CTS 115 Fall 2017 Information Systems Unit 6

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Data within the data cube has been ______ by specific dimensional values.
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summarized
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The goal of business intelligence is to _____.
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support and improve decision making
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Mastery over which subject is NOT required for being a data scientist?​
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English
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a data scientist?
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business leadership skills
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What is the projected shortage of data scientists in the USA, according to a McKinsey & Co. report?
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100,000 to 200,000
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What determines the size of words in a word cloud?
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frequency of occurrence of the word in source documents
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Which of the following is NOT considered business intelligence practice?​
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Transaction processing
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Suppose management wishes to start a BI project at your new job. Which of following will you recommend as the first step?
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Clarify business goals and design a project plan
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Which of the following is a potential disadvantage with self-service BI?
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Can lead to over spending on unapproved data sources and business analytics tools.
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One of the goals of business intelligence is to _________.
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present the results in an easy to understand manner
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Suppose your employer has four manufacturing units, each with its own data operations. They are considering using BI tools. Which of the following is a valid recommendation regarding the BI initiative?
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Create a data warehouse so that data from the factories are combined for BI analysis
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Suppose you have access to quantitative data on populations by ZIP code and crime rates. You wish to determine if there is a relationship between the two variables and display the results in a graph. Which BI tool will be most useful?​
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Data visualization tool
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Which of the following is NOT a commonly used BI tool?
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automated customer service
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During modeling of the CRISP-DM method, we would ______.
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apply selected modeling techniques
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From which vendor is the BI product Business Objects available?
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SAP
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____ is the last phase of the six-phase CRISP-DM method.
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Deployment
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The coefficient of determination, r squared, is ____.
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a number that indicates how well data fits the statistical model
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Which of the following will be a 'fact' measure in a data cube used at a chain retail business?
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Sales revenue
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_____ is used to explore large amounts of data for hidden patterns to predict future trends.
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Data mining
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Which of these analysis methods describes neural computing?​
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historical data is examined for patterns that are then used to make predictions
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Which of the following is NOT a component of a KPI (key performance indicator)?
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format
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The graphical representation that summarizes the steps a consumer takes in making the decision to buy your product and become a customer is called _____.
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a conversion funnel
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Which of the following is NOT considered a BI and analytics tool?​
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Online transaction processing
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_________ encourages nontechnical end users to make decisions based on facts and analyses rather than intuition.​
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Self-service analytics
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Which of the following is NOT a core process associated with data management?​
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process for gathering BI requirements
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Which of the following is IBM's BI product?
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Cognos
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Which of the following is NOT true about linear regression?
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​the technique implies causality between the independent and the dependent variables
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You are to advise XYZ so that their BI efforts are fruitful. Which among the following is the most crucial advice of all?
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There must be strong commitment from the management