Question 1

While data has traditionally been used to see whether this or that pattern exists,____________________ allows you to ask what patterns exist.

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Question 2

____________________ or automatic taxonomy automates the classification of data into categories for future retrieval.

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Question 3

An organization can learn much about its customers,sellers,and itself by mining data warehouses and using OLAP software,but such techniques still do not satisfy another important challenge: how to manage ____________________.

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Question 4

Knowledge management attempts to organize knowledge in databases that allow employees easy access to it or that "____________________" specific knowledge to employees based on prespecified needs.

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Question 5

Samuel Johnson,the author of an early English dictionary,said that one type of ____________________ is what we know about a subject,and the other type is knowing where to find information about the subject.

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Question 6

Practically all search engine sites,such as Google and Yahoo!,use ____________________ software,and continue to improve the software to provide more precise and faster responses to queries.

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Question 7

While some tools build ____________________ and help employees access them,others put the emphasis on directing employees to other employees who have a certain expertise.

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Question 8

One objective of data mining is ____________________,the finding of groups of related facts not previously known.

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Question 9

In ____________________,the raw data is organized in tables that show information in summaries and ratios so that the inquirer does not have to wait for processing raw data.

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Question 10

____________________ tools help extract useful knowledge from millions of Web documents.

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Question 11

Intelligent ____________________ allow employees to enter questions in free form or close to free form.

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Question 12

Some software companies,such as Tacit Systems Inc.,AskMe Corporation,Participate Systems Inc.,and Entopia Inc.,have developed ____________________,tools that facilitate knowledge sharing through intranets.

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Question 13

____________________ applications can easily answer a question such as,"Where are my weakest-performing sales offices?"

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Question 14

Discuss the utilization of loyalty programs.

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Question 15

The research company IDC argues that almost half of the work that ____________________ do in organizations has already been done,at least partially.

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Question 16

BI ____________________ help executives quickly receive metrics,ratios,and trends in mostly graphic format.

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Question 17

A dynamic ____________________ application responds to commands by composing tables "on the fly."

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Question 18

DB Intelligent Miner from ____________________ periodically looks for patterns of customer churns,and assigns each customer a score representing the likelihood of canceling the contract.

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Question 19

____________________ is the process of selecting,exploring,and modeling large amounts of data to discover previously unknown relationships that can support decision making.

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Question 20

What are the objectives of data mining?

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Quiz 11: Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management