servers track the schedule upon which the results are provided.

A company that acquires and purchases consumer and other data from public​ records, retailers, Internet cookie​ vendors, social media​ trackers, and other sources and uses it to create business intelligence that it sells to companies and to the government is called a​ ________. A. data collector B. data wholesaler C. data retailer D. data analyst E. data broker

What is the difference between a static report and a dynamic​ report? A. Static reports are fixed at the time of​ creation, and they do not​ change, whereas dynamic reports are updated at the time the user requests them. B. There is actually no difference between the two other than whether or not the user chooses to engage in push publishing or pull publishing. C. Almost all dynamic reports are published as PDF​ documents, whereas all static reports are published as tables in Word documents. D. Dynamic reports always use push publishing​ options, whereas static reports use either push or pull publishing options. E. Static reports must be accessed using push publishing options whereas dynamic reports always use pull publishing options.

​________ is the type of data mining in which analysts do not create a model or hypothesis before running the analysis. A. Exploratory B. Supervised C. Unsupervised D. Heuristic E. Predictive

​________ is the type of data mining in which analysts develop a model or hypothesis before running the analysis and then apply statistical techniques to data to estimate model parameters. A. Supervised B. Heuristic C. Exploratory D. Predictive E. Unsupervised