Deck 7: Business Intelligence Tools and Vendors

Question 1

Which of the following is true?

A) BI vendors develop BI tools which complement more traditional information technologies.
B) BI vendors develop BI tools which replace more traditional information technologies.
C) BI vendors develop unique BI tools which don't overlap with those of other vendors.
D) BI vendors develop BI tools which replace external information.
E) BI vendors develop BI tools which replace consolidation of mergers and acquisitions.

Answer 1

BI vendors develop BI tools which complement more traditional information technologies.

Question 2

BI solutions:

A) utilize the BI tools acquired by an organization.
B) bring together the six BI capabilities.
C) support the BI process by delivering information and knowledge to facilitate decision-making.
D) a and c above
E) a, b and c above

Answer 2

a and c above

Question 3

Which BI software was not mentioned in chapter 7?

A) SAP Business Objects Xcelsius data-visualization software
B) Microsoft SQL server 2008
C) Oracle's Data Integrator Enterprise Edition
D) SAS Analytics
E) SAP's Business Tuning Integrator

Answer 3

SAP's Business Tuning Integrator

Question 4

Tools and technologies enabling organizational memory capability include which of the following?

A) Web mining tools
B) Radio-frequency identification devices
C) ERP systems and tools
D) Real-time decision support
E) Digital dashboards

Question 5

Tools and technologies enabling insight creation capability include which of the following?

A) data mining tools, business analytics tools, real-time decision support
B) data mining tools, transaction processing system, source systems
C) online analytical processing tools, visualization tools, scorecards
D) corporate performance management, business performance management, data mining tools
E) monitoring business trends, competitive benchmarking, digital dashboards

Question 6

What is recommended as a balanced approach between customization and standardization?

A) Greater customization and lower standardization of BI tools as we move from tools supporting organizational memory capability toward tools supporting presentation capability
B) Greater customization and lower standardization of BI tools as we move from tools supporting presentation capability toward tools supporting organizational memory capability
C) Greater standardization and lower customization of BI tools as we move from tools supporting organizational memory capability toward tools supporting presentation capability
D) Greater standardization and lower customization of BI tools as we move from tools supporting insight creation capability toward tools supporting presentation capability
E) None of the above

Question 7

BI tools can be customized with respect to the user's:

A) role
B) tasks
C) personal preferences
D) abilities
E) All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following is not a type into which Gartner's 2008/9 reports have classified BI vendors?

A) Niche players
B) Leaders
C) Challengers
D) Loyalist
E) Visionaries

Question 9

Which of the following is most closely true of BI tool users?

A) Power users generally have a good understanding of BI tools.
B) Business users turn to power users to obtain information beyond the standard reports.
C) Middle class users are similar to both power users and business users.
D) a and b above
E) a, b, and c above

Question 10

Which letter below lists a tool/technology representing each of the four BI Capabilities?

A) ERP, data mining, text mining tools, RFID
B) Document management tools, data mining, OLAP tools, scorecarding tools
C) Knowledge repositories, data mining, RFID, OLAP tools
D) ERP, web mining tools, RFID, scorecarding tools
E) OLAP tools, visualization tools, digital dashboards, BPM tools